NBC aired the live season finale of The Sing-Off tonight. As part of the episode, they filmed each of the final three groups singing for and spending time with a representative group of a charity that group chose to support. NBC disappointed me (though I guess I shouldn't be surprised). This is the email I sent the network:

Re: The Sing-Off S3 ( Read more... )

Even four years ago, I'm not sure I believed that my hopes for a political better in my country would come about. I know that as a bullied kid, ALL I hoped was for it to "get better." I am so impressed by the It Gets Better Project, started by Dan Savage and his partner Terry and I particularly like and identify with President Obama's comments. ( Read more... )

In Memoriam: Justin Aaberg, 15
In Memoriam: Carl Joseph Walker-Hoover, 11
In Memoriam: Seth Walsh, 13
In Memoriam: Billy Lucas, 15
In Memoriam: Tyler Clementi, 18
In Memoriam: Jaheem Herrera, 11
In Memoriam: Asher Brown, 13
In Memoriam: Zach Harrington, 19
In Memoriam: Aiyisha Hassan, 19
In Memoriam: Raymond Chase, 19
In Memoriam: Holly ( Read more... )

If you are an Illinois resident, please call or email your Illinois representative, which can handily be done here, to ask them to support House Bill 2234, which aims to extend basic legal protections to committed opposite-sex, same-sex and senior couples in Illinois by creating civil unions ( Read more... )