02/19/09 09:54 - 19ºF - ID#47816
Fred Phelps is not welcome in Buffalo NY
See (e:kathryn)'s blog for more details . I posted Kitty Lambert's call for action in the comments.
As angels we would be a great comfort to all of those who have lost loved ones in the crash. These haters are outsiders and will be the most unwelcome guests Buffalo has ever had.
I sent Kitty an email inviting her on to site so maybe she will come and start posting herself.
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02/17/09 09:17 - 20ºF - ID#47773
Nardin Academy and Canisius
Annual Tuition and Fees for 2008-2009
> Annual Tuition $8,450 + Activity Fee $235 + Book Fee $100 to $300 (varies by grade)
> Sports Fee $145 (per sport)
Canisius is in the middle of construction. They are building a math and science wing as well as a field house. I couldn't find their tuition but it would be interesting to compare to Nardin's.
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02/16/09 09:49 - 24ºF - ID#47766
Marriage Equality Rally, Buffalo NY
Here is the people who showed up minus a handful who came a little late.
If I knew who this guy was he would probably have some very nice photos of the event. By this guy I mean the one sitting by the dog.
This is Kitty Lambert, President of Outspoken for Marriage. Sorry it is such a bad picture of her. I should have taken more of her because she was really great and would be a good politician. She is working VERY hard to get full marriage equality in the state of NY.
Bruce Kogan spoke on behalf of Stonewall Democrats.
Maria Whyte (Erie County Legislator) was awesome! She is quite a ham for the cam as well.
Sam Hoyt. Again, I want to say thanks for the politicians to come and take a public stance for marriage equality
There were some other people who spoke and again, I wish I took notes because I would like to include their pictures but I do not remember their names or who they represent. There was a Reverend or something but his message made me feel awkward and excluded when he had everyone repeat "God is love". I did like him but I feel weird when my beliefs as well as others are excluded. You can have religious figures speak a little more inclusively when at events like these without too much effort.
Sam Hoyt saw my journal and emailed Paul to remind me that the other politician in attendance was the Erie County Comptroller Mark Poloncarz. Thanks for the info Sam. If anyone has the names of the other people who spoke at the rally I will include them too. Just click on the envelope below my avatar to send me an email.
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02/16/09 02:08 - 29ºF - ID#47762
President's Day
Valentine's Day was nice. I did end up going to the marriage equality rally in front of city hall. I'll post pics later. Mike came over and we had the house to ourselves. I made dinner which was some yummy steaks. I was going to make chicken marsala but they were out of marsala at Gates Circle Liquour.
I'm working a lot. They are offering us unlimited hours at work so I am going to try and keep it up. I really am not sure if we will have jobs after September. We shall see... So Suze says to just save what we can. Check out saveyourself.com. You can get $100.00 after making 12 consecutive $100 deposits in a year.
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02/10/09 08:49 - 41ºF - ID#47699
Cupid's arrows aren't always straight!!!
"Cupid's Arrows Aren't Always Straight!!!"
Please rally with us at our
3rd Call For Marriage Equality
February 14th, 2009 - 1pm (sharp!)
in Niagara Square in front of City Hall (Delaware & Niagara)
as we ask, once again for the right to marry!
LGBT FAMILIES deserve equal protections as Americans!
Dress warm and bring friends! Free Hot chocolate to warm you up!
Then join us for the After-Party!
2pm to 5pm
Pilgrim St Luke's Church
(Richmond and Utica)
Love IS out there!
Enjoy a glass of sparkly and some chocolate hugs & kisses! Come out and play!!!
Single? Take a chance at Queer Speed Dating!
Dance a little (or a lot!) Chinese Auction & 50/50 raffle!
Hot Pizza & Wings available for purchase from Main Menu Café!
$5.00 admission (cheap date!)
All proceeds go OUTspoken For Equality
to continue the fight for LGBT Rights!
Need More Information? Call Kitty! 716-578-3782
We used to just be FABULOUS! ...
But they are messing with our civil rights & our families~
NOW WE'RE FURIOUS !!!
OUTspoken For Equality!
Kitty Lambert
President, OUTspoken For Equality
Fighting for Marriage, GENDA, and the Dignity For All Students Act
22 Bolton Place
Buffalo, NY 14210-2131
(716) 578-3782
www.OUTspokenforequality.org
Working for Marriage Equality, Gender Expression Non-Discrimination Protection
and Dignity For ALL Students through Safe Schools and Positive Educations!
Interestingly, in Milk you find out that The Advocate was unwilling to endorse Harvey Milk, an openly gay man running for public office. They thought it would invoke more hatred towards gays. I just read this article from The Advocate about this faith based initiative of Obama's. I'm not too happy with mixing public funding with religious organizations that can discriminate against the GLBT community.
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02/04/09 02:08 - 15ºF - ID#47635
Financial balance sheet
The expense sheet really makes you think about where all your money is going to. She asks you to *guestimate* (that was for (e:zobar)) what you are spending per month on everything form toiletries to movies, tobacco and alcohol. You enter in your rent, your loans, utilites as well as your monthly income. Under the fast food category I realized I can save the most without sacrificing too much. I am spending $100/month on eating food in the cafeteria! My big challenge now is trying my hardest to limit this to let's say $25 month. Even things that seem relatively benign such as going to the movies can be a huge expense over a year period. The one great thing I realzed when doing all this was that I didn't have to put anything into the tobacco category. If I was still smoking a pack a day I would have to enter in $168/ month at a rate of $6.00 pack. There is no way I could afford to go back to smoking! That is more than $2000/yr.
I'm really annoyed that I have an expense in the cable category. I really did not want cable it was something my roommate considered to be essential and now I am stuck paying for half of it at least until July. After that I will refuse to pay for it anymore because I really don't need TV and don't even care if I don't even have one of those things they ran out of coupons for when they make the digital switch so that you can watch TV with an antennae.
So, I definitely recommend doing one of those expense balancing sheets for yourself sometime if you are interested in improving your financial situation. It is a great way of facing reality.
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02/01/09 02:50 - 36ºF - ID#47592
WTF? On wheels!
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01/27/09 10:04 - 20ºF - ID#47537
Winter always turns to spring
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01/21/09 06:06 - 19ºF - ID#47477
Barack and Michelle do what?
I lifted this off unzipped.net. Looks like I'll have to read this blog some more.
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01/19/09 01:54 - 17ºF - ID#47448
Moochas Gracias Paul
Thank you so much for fixing my mess of a computer last night. I really thought that I was going to lose almost all of my digital photo files and that would have made me so sad. I am sorry you were so allergic to my rabbit dandered computer. I didn't even think of that happening and am so happy that I at least spent the time carefully vacuuming out the inside because I can't even imagine what you would be like if I didn't. I always thought you would be able to come over to my house as long as you didn't go in the rabbit room but now I know that you really never could come over. Anyways, I am most greatful. Thanks again!
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