woo hoo to Merkun buggery bastards

Sodomy from sea to shining sea. Gawd shtup Americans, lads that I love...

Seriously, a great day, arguably the most progressive social ruling the US Supreme Court's ever made.

Now go bend over for a cowboy/girl. Bio or not.

:)

philosophes!

Well this one puts Quizzilla to shame. Doubtless my Aunt Eileen (Sr. Eileen Egan, Mother General, Dorothian Sisters) would be pleased STAq (St. Thomas Aquinas) came out on top. Shame existentialism had to be Sartrian--I'm a bigger fan of de Beauvoir or Camus. And Ayn Rand was just a vâche as far as I'm concerned....

1. Aquinas   (100%) 
2. Aristotle   (96%)  
3. Epicureans   (92%)  
4. John Stuart Mill   (86%)  
5. Jeremy Bentham   (85%)  
6. Kant   (76%)  
7. Spinoza   (76%)  
8. Stoics   (74%)  
9. Nietzsche   (64%)  
10. Thomas Hobbes   (61%)  
11. Prescriptivism   (60%)  
12. Nel Noddings   (58%)  
13. Ayn Rand   (58%)  
14. Jean-Paul Sartre   (58%)  
15. St. Augustine   (49%)  
16. Plato   (46%)  
17. David Hume   (41%)  
18. Cynics   (30%)  
19. Ockham   (26%)  

http://selectsmart.com/PHILOSOPHY

Props to ombraorsa

j'excrete donc j'existe

It's Friday arvo and unless OurHolyMother zaps it away, this fecking cold is gonna carry into the weekend. I don't mind missing work, but the weekend is no time to be ill. And this has totally gutted my snog/root/cuddle time with querrelle. Jawn so not happy.

Ahem.

Did pull myself together to get some sundries (more echinacea, zinc lozenges, tissues, some grocs), and it's a gorgeous day in Sydney. I was awake at 05h00 (cough cough), and the entire downtown was fogged in: rather than a sunrise there was a luminous glow that increased as the sun rose. I passed out again sometime around 08h00--when I got up at 10h30 the sky was already blue. And the morning sun warms up my flat nicely, so it's especially welcome in this building with no heat.

I'll try to stay up late tonite (23h00 or so) and call NY for the combo birfday: Dad, Mike, Uncle Kevin and one of my nieces. All 27 June. Freaky eh? My other brother and one of our nephews also share a birthday (03 October), but when there are a gazillion of you in the family, it's bound to happen.

C'est ça

I'm suddenly reminded...

...of how incredibly hot the sex is with querrelle. I've never felt this sustained level of desire before. It's only not been amazing once, and just the thought of him makes me hard.

And it's been years since I've experienced spontaneous tumescence. Because I am jaded.

Or maybe not....

à la récherche du temps perdu

Per chrisglass Tell me three things to do in Vancouver:

1.) A good place to eat (I can't tolerate Thai food, but everything else is game.)

Well the only cuisine that sucks in Vancouver is Mexican. Not a decent burro to be found anywwhere. But most others are to be found. Certainly for Chinese I can recommend Szechuan Chongking on Commercial Dr @ 12th Avenue in East Van--make sure you get the spicy beans and deep friend bread. Vancouver's home to one the longest--and strongest--Sikh communities in North America, and there's an abundance of excellent curry houses: 2 that come to mind are Nirvana at Main St. betw East 7th & 8th Aves, and the Natraj on West Broadway (near Willow, North side, on the main floor of the big honkin office block). Both are very reasonable and have great food.

If you'll be staying strictly in the West End/Downtown area (where most of the homos are), a genuine Canadian meal can be had at Rooster's Quarters on Denman betw. Robson and Haro. It's Montréal style barbecue--spicier and less tangy than texas-style, plus awesome pea soup and that quintessential canadien treat poutine (fries with sauce and cheese curds; sounds hideous, but ain't). For more generic West-coast cuisine, I heartily recommend Milestones On the Beach (Denman @ Davie): good food, awesome view of the sunset.

You want more? I got more....

2.) A place to get a brew. (Where does one find the furry folk?)

Easiest question: The Pumpjack, on Davie betw. Thurlow and Bute (north side). The leather bar, but be warned it gets busy early Fri and Sat nights...there's a lineup by 10pm each night. There's a beer bust Sunday afternoons 4pm onwards as well. The line-ups are as much due to the owners trying to run a pub on a restaurant liquor license as to the somewhat restrictive occupancy rules in Vancoouver. If you don't feel like waiting, Numbers (Davie betw Thurlow and Burrard, south side) attracts a varied crowd Fri-Sun evenings.

3.) A place of interest. (could be some natural wonder, or a man made thing of marvel)

The obvious is Stanley Park, 1000 acres of 2nd growth forest in the downtown. Pretty much everything but bear are found there (including coyotes, eagles, and even the streams spawn salmon. The sea wall around it is about 5km, and is popular for walking, biking or blading. Gorgeous.

Man-made would be the Museum of Anthropology at UBC. Incredible collection of West Coast indigenous artifacts (collaboratively managed by First Nations and university staff), in a specatular setting overlooking the Strait of Georgia and Vancouver Island. If you're driving from downtown, head south over any bridge and turn right onto 4th Avenue. Drive several kms until 4th becomes Marine Drive. The Museum will be on your right. by transit take a #4 or #10 bus from Granville Street to the UBC bus loop, then follow the signs (there's a big map there). or ask someone at the bus loop, they'll help.


And in general, Vancouver has great café culture--soak it up anywhere, but especially Delany's on Denman (next to the Shell petrol station). Have a great time!!!!