it was a LOT harder to find a woman who'd even date me

Cute butches are thin on the ground in my age group and highly coveted. ::sigh:: My OKC messages from women are mostly married chicks in open relationships or who want to step out, despite my explicit "not interested in poly" disclaimer.

he pronounces it New Orleeenz

No such place. There's an Orleeenz Parish, but no city by that name.

I heard Nawlins and Norlins fairly interchangeably. Is one considered more correct/hipper/proper?

It's been a long time since I was there. But "Nawlins" was hip, "Norlins" (or "New Oar-lunz") was perfectly acceptable and "normal", "New OR-lee-unz" was for the older and more proper crowd.

Norlins

This is probably the closest to how I and my family pronounce it. Except maybe more like N'worlins.

I think my observation was misunderstood. Of the people I know in a long-term monogamous relationship who identify as bi, all are with a man. Not a point, because the sample size too small to mean anything (like saying the cool fall in my town last year meant global warming is a hoax). However, if there are a lot of people like me who, for whatever reason, experience the same thing maybe that's the reason for the idea that there's really not such a thing as bi.

But "Nawlins" was hip

I find it kind of irritating, unless you're Frank Davis.

t /reference only three people will get, maybe

Um...

Colbert Bait

Citing Leviticus, Bryan Fischer of the American Family Association claims that the mauling death of a hiker in Yellowstone Park was divine retribution:

The grizzly is a predator, a fierce, savage unstoppable killing machine. ... Because these researchers were intent on studying the grizzly rather than killing him to protect innocent human life, a husband, father and grandfather is dead today. This was an utterly unnecessary death which could have happened only because our culture has jettisoned a biblical view of the relative value of human life compared to animal life. Because this animal was given a nap instead of a bullet, a human being is dead, and a savage animal is alive, on the prowl, and ready to kill again.

Kyle at Right Wing Watch raises a hand:

Have I mentioned that Fischer is still listed as a "confirmed speaker" at the next Family Research Council Values Voter Summit along with Rep. Michele Bachmann, Rep. Mike Pence, and Mike Huckabee? Just want to keep pointing that out.

I thought about you last night! When I was channel surfing, I saw a listing for an ep of Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations that he filmed there.

Ooh, do watch it! I burst out laughing whenever he started complaining about the cold. The episode does make Harbin look really ugly and desolate, but it's still fun. And I totally know the guy they talk to who runs the bar with the Irish accent. He gives me a free tequila shot every time my friends and I go there. Hah.

I find it kind of irritating, unless you're Frank Davis.

Yep.

I've heard good things about The Wire, but all I've ever heard is that it's brilliant, I don't even know the premise. Hah. So, here's your chance, evangelize at me! I watch way too much TV, I'm always in search of something new =)

Well, the premise isn't critical. It's nominally about the institutions in Baltimore that channel human behavior -- focusing on, roughly chronologically, people in the police department, drug trade, union, government, schools and media. Usually there's a police investigation over the course of a season, so there's a procedural element. It's such a complex show that describing it doesn't do it justice. But when I finish a season I think, "Why was I watching anything else instead of this?" This show is ten times better than any show that has ever aired. Nothing comes close.

Pardon me as I plagiarize amych:

Married a man (8 years! Whoa!). Monogamous. Yep, still bi.