I had a slow-ish day yesterday, so I actually had the time to read some things on the internet. I saw a few interesting things and thought I'd pass them on in case you hadn't read them already.

The first thing was this article about L.A. Times sports writer Mike Penner. The article, written by Penner, explains that he is a transsexual, and after a few weeks of vacation, he will return to work as Christine. I found Penner's article to be very heart warming and honest. I can only imagine the amount of courage it took for him to write it, especially considering the field he works in - sports writing - where one can imagine that people might be less open to this kind of thing. Though, from what he explains, his friends and co-workers have turned out to be quite supportive of his decision. It's a very interesting article that you should read if you haven't already done so.

The second thing that caught my eye was the article about the Indian government issuing a warrant against Richard Gere. During an AIDS awareness event, Gere embraced Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty and kissed her on the cheek. The judge who issued the warrants said that Gere and Shetty "transgressed all limits of vulgarity and have the tendency to corrupt the society." And I thought OUR government was overly conservative when it comes to sex in the media! Check out the photo. The religious right in this country would be ecstatic if this was all celebrities ever did. It's unclear right now how the warrant would effect Gere's frequent visits to India to promote health issues and the cause of Tibetan exiles.


The song of the day is "We Don't Have To Take Our Clothes Off" by Jermaine Stewart off his 1986 album Frantic Romantic. This song, pretty much the only successful song Stewart ever had, was one of those happy summer songs that you couldn't help but sing along with. The song was about the 1980s AIDS scare. Perhaps ironically, Steward died in 1997 of liver failure brought on by a long battle with AIDS.