@ossobuco,
I have mixed feelings about that story.
The former Dr. Kildare and The Thorn Birds star RICHARD CHAMBERLAIN, who admitted his sexuality in an autobiography, now tells other actors intent on coming out to stay put!
"It's complicated. There's still a tremendous amount of homophobia in our culture. It's regrettable, it's stupid, it's heartless, and it's immoral, but there it is," Chamberlain, 76, told The Advocate.
"For an actor to be working is a kind of miracle, because most actors aren't, so it's just silly for a working actor to say, 'Oh, I don't care if anybody knows I'm gay' - especially if you're a leading man."
Chamberlain who's done everything from the med series Dr. Kildare to an HIV lover on Bothers and Sisters to a swashbuckler in The Three Musketeers to Tchaikovsky in The Music Lovers would think twice about coming out now as he famously did in his 2003 memoirs.
"Personally, I wouldn't advise a gay leading man-type actor to come out.
"Despite all the wonderful advances that have been made, it's still dangerous for an actor to talk about that in our extremely misguided culture, " he said.
"Please, don't pretend that we're suddenly all wonderfully, blissfully accepted."
@edgarblythe,
Quote:"Please, don't pretend that we're suddenly all wonderfully, blissfully accepted."
Amen to that! He's right, no matter what you're talking about.
SANDUSKY, Ohio - Police say a dispute over the freshness of french fries got heated at a McDonald's in northern Ohio. Authorities say a customer refused fries waiting Sunday night in their serving pouches at the restaurant near Sandusky. The manager insisted the fries were fresh.
Police say they were called when the customer said he wouldn't leave until he got different fries. He told officers a McDonald's employee struck him with a mop.
The Sandusky Register reports that a witness said the worker acted only as though he was going to hit the man and said the customer called the employee a derogatory name.
No charges were filed. Police say the man got his money back and left without fries.
at 10:20 on December 28, 2010, EST.
Calif. man accused of stealing taxi, trying to register it at DMV after psych evaluation
The Associated Press
SAN PABLO, Calif. - Authorities in Northern California say a man released from a hospital after a psychiatric evaluation stole a taxi and tried to register it at a Department of Motor Vehicles office.
Authorities tell the Contra Costa Times that 26-year-old Jermaine Grosse was arrested Monday on suspicion of auto theft and forgery.
Grosse had been sent to the county's regional medical centre on an involuntary psychiatric hold.
After his release Sunday morning, he shared a taxi with a woman who was going to a San Pablo hospital.
Authorities say when they arrived, Grosse asked the driver to help with the woman's luggage, then drove away in the yellow minivan.
Grosse was arrested after a DMV worker in El Cerrito reported someone was using forged documents to register the cab.
@tsarstepan,
Need a little more spent on editing, I do believe!
@BillW,
Or a second or third set of eyes to pick out the seemingly blaring errors....
"No thanks. I don't need a party to celebrate New Year's. All I need is a bottle of bourbon and a t-shirt that hangs down past my balls." ShitMyDadSays
@edgarblythe,
If he's old, it be called a night shirt......
@eurocelticyankee,
"ohhh girls, Daddy needs changing......"
The Torah says, Love your neighbor as yourself. The Buddha says, There is no self. So, maybe we're off the hook. -- unknown
I couldn't imagine myself riding something like this. It doesn't look safe. For pic, click link.
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http://www.inventionreaction.com/weird-inventions/Uno-Motorbike-Leans-Into-Action
For travel, many of us opt for a motorbike, whist very few of us have the time to learn to ride the more comical unicycle. Well, an 18 year-old scientist by the name of Ben J. Poss Gulak, has decided to merge both modes of transport, and develop what he has termed, 'Uno'. The bike caught the attention of many attendees to the 2008 National Motorcycle Show in Toronto, either because they thought it was cool or to determine what it actually was. The common wheel set-up, of one at the back and one at the front has been revolutionised into two wheels sitting side by side. The Uno also utilises rear footpegs and a considerably smaller chassis.
Amazingly, the Uno weighs only 120lbs and has no controls, except for a simple on/off switch. In order to move, you lean your body in the direction, so leaning back kicks the Uno into reverse. The Uno's speed id controlled by how far you lean forward or back and is completely controlled by an ECU (electronic control unit) which is attached to the motor. The Uno is currently a one-off, but looks and sounds very cool indeed!
DALLAS – A Texas man declared innocent Tuesday after 30 years in prison had at least two chances to make parole and be set free — if only he would admit he was a sex offender. But Cornelius Dupree Jr. refused to do so, doggedly maintaining his innocence in a 1979 rape and robbery, in the process serving more time for a crime he didn't commit than any other Texas inmate exonerated by DNA evidence.
"Whatever your truth is, you have to stick with it," Dupree, 51, said Tuesday, minutes after a Dallas judge overturned his conviction.
Nationally, only two others exonerated by DNA evidence spent more time in prison, according to the Innocence Project, a New York legal center that specializes in wrongful conviction cases and represented Dupree. James Bain was wrongly imprisoned for 35 years in Florida, and Lawrence McKinney spent more than 31 years in a Tennessee prison.
Dupree was sentenced to 75 years in prison in 1980 for the rape and robbery of a 26-year-old Dallas woman a year earlier. He was released in July on mandatory supervision, and lived under house arrest until October. About a week after his release, DNA test results came back proving his innocence in the sexual assault.
A day after his release, Dupree married his fiancee, Selma. The couple met two decades ago while he was in prison.
@edgarblythe,
Texas better dig deep into their state pockets and pay this guy a just (massive) compensation for the pain and anguish and injustice this man has suffered
Electric sidewalk spooks dog and owner
VANCOUVER/CKNW(AM980)
Brett Mineer Email news tips to Brett
1/5/2011
A man out walking his dog near Woodland and Francis Streets in east Vancouver got quite a shock Tuesday evening.
His 2 year old mastiff-German shepherd cross sierra became agitated and upset, "As we got near the corner, she got hesitant. As we got right to the spot she tried to jump off the sidewalk and was yelping in pain."
Her owner is Paul Giannoulis. When he touched he ground with his hands he was jolted with electricity.
Vancouver Fire Captain Barry Brennan, "Well, we took the gentleman's word. We've slowly touched the ground with our hands, I didn't do it personally, but my guys tell me it is definitely an electrical sensation."
Sierra will be fine.
The area was blocked off until a city crew can fix what is likely fraid wiring underground.
Last week in Seattle, a dog was killed when it stepped on an electrified section of sidewalk.
@tsarstepan,
Quote:Texas better dig deep into their state pockets and pay this guy a just (massive) compensation for the pain and anguish and injustice this man has suffered
This is just one of 31 cases overturned recently in Dallas county. Why so many, they refrigerated DNA samples and overly pushed for convictions in that period, sending many to prison on eye witness testimony of the victim, only. This is some of the most unreliable evidence there is.
