I love me some Ellen!

George Clooney as official ambassador to the Ellen Show? I'm on board, that's change I can believe in!

My personal soapbox

As anyone who has met my family knows, being intolerant or hateful towards gays or lesbians is really not an option if you are in any way shape or form planning on staying a part of said family. That being said, I applaud the California Supreme Court for their decision repealing the ban on same-sex marriage. And now, a person who I am continually more and more impressed with is using this opportunity to follow their heart and exercise their newly minted right to marry. I am speaking of Ellen DeGeneres, one of my favorite fellow Louisiana natives. She and her partner, Portia de Rossi, have announced plans to marry in June. Ellen, I applaud you and Portia, California, I applaud your progressive decision, Governor Terminator, I applaud your announcement that you will not support any amendment to override the Supreme Court's decision. To all who are opposed to same-sex marriage, I can only say that I sincerely hope that you can move past your bigotry and fear and embrace your fellow human beings. I fail to see any logic in your argument that this will destroy the sanctity of marriage, as a divorcee (albeit not a gay one), I watch marriages fail all over and wonder what institution it is that you are citing. I cite Greg Giraldo: "George Bush says that gay people getting married would violate the sanctity of marriage. Is anybody here married? Does it feel like a gift from God to you?".

Even with a hybrid, it costs me around $35 to fill up, so I ,understandably along with many others, try to conserve fuel in anyway possible. That is why, in these times of $3+ gas prices, it always amazes me when I see the bemulletted heathens repeatedly drive their Camaros at breakneck speeds around the corner right in front of my house. I'm afraid to run the A/C in my car to conserve gas, whereas I get to listen to their gloriously loud exhausts and watch their horrible paint jobs streak by my house. I thought when I left Mississippi after that horrible year I lived there in high school, I would never have to put up with these NASCAR wannabe's again. Sadly, I was wrong. As I see streaks of multicolored fenders and primer and hear the lack of a muffler, I am reminded of the Mississippi Gulf Coast, in all of its red state glory. By the way, our President (who claims we are not in a recession, sounds suspiciously like something I remember his dad saying his last year in office), has absolutely no clue how much average people are paying for gas every day in this country.

In other news, an 8th grader was shot in the head for giving a fellow student a Valentine. By the way, he was gay and he gave the Valentine to a male classmate. Ellen DeGeneres made an emotional statement pleading for Americans to change how they react and treat homosexuals.
I agree so much, I posted it here:


What is going on with teenagers right now? Maybe, just maybe, we should limit their access to guns? I shudder to think how many guns are on my street alone (What? With all the mullets and trashy yards, are you kidding?). I'm sure they could arm their local clan rally pretty easily. Driving down my street just scares the living hell out of me, not only am I dodging Days of Thunder half the damn time, but then I see stuff like this: