Lest I am accused of not forewarning people, you may find yourself mildly attracted and/or aroused by the naked photograph of Tigerhawk. And let me be frank, I can't believe a Republican can be that hawt when they have "leaders" that look like Rush Limbaugh and the Pillsbury Doughboy.

But TigerHawk's I stand in naked solidarity with Carrie Prejean made me laugh:

So here it is: in an effort to advance the concept of civil discourse, and to protest the lack of it in this case, I will post a naked, but tasteful picture of myself. Ironic, huh? I stand in naked solidarity with you, Carrie Prejean, so that you can express your views without being attacked personally, even if I disagree with you -- especially if I disagree with you.

I am not going all Code Pink here, since I have no intent to disrupt any kind of official public proceeding with shouting and nakedness.

Yes, I understand the argument that she is now in the public eye and therefore has a target on her back, or front, or whatever, and is fair game, and yes, I understand that she will do fine financially as a result of her new-found fame. But honestly, can you even remember the name of any other runner-up to any other beauty contest? It was her answer to Hilton's question that put her in the limelight, and she answered it straightforwardly and almost apologetically, then stands behind her response, and for that she receives a media colonoscopy.

Media Colonoscopy?
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Carrie Prejean is what happens when you raise kids in unhappy opposite marriages.

Did TMZ cross a line with their Carrie Prejean -- The Origin of Homophobia :: TMZ.com? My gut instinct says yes, but my logic says no.

I don't go by the assertion that she is a "public figure" and for that matter shouldn't have her privacy protected. I do believe everybody should be a ble to shield information from their lives they don't want others to know about and this should apply to all regardless of fame. Yet unfortunately for Ms. PreJean, the divorce docket of her parents is a public record.
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Congratulations to Ann Althouse who's getting married thanks to her blog. This from Althouse: 500 miles later, I'm back in Madison.:

Did you understand the previous post? If not, the answer --along with much congratulations and debate -- appears in the comments, notably here. Let there be no doubt about it: A blogger --Althouse-- is engaged to be married to a man who began his connection to her as a commenter on her blog. After 4 years of writing at each other, we met in real life and found real love

This may be described as a power of blogs for love. At some point I will have to write a post titled, "Blogging Killed My Marriage". The title in itself is half the story, but you will have to wait for the other half. I can't write about it now.

There's a discussion over at Over at Jack and Jill Politics about a 1996 interview the French newspaper Le Monde published just yesterday. It's was meant to be for a book called "American Couples" but it never saw the light of day. Until Saturday. That's 12 years later. And, by the way, it seems Le Monde published the story but didn't alert neither the new President nor US media.

The story was noticed in Le Monde by Tom McCarthy at the ABC News desk and translated from the French by Maeva Bambuck and Jean Fievet in ABC News' London bureau. (When assessing the precise accuracy of the quotes below, keep in mind they have now been translated from English to French to English.)

It's seems they were interview separately, so the answers to the questions sound much more candid and yet, themes that they've discussed today about privacy, about their different ethnic and class backgrounds, about their complimentary sense of humor are all there 12 years ago.

It's amazing to me to find people this in-tune and in love as the Obamas are. They almost make you hate them for being so happy and so utterly in love with each other.

I have to say, am just amazed and impressed. My marriage was never like that but as a helplessly romantic soul, I hope to find my soul mate and the love of my life the way these two have.

It really is inspiring.

And with that, here's my favorite moments of the interview :
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Back in July I wrote a post titled Pain that went under the radar for a lot of people but for my hardcore readers. It's interesting looking back at it that it's a post almost at the year's mid-point and that it was the first time I was openly acknowledging in more than a year that offline Liza was living a very different life than Liza online.

And yet I really didn't own up to everything that was and has been ailing me : 2008 goes down as the year I had to contend with the fact that the life I've lived for the last 10 years is over and that the physical pain that has been bashing me for the past year and a half has been amplified by the emotional anguish of knowing that my marriage is over.
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I love this bitch!

Brad Pitt is putting US$100,000 of his money to fight for the right of gays and lesbians to marry.

"Because no one has the right to deny another their life, even though they disagree with it, because everyone has the right to live the life they so desire if it doesn't harm another and because discrimination has no place in America, my vote will be for equality and against Proposition 8," the actor said in a statement.

Courage! And let it be known that I am in an infinitesimal minority who doesn't find Brad Pitt that attractive.

Now, before the Brangelina-bots go crazy : I recognize that Brad Pitt is a good looking man. He just doesn't do it for me. I don't get the bit, you know, moist just by looking at him.

Now, I loooooove his comedic acting. I loooooove his dadditude. I honestly love Brad Pitt for his philanthropy and his politics. He seems like a genuine decent guy.

Yup. Love the Man for his character not his face.
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