When you open it, do it very slowly--just break the seal first to see if it's going to fizz all over.

Also? Open over a sink.

"Obviously, God does not want us listening to flute music."

My dad picked up the flute a few years after I gave it up. He was,um, enthusiastic. No pianissimo for him. I'm pretty sure any and all dieties were cringing. Goodness knows the cats were.

Well, if you're gonna argue about the phallic nature of the flute, you also have to look at the trombone. And also the harmonica, which was named after a non-procreative sexual practice....

the phallic nature of the flute

You don't even put the end in your mouth! Clarinets and oboes are way more phallic.

... It's possible I've had this knee-jerk reaction before.

I played the clarinet. I think that's WAY more phallic in nature than the flute.

x-post: BWAHAHAHAHAHA

Well, fipple flutes you do. (But I'm sure that they're not making that distinction.)

ION, check out this pup's giant ears!

Hey shrift and Jilli - did you see Idolator ranked Patrick Stump as the second-hottest dude in music?

I'm always pleased when others recognize the hotness of Patrick Stump! But seriously, how is Clay Aiken hotter than Gerard Way? That's so wrong I can't even call it insane troll logic.

A theory why gay people are attracted to theatre:

But I think also – just on a fundamental level and a political level – Gay people who are raised in a religious environment, a conservative religious environment are basically told, “You’re not good enough / you don’t belong here / you need to change / you need to be something else.” And so, in a lot of our lives, we end up leaving the church and hating God or hating Religion or hating the whole nine yards. But an inherently spiritual person doesn’t really lose the core of their being. So it’s going to come out somewhere. I think that what we discovered is that it comes out of Theatre, because Theatre and Church are essentially the same thing. They are story-telling, they are inspirational, and they are true. Theatre brings an even higher truth sometimes. Church basically repeats the same old story over and over again. I often wonder if that’s not one of the reasons so many Gay people wind up getting into Theatre. We’re always told that the reasons are because we’re used to hiding and wearing masks and being somebody else. But I think there’s something more profound. I think it’s because we have to tell our story and that we have something to contribute to the – and I hate to use the word “spiritual” – but that’s really what it is. It’s something more than just sitting across the table from somebody and talking about what’s going on. So, Theatre really does become a temple and a place of hard core truths, deep emotional truths.

Huh. Not sure I buy that....

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I admit I weakened and posted a polite correction in the Vampire-People-hater's post about 'plagiarism' because, seriously, that's not a term you should throw about spuriously or stupidly (in his case). Feh.

Also, I'm kind of pleased that bt's couples therapist was in that NYTimes article, because from what he said here about the experience, s/he was very helpful in a sad circumstance.

OK, so my stupid stomach decided to start growling at 10:15, and I have a meeting at 11 which I'm now going to go to with ham breath.

Great.

Oh, man, food. We're kind of having a constant stream of houseguests lately, and I'm about ready to start labeling the tupperware in the refrigerator with verboten signs. I had a lunch all ready to bring today! But someone eated it. And since I'm not on Ambien, I'm pretty sure it wasn't me.