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I was piddling around on the Internet and decided to set up an Internet link directory. Silly, I know. It’s not like I need something else to do. I’m still working on the layout, but I thought I’d let ya’ll know about it in case you were interested in being listed in a link directory. I have several special categories (Gambling Directory, Texas Directory, Gay & Lesbian Directory, MySpace Directory, Nursing Directory, MMA & UFC Directory and Games Directory), and most of the general ones. If you don’t feel there’s a good home for one of your sites, just suggest a new category and I’ll take care of it.

Come one, Come all! Feel free to spread the word about my new web directory.

SK and I are both feeling a little under the weather, so we had a rather low key weekend. We did get to spend a lot of time with family over the weekend, so that was nice. And, rainy days plus feeling poorly equals great movie weather. I *finally* saw Gone with the Wind all the way through. One more movie classic that I can check off my list. I think it is sad when people are so blinded by the love they think they want, that they miss the love they have right in front of them. On the school front, I’m done with both of my government classes for the week, and I have to get started on my statistics assignment. We are supposed to have a test in Anatomy on Monday, but the professor pushed the test because we are already behind in lecture.

I’m sure you’ve heard by now that Steve Irwin, the Crocodile Hunter, was killed by a stingray barb to the chest on Monday. At first, I thought it was a hoax, because his death has been rumored before. However, once it started showing up in the mainstream media, I finally accepted it as the truth. The world lost a great advocate for animal rights.

I was excited to hear about Rosie O’Donnell’s new shindig on The View. I think she has a lot to offer in this format. It will be interesting to see how the dynamics work out between her and the other ladies on the show.

I’ve seen this in a few places, but it amuses me, so here it is in case you haven’t seen it:

10 reasons gay marriage will ruin our society

01) Being gay is not natural. Real Americans always reject unnatural things like eyeglasses, polyester, and air conditioning.

02) Gay marriage will encourage people to be gay, in the same way that hanging around tall people will make you tall.

03) Legalizing gay marriage will open the door to all kinds of crazy behavior. People may even wish to marry their pets because a dog has legal standing and can sign a marriage contract.

04) Straight marriage has been around a long time and hasn’t changed at all; women are still property, blacks still can’t marry whites, and divorce is still illegal.

05) Straight marriage will be less meaningful if gay marriage were allowed; the sanctity of Britany Spears’ 55-hour just-for-fun marriage would be destroyed.

06) Straight marriages are valid because they produce children. Gay couples, infertile couples, and old people shouldn’t be allowed to marry because our orphanages aren’t full yet, and the world needs more children.

07) Obviously gay parents will raise gay children, since straight parents only raise straight children.

08 ) Gay marriage is not supported by religion. In a theocracy like ours, the values of one religion are imposed on the entire country. That’s why we have only one religion in America.

09) Children can never succeed without a male and a female role model at home. That’s why we as a society expressly forbid single parents to raise children.

10) Gay marriage will change the foundation of society; we could never adapt to new social norms. Just like we haven’t adapted to cars, the service-sector economy, or longer life spans.

Yesterday I discovered that my anatomy teacher knows my name. This is either a really good thing, or a really bad thing. At least she manages to keep my attention in class. To illustrate the properties of chemical bonds, she said they were like marriages. The type of bond dictated who got what in the divorce. Hydrogen bonds are not only polyamorous, but tend to keep a mistress on the side. Whatever works, right?

Last night after class, we headed down to Fort Worth to check out The Ultimate Lesbian Short Film Festival. I’d never been to one of these types of things, but I had a good time. I even managed to win a door prize! Granted, it was a movie that I’d never heard of and has subtitles, but since I’m on a losing streak lately, I’m not complaining. We had dinner at Uno’s beforehand and decided to go back for dessert after the show. We met some new people and had some laughs. Good times!

I bought a pretty new purple, err, excuse me - lilac, stethoscope for my health skills class. We are supposed to learn how to take vital signs tonight. I’m going to practice on SK

Ask me tomorrow about how many times the instructor told me to “axe the patient.” I have to do something to keep myself entertained.

This is very entertaining, and I thought I’d share with those of you who don’t read theferrett:

I felt like taking a break from all the serious programming I’ve been doing, so I returned to the Purity Quiz 2.0 to compile some demographic data and share it with the world. Thus, I present to you:

The Purity Quiz Statistics Page.

Yes, now you can see whether Conservatives or Liberals have wilder sex! Witness who’s gayer - men or women! And the skin tone that has the craziest sex on average? Well, it sure surprised me.

Anyway, it’s up. Go nuts.

Also, if you never got around to taking the quiz, here it is! The Ultimate Purity Quiz 2.0

For the first time in my life, I am not proud to be a Texan. And lemme tell ya, claiming Bush wasn’t easy.

Separation of church and state, people. Embrace it.

We arrived in Vegas on Saturday, and had to deal with a pesky car rental company. We had a reservation, but they were out of cars! Instead of dealing with the headache and starting our trip off on the wrong foot, SK found a good deal at another car company and we headed to our hotel.

The Paris in Las Vegas is beautiful! Be warned though - the walk from the parking garage to the registration counter is killer when you’re hauling luggage. The rooms are large and roomy, and we even had a view of the Bellagio fountains.

We had lunch in one of the restaurants inside Paris called Mon Ami, Gabi. We drank champagne and made googly eyes at each other over French toast and eggs benedict. After spending some time, uhm, settling into our rooms, I headed over to the Bellagio to play some poker and then met Pauly and Sanscour for the first time. If you are interested, you can read more about it in my poker blog, or check out Pauly’s version.

Sunday we decided to go see the Hoover dam. I probably would have enjoyed it more if we didn’t have to sit in traffic. They are doing construction on the road, and they make you go through a security check point like you just came over the border. Learning more about history was nice, but the coolest thing about the Hoover dam? The little chipmunks (or whatever they are) that will actually eat out of your hand! The view during the drive was pretty, but I decided I like my mountains green and covered in trees.

Once we got home from over sight seeing mission, we had to start getting ready for Zumanity. We had dinner at the Gallagher’s Steakhouse. Whispering to each other over candle light, we talked about the year and reminisced over our early dating stories. The steak was tasty, but the best part of the meal was the green beans. Fresh and crisp, oh so tasty! Just make sure your kissing partner eats some too, because they were heavy on the garlic!

Our seats to Zumanity were awesome! We were in the first row of chairs, with the love seats in front of us. We considered getting tickets in the front row of love seats, but for some reason we were under the impression that there were in groups of 4, and we had no desire to sit that close to another couple. But, our view was awesome and right near the center.

As for the show, if I hadn’t seen any other Cirque du Soleil shows, I probably would be raving about how much I just loved this show. I guess I went in expecting something…more. Don’t get me wrong, it had some very sexy scenes, and definitely managed to crank my engine, if you get my meaning! But, SK’s whispering in my ear had a lot to do with that…Hubba Hubba.

What was I talking about? Oh right, Zumanity. The hula hoop girl in her Catholic school girl skirt was smokin’, and the water scene with the two topless women slipping across each other…yummy. There was even eye candy for the ladies (or gay men)! SK and I even commented to each other about the hotness of this one male performer. Sounds awesome, doesn’t it? And, while it was cool, I guess I expected something more like Varequi, only naked. But, there were lots of boobs, dildos, fruit, and sexy men and women, so how bad could it really be?

We had an afternoon flight on Monday, so we checked out of our hotel and planned to do a little gambling after brunch. Pauly came out to join us, and we were so swept away in the conversation that we had to rush to the airport! As he put it:

It’s always fun to spend time with people you have common interests in… I mean Jaxia loves playing poker and loves women. I happen to love both too. It some weird twist of Six Degrees of Pauly, I discovered that SK was childhood friends with Beano, one of my good friends from college. Small world, huh? Seriously, how random is that? I meet someone I played poker online with for the first time and her life partner lived across the street from a guy who was in my fraternity and I followed Phish around in Japan with.

SK and I decided that 3 days and 2 nights is not enough time in Vegas. Hopefully we can plan a longer trip next time we go.

I’ve learned that traveling together is a true test of relationship compatibility. If you can spend that much time together and still not get on each other’s nerves, then ya’ll really have a chance of making it. SK is a great travel companion. We can spend hours in the car together and never turn on the radio. We both hate waiting at the airport, so we wait until the last minute to go to the terminal. She likes the window seat, and I like the aisle. She doesn’t mind when I want to stop and read all the signs.

Sometimes it’s the little things that make me smile, and remind me how great we are together.

48 hours from now, we will be in Vegas celebrating our anniversary and watching Zumanity.

You know you’re jealous!

In case you missed it…

Melissa Etheridge speaks in front of a cancer biology class. The discussion was filmed for a special on MTV that will air on Oct 17.

“The California Legislature made history Tuesday as the Assembly passed a bill to legalize same-sex marriage.”

I wish it were cheaper to live in California. What are the chances that Texas will wake up and do the right thing?

When Hell freezes over? Yeah, that’s what I thought.

But, this did give me hope:

Two of the lawmakers who switched their votes from abstain to “aye” said in floor speeches that they were glad for another chance.

Umberg elicited applause and whoops in the otherwise hushed chamber when he described why he had changed his mind. He said he had been “cajoled, been harassed, been harangued and been threatened” by friends over the issue.

“This is one of those times when history looks upon us to see where we are,” Umberg said. “Ten years from now, there are a handful of issues that history will record where we stood, and this is one of those issues.

“History will record whether we pushed a bit, took the lead to encourage tolerance, to encourage equality to encourage fairness,” he said.

“The constituency I’m concerned about is a very small one,” said Umberg, “and that’s the constituency of my three children, should they decide to look back on my record … and reflect on where I was when we could make a difference.”