SecondGAY Magazine, Spring 2012

SecondGAY Magazine Spring 2012 (Click to enlarge)

The new "SecondGAY Magazine" (url) is out now, just follow the link to read it.

Excellent work by the editors on staff Avacar Bluestar, Eddi Haskell-Constantine and Spike Clemenceau with lots of good tips, interesting articles and great interviews!

Dan Savage Takes On The Bigots

Dan Savage

The video that started it all, Dan Savage, speaking on how the Bible got some things wrong at a high school journalism convention


The challenge from bigot Brian Brown of the National Organisation for Marriage (NOM),

"Let me lay down a public challenge to Dan Savage right here and now: You want to savage the Bible? Christian morality? Traditional marriage? Pope Benedict? I'm here, you name the time and the place and let's see what a big man you are in a debate with someone who can talk back. It's easy to make high-school girls cry by picking on them. Let's pick on someone our own size! I'm here, any time, any place you name, Dan Savage. You will find out out how venal and ridiculous your views of these things are if you dare to accept a challenge."

Dan Savage accepts the challenge

And now we wait...

(Follow the story as it evolves on Joe.My.God.

Inner Dialogue

Me, myself, I and Bock (that me, me, me and me for those of you who don´t know me well) have had a conversation running the last few days.

I will only show you the conclusion here.

Bock: "So, to sum this up, we all agree that we believe this bloggers conclusions are wrong based on International law, the constitution of the country concerned (as far as we understand it) and by what we have witnessed ourselves in news reports after the ´incident´, but we are still not going to make a comment about it on that blog or write our own post about it?"
Me: "Yup!"
Myself: "You got it! If the bloggers own countrymen don´t care to comment why should we bother?"
I: "Yes, that´s it! And we are doing this because we like the blogger, even if we do not always agree with the bloggers political assessments, and because we are not going to stick our nose into another nations business which has no immediate impact on our lives. In addition to which we did make an agreement with Millimina, remember? Milli will keep on breathing deeply and calmly while we choose our battles with care."
Bock: "Gotcha, but can we still do the think about Dan Savage huh?"
Myself: "Hell yeah, we all love Danny boy!"
Me: "No shit, that ´Dan the man´, is hot and knows how to stomp out a Bible-preaching bigot who seems to have missed the message in the New Testament completely!"
I: "Yeah, Dan is great, I am so looking forward to see that debate between Dan and Brian Brown of NOM!"

Would You Kiss This Swede?

Well, if you would consider it, he and hopefully a few other Swedes will be available for your kissing pleasure on

The Second Annual Kiss-A-Swede Day 

June 6, 2012. (time to be announced later.)

Coming soon to a sim near you!

Oh What A Wonderful Day

Not "my" mud pool but similar.

I have just come home from an outing with my coworkers. It´s been a great day, we were all in a great mood and the surroundings were beautiful.

During the morning I almost choke to death when a piece of pear lodged itself in my throat. After a few Heimlich maneuvers and some hard slaps on my back the pear popped out and I could breathe without constraints again.

In the afternoon we went for a walk in the forest. When I tried to jump over a muddy little brook I slipped and fell into the brook and almost all of my left side was covered with mud. I was soon dragged out of my predicament. The mud on my left side had caked completely when we got back to the conference center, so I could dust it off almost without a trace and sit down for a delicious dinner.

But the weather was good, the sky was completely clear and the temperature was 22 ºC (71.6 ºF) , the highest yet this year. So, all things considered, I survived and am only a little sunburned so it has been a wonderful day - except that I was so tired when I got home that I forgot to take out my cigarettes before throwing my clothes in the washer.

Rules For Sharing My Bed

(from The Doghouse Diaries via J.M.G. - Please insert "his" where it says "hers")

When I saw this cartoon on the Joe.My.God. blog today I was reminded of my strongly held views on sharing a bed.

I am not at all opposed to a bit of post-coital smooching, cuddling, snuggling, spooning and chit-chatting, but once that is done and it may be time to sleep I want, nay I demand, total S-E-P-A-R-A-T-I-O-N of bodies.

You will know when this time comes because I will be up airing out the room, smoothing the sheets, fluffing the pillows and the duvets.

You will be given your own pillow and your own duvet, do not attempt to take my stuff. Leave at least ten (10) centimeters of space from any part of your body to any part of my body. If you snore, under no circumstances fall asleep until you have made sure that I am already sleeping.

Once I am asleep no rules apply any longer and you may take any liberties, I will not notice. Another set of rules apply when it is time to wake up.

For your own safety you are encouraged not to try to squeeze, fondle, hug or kiss me before I have showered, brushed my teeth, had my first two cups of coffee and have started answering your questions.

If you for some reason must wake me up, speak to me with a gentle and kind voice. Your life is at risk if you poke me, tickle me anywhere on my beautiful body or start pulling off my duvet etc. etc.

By all means feel free to talk with me about anything on your mind - I will not bother listening anyway - but do not start arguing with me or criticizing me until I have started answering normal questions like "Did you sleep well?", "Would you like another cup of coffee?".

Follow these simple guidelines and we will get on famously together!

May Day 2012

Someone has once said that "Deep inside almost every Swede there is a little Social Democrat hiding and wanting to break out". I think it´s an amusing and pretty true characterization.

Even if the members of the Social Democratic Party of Sweden are sometimes ridiculed for being a grey and nondescript mass they have successfully changed the way we Swedes think of the world and how to bring about social reform.

Violence is frowned upon, we move slowly, step-by-step, and painstakingly see to it that the majority is coming along with us and that nobody is forgotten or left behind. The unwilling are dragged along, kicking and screaming, but soothed by the good will shown to them. "We will listen to what you have to say, but when we have finished listening we will either find a compromise or walk on."

All of us are seeking the vision that was described to us in a speech by Per-Albin Hansson in 1928 as "The People´s Home" (Folkhemmet)

I cannot think of any other nation where the right wing party would choose to call itself "The New Workers Party" or for that matter where a liberal party once chose to describe its mission as "social reforms without socialism"

Only five percent of the Swedish population of about 9 million ever walk in demonstrations, but of those who do more than 300,000 people take part in the various demonstrations on May Day.