Owner: "Emissary" - a GLBT culture blog URL:http://blog.myspace.com/drchris000 Join Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2008 11:03:23 -0500 Rating:0 Site Description: The "Emissary" is a little bit pop culture blog, travel log, and political blog. It is also a little bit GLBT life and Chicago life while being plenty autobiographical. Leave your comments and let me know what's on your mind. Site statistics:Click here
Exposé 2008-08-22 05:48:00 We went to the popular Chicago neighborhood festival the other day known as "Market Days." It's extremely popular and folks come from all over the Midwest to attend. It's mostly about musi...
Ellen and Portia’s Wedding Photo 2008-08-21 09:23:00 I found a photo from Ellen
Degeneres and Portia
de Rossi's wedding and they are an amazing couple. I remember Portia when I first saw her on "Ally McBeal" a few years ago and I thought she was s... Read more:Photo
Illinois Beach State Park 2008-08-20 09:38:00 This weekend I discovered a beautiful natural area just a few miles north of where I live and I didn't even know it existed. IllinoisBeachState
Park was gradually created starting in 194...
Phelps Wins His Eighth Gold Medal at the Olympics 2008-08-18 07:46:00 This has definitely been the most exciting Olympics
I have ever witnessed. Not only have I been in awe of the beauty of China as a backdrop to the Olympics, but I have also seen possibly the gre... Read more:Eighth
, Medal
, Phelps
China Olympic Protests 2008-08-08 06:09:00 Tonight will be the opening ceremonies of the Olympic
Games in China
. I'm really looking forward to it. Whereas the Olympics should be about the athletes and the nations uniting to celebra... Read more:Protests
Water Found on Mars, Is there Life Too? 2008-08-04 08:16:00 I still can't get over the amazing news earlier this week that water was found on Mars. Before they had found ice, but that could have just been carbon dioxide in solid form. After melting...
Tennessee Church Shooting a Hate Crime 2008-07-31 10:34:00 It is becoming clearer each day that the motive behind the recent shooting in a Tennessee
church was hate. At first the motive was unclear but it has now been reported that the man who shot and killed... Read more:Church
, Hate Crime
Comiskey Park 2008-07-31 05:39:00 Last week my company took its employees on our annual trip to a Chicago baseball game. Each year we alternate between a Chicago Cubs game and a Chicago White Sox game (just to be fair). This year wa...
Design Star / Next Food Network Star 2008-07-30 07:13:00 I can't help but love my reality shows.This past weekend I saw the second to last episode of "Design Star" and the finale of "Next Food Network Star"I came in late on "Next Food Network Star." I...
The Last Lecture 2008-07-27 05:06:00 By pure coincidence I finished the book on the same day that he died.Randy Pausch was a professor of computer science at Carnegie Mellon University. He rose to fame after giving a quirky "last lectur...
Oops she did it again! 2008-10-03 07:46:00 I'm dying to blog about something else...but Palin just won't let me. Here is her latest gaffe. The potential leader of the free world and the person who may choose the next Supreme Court ...
Palin has read everything...or nothing...I’m not sure which 2008-10-02 08:02:00 It just keeps coming! Here is the latest from Palin's interview with Couric. In an interview which aired Tuesday on "The CBS Evening News," anchor Katie Couric asked Palin what publication...
Katie I would like to use one of my lifelines... 2008-09-30 09:43:00 Amazingly, the blogs are saying today that CBS has even more embarrassing tape of Couric's interview with Palin...as if what we saw last week wasn't bad enough. Stay tuned for more Tina Fey mate... Read more:Katie
Into the Wild 2008-09-29 09:12:00 Last week I rented a DVD of "Into the Wild" which is the award winning film directed by Sean Penn. The movie, and the book from which is was based, tells the true story of Christopher McCandless...
Flying at Flugtag 2008-09-20 07:40:00 Recently we attended the 2008 Red Bull Flugtag in Chicago! I've always wanted to go to Flugtag and when I heard it had arrived in Chicago I couldn't wait to get to the beach.In case you haven't ... Read more:Flying
I can see Russia from my house 2008-09-16 09:53:00 How amazing was Tina Fey?! She was spot on in her portrayal of Sarah Palin on this weekend's Saturday Night Live.
Video: you enjoyed this post click on the link be... Read more:Russia
American Politics and the Double Standard 2008-09-14 05:49:00 I found the following article on "That Minority Thing" website and found it so incredibly insightful and accurate as to the double standard in America. It is something that has frustrated me for... Read more:American
, Double Standard
, Standard
Hillary Clinton’s Speech 2008-08-28 07:54:00 Hillary Clinton
's speech last night really was quite remarkable. In case anyone forgot it was very clear from the eloquence of that speech why she came so close to the Presidential nomination.&n... Read more:Hillary
, Hillary Clinton
, Speech
"Dancing with the Stars" Lineup 2008-08-27 08:07:00 ABC announced yesterday it's 2008-2009 season lineup for "Dancing
with the Stars." I haven't watched the show much in the past, but I have to say that this is a really interesting group of...
Chicago Fire 2008-10-22 08:50:00 I was walking to work the other morning and came across this fire on the Chicago
River near the corner of State Street and Wacker Drive. Some sort of oil container had caught fire. It was a small fi...
Colin Powell Endorses Obama 2008-10-19 15:16:00 If you watched "Meet the Press" this morning or seen the news you know that ColinPowell
formally endorsed Obama
. This might be considered surprising since Powell is a well known Republican who ...
Friend to All 2008-10-14 09:36:00 One of my friends and mentors from my time going to graduate school at Vanderbilt University was K.C. Potter. He was the Dean of Residential and Judicial Affairs and later became a dear friend.&...
No title 2008-10-13 07:10:00 McCain and Palin have been trading in fear and they actually seemed surprised by the appearence of the rabid lynch mobs they have created. The Republican conservative base is traditionally a par...
Conn. court overturns same-sex marriage ban 2008-10-11 11:10:00 Freedom spreads! The Connecticut Supreme Court ruled that gay and lesbian couples have the right to marry. That's the third state behind California and Massachusetts. That's great ne... Read more:marriage
Presidential Debate 2008-10-11 06:19:00 I never did see the SNL takeoff of the second PresidentialDebate
. So I looked it up on Hulu today. It was almost as hilarious as the Palin laughfests. Here it is for your enjoyment ...
Snowing on Mars 2008-10-10 07:58:00 This was reported on the news a week ago but I still think it's the coolest story out there. I wish the press would give it more attention. It's amazing how we take these miracles for gran... Read more:Snowing
VP Debate Rewind 2008-10-07 06:17:00 Here is more great Tina Fey video just in case you missed it this weekend.
... Read more:Debate
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