May Odds and Ends

Hey Gang! It’s that time again. Where I have all kinds of random things to share so I cram them all into one ill-conceived, but hopefully mildly entertaining, post.

First thing, a reminder that this Saturday is the 6th Annual Oneonta Spiritual Arts Fair. I’ll be there and so should you. Fun fact; there is a game store that sells comics and table top RPG games right by the Unitarian Universalist Society’s building. If you can’t make it, rest assured that you will be missing out on a great time. Also, know that I’ll be writing about the event again this year so if anything crazy happens you’ll hear about it. Unless it would embarrass me, in which case, you’ll never know about it, and you should have driven to Oneonta if you were worried about missing something like that.

Next up, I know I go on and on about them here, but the ladies over at Go Fug Yourself continue to rock my world. Why now? Because they do a better Kanye West than Kanye West does. Behold Kanye basking in the glory of his girlfriend Amber Rose winning this year’s Fug Madness (which by the way, is the only sporting event I care about).

Also, do you remember DJ HipGnosis? He was my partner in crime for my Twitter article. Well recently I got around to listening to what it is my new friend does. Oh. My. God. Love it! If you didn’t check out his work when I published the Twitter article, do so now. If you go here you can download some free remixes that he has done. I’ve been playing those songs to death!

Guess what y’all? My birthday is at the end of the month! Thank you, thank you. Last year I asked my friends and family to donate to a few of my favorite organizations instead of buying me presents. Although I didn’t raise oodles of cash, the folks at Breast Cancer Action, Movember, ACLU, and Grameen America got a little bit of cash that otherwise would have been spent on me. This year I’m asking them to donate to the National Vulvodynia Association. For a while now you’ve read me alluding to health issues, well long story short, I’ve been diagnosed with vulvodynia. It essentially translates to chronic vulvar pain without an identifiable cause. Yes, it sucks so much more than you can imagine. I had entertained the notion of writing this thoughtful essay on my ongoing struggle, yada, yada, yada, but alas, instead I’m giving it this paragraph. Perhaps it’s to represent that my pain is just a small portion of who I am, or, in reality, I don’t want to talk about my crotch with all of you! I love you guys, but come on, it’s my lady parts. Anyway, this year I’m asking my friends and family to donate to the NVA to help them fund medical research. I know money is tight all around these days, but if you or someone you know has a vagina, toss a few bucks to the NVA in honor of my birthday, and I guess my vulva. I’d really appreciate it.

Holy crap! I almost forgot! The April 14, 2010 episode of “The Colbert Report” talked about fact checking the Sunday morning political shows. And guess who got some on air time? Bill Adair of Politifact.com! The Politifact website came to my attention a little over a year ago when I reviewed the “President Obama’s 500 Promises” deck from U.S. Games Systems. I’m happy to see that Politifact continues its work of educating the public on what’s going on behind the “facts” and “figures” that get bandied about on television. Also, I just feel so cool and in the know because I get to say I knew about these guys before they were on “Colbert”. Yep, I’m a real hipster.

And on that note, I’m signing off! Have a great May everyone! And as always, thanks for reading!