Yesterday, Starr Ann got so stirred up about all the obstructionist conservatives in Congress, she had to let off steam somehow. So right around noon she said, “Margo, we need to go taunt some Republicans.”

That sounded good to me, but these days, with so many conservatives wanting to distance themselves from the wingnut Tea Partiers, you can barely find two out-and-out Republicans to rub together. Sorry about the imagery there.

Rocky Horror Picture Show has its moments, and the erotic, “swim the warm waters of sins of the flesh” song titled “Don’t Dream It” is one of the best. It’s a visceral invitation to make real your most compelling dreams, to live the life that whispers and pleads for notice deep within your heart.

Yet, as vital as the being is to the dreaming, it is the dream itself that makes all realization possible.

Rocky Horror Picture Show has its moments, and the erotic, “swim the warm waters of sins of the flesh” song titled “Don’t Dream It” is one of the best. It’s a visceral invitation to make real your most compelling dreams, to live the life that whispers and pleads for notice deep within your heart.

Yet, as vital as the being is to the dreaming, it is the dream itself that makes all realization possible.

Ever since I submitted that one article about homosexual plants and whether they come from gay seeds or grow that way from how they’re fertilized, AWOP’s GLBTQ editor Lori Hahn has insisted on okaying my subject matter ahead of time. Which is really fine with me. Doesn’t bother me a bit.

Last week when Lori approved my latest topic – a look at the Food Channel women through lesbian eyes – I quickly settled in to watch an online video of Nigella Lawson preparing a dish called Eton Mess. When Nigella’s pillowy lips spoke, tasted, savored the words, “…a bit of a moosh about, to encourage the strawberries to yield their gorgeous juices,” I backed away from my computer real slow and called Lori.

Ever since I submitted that one article about homosexual plants and whether they come from gay seeds or grow that way from how they’re fertilized, AWOP’s GLBTQ editor Lori Hahn has insisted on okaying my subject matter ahead of time. Which is really fine with me. Doesn’t bother me a bit.

Last week when Lori approved my latest topic – a look at the Food Channel women through lesbian eyes – I quickly settled in to watch an online video of Nigella Lawson preparing a dish called Eton Mess. When Nigella’s pillowy lips spoke, tasted, savored the words, “…a bit of a moosh about, to encourage the strawberries to yield their gorgeous juices,” I backed away from my computer real slow and called Lori.

The ninth year of this new century gave us enough surprises, tragedies, laughter and loss to fill up a hard drive. But do not fear! I’ve kept my Year in Review brief in the hope it’ll tempt all you brilliant AWOP readers to add your own favorites to the list.

1. Our new president kicked things off by kicking gays aside on inauguration day. Rick Warren’s invitation to do the invocation sent a clear signal to our community – we’re not getting that puppy after all.

The ninth year of this new century gave us enough surprises, tragedies, laughter and loss to fill up a hard drive. But do not fear! I’ve kept my Year in Review brief in the hope it’ll tempt all you brilliant AWOP readers to add your own favorites to the list.

1. Our new president kicked things off by kicking gays aside on inauguration day. Rick Warren’s invitation to do the invocation sent a clear signal to our community – we’re not getting that puppy after all.

Dear Straight America,

Dear Straight America,