Its a gleeful morning here in Tucson. Not just 'cause it rained last night and is therefore cool this morning. But my new iPod arrived yesterday after a bit of an ordeal with the FedEx people, which was resolved nicely on their part. Shortly after it was delivered/picked up I had all 2100 plus songs transfered from the Bondi iMac and my Calendar and Contacts synced. Now I sit listening to Mozart in the morning with over 6 days of more music in my pocket.

I bought the iPod for Staci and I to both use, but she doesn't think she will get much of a chance. I promise I will share- really.

Pet Peeves... lets share them.

I just experienced one of mine. I hate when a single flush of a urinal does not remove all the yellow in the bowl. I know we are in the desert, but come on- lets have a little more water pressure and flow.

Now what are yours?

I had quite an experience this weekend. It all started when I went to visit my uncle and Bruce who were in Phoenix for a bowling tournament. What I did not know was that it was a gay bowling tournament and their whole hotel was full of the participants.

My first clue was all the men at the pool in speedos. Anyhow, I think its great that people bowl or do other fun activities. But gay bowling tested my limits of acceptability. First- in one weekend most of these guys killed every GOOD stereotype there are about gay people. There was no good shoes, nice cloths, or gentile attitude. The two alleys were full of beer guzzling, tank top wearing bowlers- who just happened to be gay. My uncle himself did not participate. Instead we went to see Frank Lloyd Wright's Taliesin West.

All in all it was an experience that I would recommend to anyone. After all it is refreshing to see people breaking the mold.

I was at a party last night hosted by a friend. Some others and I got talking about things among which was the phenomenon of fag hags. For those unfamiliar with the term, a fag hag is a straight woman that hangs out with a lot of gay men. What we wondered is why lesbians do not have the same thing. Why do they not have straight men as friends. After all straight men after fantasize about lesbians. One would think they would love to hang with them. And one could argue that lesbians and straight men have a lot in common. They could golf, watch baseball etc together. We even came up with a name for these guys.

Dyke Dudes. What do you think? Do lesbians need dyke dudes?

Saw on old neighborhood friend today- Betsy aka El. It was nice to see her. Talked about old times and new ones.

Is their anyone from your youth you would like to have lunch with? I often wonder what happened to this kid I knew in Junior High named David Tiffany.

I know my friend John would like to find and meet up with Kim Scott- his old flame.

Saw the Matrix today. I liked it- reminded of my friend Ed. He likes Kyoto and all that fancy fighting. He also dresses Matrix like.

But I did not get the end of the movie and the decision Neo made. Anyone want to explain to me?

This is from adbusters.org. and sums up my biggest gripe in the whole wide world.

So I am sitting at my desk in front of the computer. And I hear a bunch of screaming from women. Now it did not sound like help screaming, but more fun giggling screams.

So I look out the window- and 3 women, buck naked except for shoes and one wearing a tiara, jog by. Well they didnt even jog by, they stopped and went into my neitghboor across from our place. Then they stood in the doorway. They did not even go inside.

Soon followed my neighboor and som eother people. All around 20-30 including the naked girls. They were laughing too. Now the naked ones and the clothed ones stood on the porch and right inside the open door talking for maybe 2 minutes.

Is it just more or was that weird?

I have a recommendation for anyone who likes musicals- well really for everyone. Go see Mama Mia. Saw it last night and it was a blast. I am an ABBA fan and I figured I would not like it seeing as the music would be a bit different from what one finds on the ABBA gold CD. But it was great. The story is hilarious and the songs fit in perfectly.

When it comes to your town- go see it.