mister fool, you say: “Maddow is gay, so she automatically has bias against Republicans.” what you mean is you are republican, therefore you cannot be rational about gay people.

delivered tongue in cheek: the hurrier i go, the behinder i get. hurrying does seem to wreck everything and defeat its own purpose. still, there is my student, who takes many minutes to wheel to the kitchen from his room, who could do with lessons in alacrity.

my friends say meditation is a wonderful thing. as for me, a walk in the park and half an hour of staring at birds, trees and ripples on the water do it for me.

diana, either 64 or 67 is the number i seem to remember from huffpo. look up ketzel levine to make sure.

suzanne, that’s christiane amanpour, pronounced the french way.

you said it well, lily. and for those who have to change a gender here or there to read this, it is still true.

how do you close paypal? i’ve tried, but must not have correctly remembered how to sign in.

ditto except for that business of carrying a credit card. i have a tight budget within which to live. using a credit card would wreck my security and peace of mind.

liza, i think your classic (if i might be so bold as to choose just one) is the partner under the covers waiting till the news is over to come out of bed. keep up the good work, and a happy new year to you!

thank you, phyllis and a prospero ano nuevo to all!

i obviously missed a chance to do battle for myself and my honey, but kryssi, serena, ro and merrell, as well as many others did a fine job. just to reiterate, our parents were generally heterosexual, and they raised us to be that way. look up compulsive heterosexuality to see how most of us responded to our discoveries of our sexuality, because we were denying it in ourselves. it is so much better to accept it and have a genuine partnership with a woman.

here is the news article, char. http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2008/12/24-1

thank you, jane, for giving us your thoughts and care-toons. i know for sure that without you, my world would be a poorer place. give lily my love.

Can anybody be against homosexuality in this world without being a homophobe or a bigot? nope.

what i don’t understand is why the house impeachments of cheney and bush did not get anywhere. they have nancy pelosi to thank for not being in jail. as for rove, throw him in the slammer, too.