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Q Of The Day -- What Would Your Inauguration Outfit Look Like?

I'm going to combine two stories for a quirky Q of the Day: The two stories are 10,000 Dresses, and President Obama's Inauguration...

If you we're going to President Obama's inauguration, what would your serious or magical inauguration outfit look like?

On the serious side, you can answer the kind of real world outfit you'd wear -- even down to the designer and dress style/suit style/tux style/etc. if that's appropriate for you.

Or on the whimsical side, you can create in your mind a magical outfit for the inauguration in the vein of Bailey from 10,000 Dresses. [Bailey's magical dresses from her dreams included a dress made of crystals (that reflected rainbows in the light), a dress made of beautiful flowers, and a dress made of windows.] You don't have to make it a dress -- it could just as easily be a magical suit, tux, or whatever outfit you can imagine.

As an artsy person, I'll answer whimsically. I would have a dress made of soft leaves, all in the bright greens of spring and many changing colors of autumn. The dress would reflect the change many of us hope for, as well as my name, Autumn.

Oh -- of course the dress would be a ball gown (with a ball skirt) with puffy sleeves, as I can be pretty damn girly.

So, have some fun with this by giving name to your serious outfit, or your outfit designed by your whimsical imagination.  

Phelps Clan is a No Show in South Florida

Last night, the Westboro Baptist Church, the group run by Fred Phelps that is best known for their disturbing anti-gay signs and protests at military funerals, failed to show up at their own scheduled protest at the Rising Action Theatre in Oakland Park, FL.  

Instead, over one hundred peaceful supporters of the theater and the community showed up.  The community came together and said that the universally-condemned Westboro brand of hate speech is not welcome in South Florida.

Religious leaders, community activists, residents, and political leaders showed up to make sure that the theater not only had support against Phelps, but thrived in the face of adversity.  The show went on to a sold out crowd with a standing ovation to the theater owner and his cast.
It was also incredibly amazing to see the support of the city of Oakland Park, local law enforcement, and others in making sure it was a wonderful night in our city and the South Florida community.  Having worked with the Sheriff's office in the lead up to the protest, I can say they truly have been amazing and an example of how inclusive Oakland Park is. It was also good to see the Broward Sheriff's Office handing out fliers about the still unsolved murder of Simmie Williams Jr.    

Time and time again, Oakland Park has proven that it is a leader in South Florida in tolerance, inclusion, and embracing diversity.  It's one of the many reasons I am honored to run for City Commission in Oakland Park.  

By supporting those in our city against this type of rhetoric, we sent a clear message that Phelps and his followers have no power here.  It's a message that Westboro and others like them have heard loud and clear:

Don't bother showing up.  You are not welcome in our community.

Savage Love: define 'Saddleback'

In the grand tradition of adding new words to the American political lexicon (and Google search results), such as Santorum, Dan Savage has launched a poll requesting readers to create a new definition for the word Saddleback (referring to Rick Warren's megachurch). Here are the finalists...

(1) "Logically, if 'barebacking' means having butt sex with no condom, then 'saddlebacking' should mean having butt sex with a condom."

(2) "Saddleback (verb): to submit someone to any kind of humiliating, unreciprocal sex act, either literally or metaphorically, consented to by passive partner due to submissive/masochistic tendencies, desire for approval, or other darker motive. E.g., 'I don't know why Obama is letting Rick Warren saddleback him into presiding over his inauguration.'"

(3) "The saddleback position involves placing your lubed dick between the butt cheeks of your partner. This position can be performed on your sides or on top of a facedown partner (maybe with a pillow under his or her hips). My favorite way of finishing up the saddlebacking is to lift up and come on my wife's sweaty back. The saddleback is a nice compromise position when your partner won't allow anal entry."

(4) "To saddleback is to rail against gay sex in public while secretly indulging in the same in private. Ted Haggard? Total saddlebacker. Larry Craig? Saddlebacker. Rick Warren? Probably a saddlebacker."

(5) "'Saddlebacking' should be the term for the phenomenon of Christian teens engaging in unprotected anal sex in order to preserve their virginities. 'After attending the Purity Ball, Heather and Bill saddlebacked all night because she's saving herself for marriage.' Please, please adopt this definition!"

(6) "Saddleback (verb): to ejaculate on the back of a partner at the culmination of doggy-style anal sex."

(7) "Before being invited to give the invocation, Mr. Warren was most noted for his book The Purpose Driven Life. Therefore, 'to saddleback' is to fuck with a purpose, i.e., to procreate. A heterosexual couple asked if they're trying to have children could reply, 'No, we're not ready for kids yet, but we'll probably start saddlebacking next year.'"

My vote definitely goes to #5 -- what an appropriate definition. Although it looks like Bristol Palin didn't bother Saddlebacking since she just shot out a baby.

Q Of The Day -- What Would Your Inauguration Outfit Look Like?

I'm going to combine two stories for a quirky Q of the Day: The two stories are 10,000 Dresses, and President Obama's Inauguration...

If you we're going to President Obama's inauguration, what would your serious or magical inauguration outfit look like?

On the serious side, you can answer the kind of real world outfit you'd wear -- even down to the designer and dress style/suit style/tux style/etc. if that's appropriate for you.

Or on the whimsical side, you can create in your mind a magical outfit for the inauguration in the vein of Bailey from 10,000 Dresses. [Bailey's magical dresses from her dreams included a dress made of crystals (that reflected rainbows in the light), a dress made of beautiful flowers, and a dress made of windows.] You don't have to make it a dress -- it could just as easily be a magical suit, tux, or whatever outfit you can imagine.

As an artsy person, I'll answer whimsically. I would have a dress made of soft leaves, all in the bright greens of spring and many changing colors of autumn. The dress would reflect the change many of us hope for, as well as my name, Autumn.

Oh -- of course the dress would be a ball gown (with a ball skirt) with puffy sleeves, as I can be pretty damn girly.

So, have some fun with this by giving name to your serious outfit, or your outfit designed by your whimsical imagination.  

Phelps Clan is a No Show in South Florida

Last night, the Westboro Baptist Church, the group run by Fred Phelps that is best known for their disturbing anti-gay signs and protests at military funerals, failed to show up at their own scheduled protest at the Rising Action Theatre in Oakland Park, FL.  

Instead, over one hundred peaceful supporters of the theater and the community showed up.  The community came together and said that the universally-condemned Westboro brand of hate speech is not welcome in South Florida.

Religious leaders, community activists, residents, and political leaders showed up to make sure that the theater not only had support against Phelps, but thrived in the face of adversity.  The show went on to a sold out crowd with a standing ovation to the theater owner and his cast.
It was also incredibly amazing to see the support of the city of Oakland Park, local law enforcement, and others in making sure it was a wonderful night in our city and the South Florida community.  Having worked with the Sheriff's office in the lead up to the protest, I can say they truly have been amazing and an example of how inclusive Oakland Park is. It was also good to see the Broward Sheriff's Office handing out fliers about the still unsolved murder of Simmie Williams Jr.    

Time and time again, Oakland Park has proven that it is a leader in South Florida in tolerance, inclusion, and embracing diversity.  It's one of the many reasons I am honored to run for City Commission in Oakland Park.  

By supporting those in our city against this type of rhetoric, we sent a clear message that Phelps and his followers have no power here.  It's a message that Westboro and others like them have heard loud and clear:

Don't bother showing up.  You are not welcome in our community.

Savage Love: define 'Saddleback'

In the grand tradition of adding new words to the American political lexicon (and Google search results), such as Santorum, Dan Savage has launched a poll requesting readers to create a new definition for the word Saddleback (referring to Rick Warren's megachurch). Here are the finalists...

(1) "Logically, if 'barebacking' means having butt sex with no condom, then 'saddlebacking' should mean having butt sex with a condom."

(2) "Saddleback (verb): to submit someone to any kind of humiliating, unreciprocal sex act, either literally or metaphorically, consented to by passive partner due to submissive/masochistic tendencies, desire for approval, or other darker motive. E.g., 'I don't know why Obama is letting Rick Warren saddleback him into presiding over his inauguration.'"

(3) "The saddleback position involves placing your lubed dick between the butt cheeks of your partner. This position can be performed on your sides or on top of a facedown partner (maybe with a pillow under his or her hips). My favorite way of finishing up the saddlebacking is to lift up and come on my wife's sweaty back. The saddleback is a nice compromise position when your partner won't allow anal entry."

(4) "To saddleback is to rail against gay sex in public while secretly indulging in the same in private. Ted Haggard? Total saddlebacker. Larry Craig? Saddlebacker. Rick Warren? Probably a saddlebacker."

(5) "'Saddlebacking' should be the term for the phenomenon of Christian teens engaging in unprotected anal sex in order to preserve their virginities. 'After attending the Purity Ball, Heather and Bill saddlebacked all night because she's saving herself for marriage.' Please, please adopt this definition!"

(6) "Saddleback (verb): to ejaculate on the back of a partner at the culmination of doggy-style anal sex."

(7) "Before being invited to give the invocation, Mr. Warren was most noted for his book The Purpose Driven Life. Therefore, 'to saddleback' is to fuck with a purpose, i.e., to procreate. A heterosexual couple asked if they're trying to have children could reply, 'No, we're not ready for kids yet, but we'll probably start saddlebacking next year.'"

My vote definitely goes to #5 -- what an appropriate definition. Although it looks like Bristol Palin didn't bother Saddlebacking since she just shot out a baby.