Shout Out Thursday

1. Our first Shout Out is near and dear to my heart. Today the lawmakers in both New Hampshire and Maine voted to legalize same sex marriage. I'm so proud of our eastern-most neighbors for doing what us super leftie commie liberal Californians have not: recognize that marriage in our separation-of-church-and-state country should not be bound my religious dogma or the belief that love between two consenting adults should be deemed "second class" because they happen to be of the same gender.

True, I'm biased here. I count among my closest friends quite a number of self-identifying homosexuals. And yes, I was born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area so perhaps I'm predisposed. But in all honesty, I have yet to hear a legitimate argument against same-sex marriage that does not reference The Bible or the word "Sodomite." If you have one, I'd be more than willing to listen though, yeah, you ain't gonna change my mind.

2. Shout Out to the lovely and talented Cindy Pon who's debut novel Silver Phoenix: Beyond the Kingdom of Xia debuted last week. Yes, I keep pimping her, which should tell you something about the esteem with which I hold both her and her novel. But also, Cindy will be doing a signing in my hometown of San Francisco this Friday, May 8th at 7:00pm at the Books, Inc. on California Street in Laurel Village. GO! GO! GO! GO! GO! And tell her I sent you.

3. Shout Out to Christina Applegate who was recently voted People Magazine's Most Beautiful Person of 2009. Now, normally I wouldn't give a rat's ass about who People says is beautiful, but in late 2008 Christina was announced to be cancer-free after undergoing a double mastectomy for breast cancer. Add to that her tireless work to raise money for cancer research
plus the fact that she is one of the funniest women in Hollywood (so, so difficult to be funny and beautiful - um, not that I'd know...) and she is one helluva broad. That's right, she's a broad. And I think she'd be proud of the moniker.

4. And lastly, speaking of Cindy and asses (ha!) a Shout Out to Jonathan Waud's ass. Um, don't click on that link if you don't want to see the tastefully nude photos of the Make Me a Supermodel hunk-o-rama. (*click* *click* *click* *click* *click*) Aside from the fact that he is a hot, hot hottie, he also sports a delightful...British accent (what did you think I was goin to say????) which means that he almost topples Daniel Craig out of my bed. Almost.