LGBT/SA

I've added to the label -- Sexually Ambiguous. I think it's sad Adam Lambert felt he had to declare his sexuality in Rolling Stone. Why? Why can't we just accept the Truth about everyone's status -- that we might all be Bi? Shocked?

I disagree with the gals on the View that parents should quiz their kids about their sexuality. WHY? None of us really know where we stand until confronted with the situation. You cannot say whether you would be attracted to a black guy, Asian chick, Native American, young person, or even David Carradine (at 72) because you aren't factoring in the actual person; the mind and soul of the person. Why should we have to declare as children what gender or race we will want for future partners? That seems ridiculous to me. Why not teach our children to focus on the spirit (inner qualities) of a person rather than obsess on gender and race?

I think the Gen X (or whatever letter we're on now) must laugh when they see a bunch of old broads on TV trying to define sexuality. How lost! In a few more years this discussion will be totally passe. Meanwhile, quit torturing your children and trying to make them fit into some stereotype that's a leftover product of the past.

And if you didn't click the title, take five and click now. At least make it halfway through the Youtube video of "A Night in Bangkok" (from 1985!) I've had the tune on my mind since Carradine's demise (at least get to the song!) And finally, speaking of close approaches...

On June 10, 2009 there were 1062 potentially hazardous asteroids. June 2009 Earth-asteroid encounters.

Testing the Water

What do fish and stocks have in common? Hmmm. You can say both stink. What I had in mind was how I have literally been testing the water this week. My betta fish is sick and I keep testing his water, trying to regulate his tank so he can get well, live long and prosper. (Betta Release 1.0 is three fish years, which equals about 35 human years. Still young.)

The stock market is sick. The Fed has been trying to regulate those turbulent waters. These wild Tsunami swings are tough to take. I wanted to buy RIMM (Research in Motion, aka Blackberry) before Monday. I can reveal now that it splits 3 for 1 Monday. It's waaaaay too expensive at $200 per share. But, as I suspected it closed up $22.50 per share today, closing at $220. I'm sick because I should have bought RIMM back in 2005. I actually thought it was too expensive then. Ha! It's up about 2000% from then. I have owned AMZN (Amazon) since the beginning. I rode that baby from a $20 stock to a $400 stock, watched it split (several times), collapse and now come back as one of the alleged "four horseman" of tech stocks. AMZN has been very, very good to me. I owned AAPL, another of the "horsemen" (these are the four.) It was the very first stock I ever owned (1980's!) I could be Warren Buffet if I had kept that one. I sold it in the 1990's when I thought Macs and Jobs were washed up. Ha! Didn't see iPods and iPhones coming. It trades around $125 a share after who knows how many splits. I'd love to own GOOG (Google) but it has never been less than $200 a share for the average person and currently trades at -- get this -- $500 a share! When will it split? People will go crazy and it will immediately run amok again.

What will I do when I retire? Come on. I could keep an eye on the market, which is far too time consuming for a working person. I can travel and write (more likely.) Or, I could renounce my materialistic ways, meditate and teach T'ai Chi. I'll be doing the Buddhist thing tomorrow -- a retreat. Let's see which wins out ;) For now, I'll just keep testing the waters.