Gay, much?

Well I'm totally excited. Ann's coming out with a new book. So I'm very happy, even though I haven't made it all the way through a book since I read "What to Expect when you're Expecting" when I was pregnant like...a year and a half ago. That's bad. I'm a book lover, honestly. But one year old little boys are not so much. Unless the pages happen to have textures and cut-outs and pop-ups. And it really does have to be a combination of all three.

But anyway, I somehow stumbled over the news of this book (soon to come) and it inspired me to check out some of her articles which I haven't done in literally forever. I'm not totally uninformed because we've started to watch the O'Reilly Factor (for which I'll have to comment later. I like it, but I'm not a huge fan). Television is more accessible because I can be cleaning, changing diapers, and playing with Legos and listen at the same time. Maybe I'll order Ann's new book on CD. That worked last time.

But I ran in to her recent article titled "Taze him, bro!". Haha. If you haven't heard of that incident then really, get your head out of your ass. The article wasn't really about that, it was about the Iranian president (Ahmadijad? haha...I don't really care) visiting and giving a speech at Columbia University last week. I find the whole thing pretty ridiculous and offensive, and so does she, but what struck me was this quote from the president:

Responding to a question about Iran's execution of homosexuals, Ahmadinejad said there are no homosexuals in Iran: "In Iran we don't have homosexuals, like in your country. In Iran we do not have this phenomenon. I don't know who's told you that we have it."


The truth is they don't call it gay sex there. They just call it sex.

(By the way, none of the following information is from Ann, these are things I've researched myself).

If you haven't noticed, Middle Eastern men are, to put it mildly, a bit sexist. But it doesn't stop there. Their culture and religion do not allow the women to look like anything other than a burlap sack, really. You see, their belief is that women are only for reproduction. Sex for pleasure? Well that's reserved for the people who really deserve it.

That's right. The guys. Buddies. They're all about the gay sex.

But it's not homosexuality. It's just...sex. haha. Right.

Yeah, but anyway, if you didn't hear the speech or anything about it, it's pretty funny. I mean, you have to have a sense of humor about these things. Apparently, he didn't feel like he was greeted in America with much respect. Though I don't know why he would expect that. He also wants to visit Ground Zero in New York and he wants to make a big deal about it. He's pretty offended that we haven't allowed him that little treasure yet either.

Personally, I think we should. I mean, who could be blamed for his death at the hands of an angry New York mob? It's pretty much your own fault for getting caught up in it.

So I have to go. Riley's playing guitar. Standing up. Alone.