You'd probably like to know...

...that the 24-year long drought of male affection in my life has drawn to a close.

In other words, there’s a boy in my life.

I’ll wait ‘till you stop jumping up and down in glee...


...Done? Good.

So I imagine that you want details. Okay, long story short, we met at a mutual friend’s Halloween party: I dressed as an Afro Ninja, he as a Congressional Page (thus, the first thing I learned about him was that he has a great [political] sense-of-humor). The Halloween party was followed by a couple of dates, excellent conversations, his birthday party (which caused me to drive all over tarnation to find an adorable, yet appropriate, birthday gift), some sweet affection between the two of us, and some general hanging out.

His name is Jonathan; he’s from New Mexico; he’s a Duke University alum; and he’s quite a cutey if I may say so.

We’re not boyfriends, but rather are being very “chill” about the whole matter—just taking it easy and seeing where things go.

Now I will warn you that it’s very doubtful that I’ll discuss this relationship much on the blog; that kinda stuff is just a little too personal.

Nevertheless, be happy for me; I am.

The Republican Addams Family?

I usually hate to kick a man when he’s down, but when the man is the newly ousted Pennsylvania simpleton...opps, I mean "Senator"...Rick Santorum, I'll get over it.

As you can see, the erstwhile Senator recently surrounded himself with some of the oddest-looking people I’ve ever seen.
















I know they're upset, but come on now, it looks like a meeting of "the stoic, wound-too-tight, stick-up-the-ass club." And why the hell is that girl wearing the same dress as her doll? And why does the kid next to her look like a Republican Eddie Munster?

And does the sun not shine in Pennsylvania? Geez people, it's called a "tan."

Yeah, I'm going to hell.

An update to "Why I won't be voting" ... or "How I regained faith in the Amerian people."

As expected, I went on a run yesterday instead of voting. And as expected, Democratic incumbent Rep. David Price handedly defeated challenger Steve Acuff (65% to 35%) thereby holding his U.S. House seat.

Also, Durham District Attorney Mike Nifong won re-election.

And, some justices and judges were elected, although I still don’t care (even though some African-American group mailed me a pamphlet that listed which justices were interviewed, vetted, and approved by said group. Yeah, that was just strange).

Oh yeah, and I think I heard someone say that the Democrats took control of Congress. Um, excuse me while I clear my throat...



HALLELUJAH!

The arrogance, the intransigence, the self-imposed wide-reaching power of the Executive, the dismantling of checks-and-balances, the obstruction of civil liberies, the utter demonization of anyone who disagreed or opposed the President, and the administration's Iraq War rose-colored glasses--all of it has been rebuked by the America people. That, and necks have already begun to hit the chopping block (see ‘ya Rummy). But I wonder: how much significant (inter) national change will come as a result of the Democrats having power again?

We shall see.

Why I won't be voting

Since 1776, my countrymen have fought and died so that I may live in the bastion of freedom and liberty. Plus, since Reconstruction, the African-American community has been engaged in the struggle for equal voting rights, which was won only in the past few decades.

I’m sure there are probably several other good reasons why I should vote on Tuesday, but nevertheless, I won't be voting.

I know you’re shocked. Warren, the guy who keeps up with national politics and routinely expresses his socially liberal viewpoint, isn’t going to vote on Election Day? How can this be?

Well, for one reason, in my district’s U.S. House race, incumbent David Price is all but assured to hold his seat against Republican challenger Steve Acuff. This is because (according to the News & Observer ) my district “leans heavily to the left…[where] registered Democrats make up 47 percent of the electorate, outnumbering Republicans at 31 percent.” The fact of the matter is, the North Carolina 4th District is just not in play; the Democrats aren’t going to lose it, and the Republicans haven’t fought to gain it.

I suppose I could vote for—or against—current District Attorney Mike Nifong (of Duke Lacrosse infamy)…but, eh. I mean, I know the people of Durham don’t like him because of the way he handled the scandal, but due to my general ennui about that mess, I don’t know why people don’t like him. Furthermore, Nifong’s official challenger, Lewis Cheek, says he won’t serve if elected (at which time, the governor will just pick someone to be the District Attorney until 2008), while the other challenger, Steve Monks, is the write-in candidate. So, my choices are: the guy who no one likes, the guy who won’t serve if he wins, and the guy who was too slack-ass to get his name on the ballot in time. Great.

Besides the aforementioned U.S. House and the District Attorney elections, every other race here is a single Democrat running unopposed, a race where no one is running at all, or a race for justices/judges. What the hell? I can’t even vote for a gay marriage amendment, school bond referendum, or even to change the state flower?

I suppose I could muster an opinion on the court races, but that would mean that I'd need to examine every candidate's stance on whaterver issues justices and judges stand for (which is probably just "justice" anyway). Yeah, sign me up.

In the end, I guess I should be happy that I reside in a “left-leaning” community, no matter how aberrant it is in the “red-state” of North Carolina. But, unless any of you can come up with a good reason why I should wake up early and stand in a line to vote, I’ll probably go for a run instead.

But you betta believe I’ll be watching CNN and MSNBC on Tuesday night!

Cograts, Neil Patrick Harris.

Geez, it’s like a trifecta of gayness, a coming-out trinity, a word that means "three" juxtaposed with words with homosexual connotations.

First, it was Lance Bass, then T.R. Knight, and now "Doogie Howser"?

Yeah, Neil Patrick Harris (who currently plays the smooth-talking, womanizing playa’ on CBS’ hit show How I Met Your Mother) just came out. I am so happy to see yet another celebrity not afraid to be honest about his sexuality.

Afterelton.com put it this way:

It remains to be seen whether acknowledging he is gay will affect how the public perceives his role as the womanizing Barney, but it’s hard not to think that the American public must be growing accustomed to learning such news. Indeed, with the recent revelation that former Congressman Mark Foley is gay, and the apparent outing of Evangelical leader Reverend Ted Haggard, it seems every day brings news of someone else coming out.
Fortunately, Harris, a happy and content gay man, provides a positive counterbalance to those less positive images.

Indeed, this is how progress is made.

And lest you think I haven’t noticed, yeah, the blog has been kinda gay lately; I'll try to post something not-gay soon. Oh, how about this; I really like the new Justin Timberlake cd.

Um, yeah, nevermind, that's kinda gay too...