The Southern Voice reports: Actor Ashton Kutcher took to Twitter this afternoon to tweet his disgust at people who use “gay” and “fag” as insults. In typical Twitter style, where capitalization and punctuation are optional, Kutcher wrote: “can we just get clear, calling...

According to a press release sent out today by PlanetOut, Inc., it looks as though the company continues to face a doubtful future that might include getting the boot from NASDAQ: PlanetOut Inc. (Nasdaq: LGBT), a leading media and entertainment company exclusively focused on the gay and lesbian mark...

Post by Alison McNeill and video by Miiko Mentz The Bubby award train makes its next stop at Patricia Handschiegel. We presented Patricia with the award for “Kick-Ass Female and Best Laugh� at the recent Twiistup 5 event in Santa Monica. If you missed our highlight reel or the first two stops on...

I generally don’t introduce myself as “Ben Gray, Southern Baptist Minister.”  I consider it a fairly wise practice on my part because when folks do (inevitably) find out that I’m not only a minster, but a minister in a Southern Baptist church, the way in which they relate to...

Post and video by Miiko Mentz Bubblicious Reporter Alison McNeill recently presented Bubby awards to five winners at Twiistup 5, which was held at Hangar:8 at the Santa Monica airport. On Friday, we posted our highlight reel of the Bubby Award winners and this week we’re posting one interview ...

Charlotte bus driver charged with DUI after wreck...

    Yep, you already read this here, back on Friday. But I post it not for you blog regulars, but for folks who saw it first in the paper today, and decided to come here for the version with links.     And if you did that, welcome to the blog... By BRAD WARTHENEDI...

Here's a few recipes from MRS. ROWE'S LITTLE BOOK OF SOUTHERN PIE (Ten Speed Press, July, 2009) in celebration of National Banana Cream Pie Day. Enjoy! (At this point, I'd be remiss if I didn't mention that you can pre-order the book at Amazon of Ten Speed.) Susan’s Banana Cream Pi...

I’m taking most of the weekend off from blogging, so I’m going to round up some of the Friday news in short snippets. * I hope this means what I think it means, or what I hope it means — Several British cities will be hosting Conventions on Modern Liberty where, they will among oth...

One of our favorite places in the country is the Hula Lake Park, just a little south of Kiryat Shmona in the Galilee. There, you can rent bicycles or a family-sized golf cart and tool around the spacious lake to view some of the most amazing birds in the world. Enviro-nerds that we are, we bring [.....