The Daily Sheet - November 1 - 15, 2008

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Saturday, November 1, 2008

U.K. Can Watch ‘Brokeback’ & U.S. Election on Same Night

The Forum’s U.K Brokies who want to watch U.S. Election coverage this coming Tuesday have several options around London, ranging from free to meaty. “Free: You can watch history being made, live on the big screen at the Sun and Doves, Camberwell, with live election coverage following an 8pm screening of Brokeback Mountain. Traditional American scoff will be available: burgers, hot dogs, salt beef, fries, bagels and big bags of donuts (sic) to see you through. Sounds awesome but will only be open till midnight.” Sun and Doves 61-63 Coldharbour Lane Camberwell London SE5 9NS Bar: pref 020 7733 1525 “Big: In fact, the biggest election night party in London, is being held in the frightening sounding Yates Wine Lodge in Leicester Square. Tickets are £35 or £100 depending on how important you are. Food, booze, many screens, merchandise from either side and a mock election to keep you entertained. Late licence till 4am which might take you through to an outcome. “Expensive: The swanky East Room in Shoreditch is charging £125 a head but is open till 9am and intends to create a convention atmosphere with 100 Democrats, 100 Republicans and 49 neutrals. Price includes food, booze, coffee and pancakes right through the night from late dinner until dawn with champagne for the winners, tea and sympathy for the losers. “Meaty: The Chicago Rib Shack in Knightsbridge will charge you just £25 for a meaty late night supper from 11pm and serve you a celebratory/commiseratory breakfast at 6.30am with an all night licence in between. Book now, tickets are limited.” Read more here.

What Will You Wear to the Polls?

Forum member appleone describes her wardrobe for casting her vote: “I have an entire gaudy outfit planned for the occasion:  cool red, white, and blue hat; jeans jacket with six awesome buttons; ... plain white shirt; big hoop gold earrings; black pants; high heeled black boots; and a huge smile. I may even have to choreograph a special jig that I will do once I turn my ballot in.” Another Forum member wore pajamas—to vote at home, of course. Come join in the election discussion and read more about people’s outfits here.

You Cannot Live on Hope Alone

Listen to Harvey Milk’s speech: You Cannot Live on Hope Alone. “Somewhere in Des Moines or San Antonio there is a young gay person who all the sudden realizes that he or she is gay; knows that if their parents find out they will be tossed out of the house, their classmates will taunt the child, and the Anita Bryant’s and John Briggs’ are doing their part on TV. And that child has several options: staying in the closet, and suicide. And then one day that child might open the paper that says ‘Homosexual elected in San Francisco’ and there are two new options: the option is to go to California, or stay in San Antonio and fight. Two days after I was elected I got a phone call and the voice was quite young. It was from Altoona, Pennsylvania. And the person said ‘Thanks.’ And you’ve got to elect gay people, so that thousand upon thousands like that child know that there is hope for a better world; there is hope for a better tomorrow. Without hope, not only gays, but those who are blacks, the Asians, the disabled, the seniors, the us’s: without hope the us’s give up. I know that you can’t live on hope alone, but without it, life is not worth living. And you, and you, and you, and you have got to give them hope.” Director Gus Van Sant’s biography of Harvey Milk will be released in early December. Read more about the film here. Source: Causecast.org

‘Milk’ Biography Avoiding Publicity

“The opening of Milk, director Gus Van Sant’s account of California’s first openly gay politician, is four weeks away. Yet you wouldn’t know it. “Unlike the hoopla over Focus Features’ previous gay-themed awards magnet, Brokeback Mountain, which was drawing calls of agenda-pushing from right-wingers months before it opened in 2005, there’s been hardly a peep in editorial pages or on talk radio. “Admittedly, the election is a major distraction. But Focus also is doing something deliberate: It’s eschewing publicity for the Sean Penn vehicle, keeping it out of the high-profile fall film festivals and heavily restricting media screenings.” ... “Like its initial phase of playing keep-away from cable news, the post-election phase will also involve staying above politics. Focus plans on selling Milk in part as a story of hope and change (Harvey Milk, a member of San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors until his assassination in 1978, won equal-rights battles against great odds), just as it sold Brokeback as a love story. “The ploy was logical with Brokeback. It’s less so here. “Like Brokeback, Milk features a gay romance. But unlike Brokeback, Milk is made by gay filmmakers, features the polarizing Penn and puts itself squarely in a political context. Milk’s fight against California’s anti-gay-rights Proposition 6 -- a drama the movie deals with in great detail -- spookily parallels the current California fight over Proposition 8, a measure that would ban gay marriage.” Read more here and here.

Anne Hathaway’s Next Project American actress Anne Hathaway will next play the role of a lawyer who refuses to commit to love, in an adaptation of the bestselling book The Opposite of Love, according to press reports on Thursday. Hathaway, 25, is currently receiving critical acclaim, and hints at an Oscar nomination, for her role as a disturbed young woman in the newly released Rachel Getting Married. Read more here.

Entering Wyoming: Larry McMurtry’s “Brokeback Country”     




Wyoming’s Star Valley area near Salt River Pass

Welcome to a series of articles highlighting Wyoming places with important Brokeback connections, courtesy of FindingBrokeback.com. It was a poorly-kept secret. Ang Lee and Larry McMurtry both were very passionate about the work of art they sought to create. At times, that passion led to, well, “heated” disagreements. A case in point, the simple question, “Where is Brokeback?” “Brokeback is not a real place,” Annie Proulx told the world in 2005. But her plainspoken words have never constrained dedicated fans from searching for the place. Proulx fans Ang Lee and Larry McMurtry did some searching themselves. Larry McMurtry placed Brokeback Country in Wyoming’s Star Valley region, south of the Tetons, close to the Idaho border. His reasoning rested upon his legendary knowledge of western history and lore. This stunningly scenic region is home to unassuming small towns with names like Alpine, Etna, Freedom, Thane, and Smoot. It is located a couple of hours north of Ennis’s home in Sage. The Star Valley is home to one of the world’s largest elk populations. McMurtry reasoned that this area was central to Wyoming’s mass sheep- herding industry during the 1950s and ‘60s. Federal government sheep grazing allotments were concentrated in this western part of the state. Understandably, most of Wyoming’s Basque and Chilean shepherds were found there, as well. Ang Lee thought Proulx had a different location in mind. We’ll tell you about Lee’s “Brokeback Country” next time. Prospective Brokeback visitors to Larry McMurtry’s “Brokeback Country,” as well as “armchair travelers,” will enjoy this feature: McMurtry’s Brokeback Area.

World’s Largest Elk Horn Arch, Afton, WY




Shelly’s Cowboy Bar and Golden Spur Café


As always, for Brokeback travel and production information, visit FindingBrokeback.com.

From Life Through The Lens 2

By dahlia


By Conny


By mcnell1120

Fun Question of the Week

This week’s Question: Where did Samuel Clemens get the idea for his pseudonym, Mark Twain? Let us know the answer on the response thread. Last week’s Question: What is the name of the small plastic or metal sheath typically found on the ends of shoelaces? The answer: An aglet; we tip our hat to Jack and Fofol, who answered this one correctly!

Mayor Newsom

Posts of the Day Posted by michaelflanagansf in the Gay Marriage: Inciting a backlash, or dragging along too slowly? thread: First, “Diane Feinstein has come through on the No on 8 campaign.” Additionally: In an excerpt from the article Newsom ignores risks, campaigns against Prop. 8, Erin Allday writes: “In the last week of what could be one of the most important political fights of his career, Mayor Gavin Newsom is campaigning heavily against Proposition 8, turning to his supporters with pleas to vote and convince their friends and relatives to oppose the same-sex marriage ban. “‘The biggest problem in politics today is that we’re risk-adverse. We’re afraid of tomorrow’s headlines,’ Newsom said. ‘I couldn’t care less if the rest of my life I’m only known as the ex-mayor of San Francisco. I will regret nothing about standing up on this issue. I get to go to sleep at night having done the right thing;’” this from sfgate.com.

Quote of the Day

Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little.

~ Edmund Burke ~

Candles Lit in His Honor To light a candle for Heath, choose any unlit candle at Gratefulness.org, then there are a series of screens that allow you to personalize the candle and leave a message if you choose. Each candle lasts 48 hours.

Contributors: Jer009, Conny, dahlia, Passion, mcnell1120, michaelflanagansf, BayCityJohn

Calendar of Events

If you have ideas about initiating a gathering, go to Start Your Own Threads and get the ball rolling to plan a get-together near you.

4th Annual Brokie Reunion - Arizona Spring Fling
April 17-19, 2009

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Tuesday, November 4, 2008

Hindu Organization Urges Vote Against California’s Prop. 8

“Navya Shastra, the international Hindu reform organization based in Troy, Mich., sent out a press release Friday urging California voters to reject Proposition 8, which would eliminate the right of same-sex couples to marry under California law. “The organization notes that Hinduism has never classified homosexuality as a sin. While some ancient law codes have been critical of homosexual acts, the denomination has never called for the persecution of gays. In fact, there is ample evidence that alternative lifestyles have been accepted throughout Hindu history. Several modern Hindu leaders have also spoken positively of gay rights; however, many American Hindus remain uncomfortable with homosexuality. “‘According to the Hindu contemplative tradition, we are all manifestations of the one universal spirit, straight or gay, and worthy of the same respect and rights,’ said Jaishree Gopal, chairman of Navya Shastra, in the release.”

Read more here.
Source: The Advocate

Remembering Author Studs Terkel

Author Studs Terkel died October 31. He was 96. At his bedside was a copy of his latest book, P.S. Further Thoughts From a Lifetime of Listening, which is scheduled to be released later this month. “Louis Terkel arrived here as a child from New York City and in Chicago found not only a new name but a place that perfectly matched--in its energy, its swagger, its charms, its heart--his own personality. They made a perfect and enduring pair.” ...

“‘My father lived a long, satisfying and fulfilling but tempestuous life,’ his son, Dan Terkel, said. ‘It was a life well lived.’” ... “A television institution for years, a radio staple for decades, a literary lion since 1967, when he wrote his first best-selling book at age 55, Louis Terkel was born in New York City on May 16, 1912. ‘I came up the year the Titanic went down,’ he would often say. “He moved with his family a few years later, when they purchased the Wells-Grand Hotel, a rooming house catering to a wide and colorful variety of people. He supplemented the life experiences there by visits to Bughouse Square, the park across the street from the Newberry Library that was at the time home to all manner of soapbox orators.” Read more about Terkel’s life here. Source: The Chicago Tribune Terkel’s books include: Giants of Jazz, Division Street: America, Working: People Talk About What They Do All Day and How They Feel About What They Do, Talking to Myself: A Memoir of My Times, The Good War - 1984, Race: What Blacks and Whites Think and Feel About the American Obsession, The Spectator: Talk About Movies and Plays With Those Who Make Them - 1999, Hope Dies Last: Keeping the Faith in Difficult Times - 2003.

Interviewed recently about the U.S. election, Terkel quipped: “Palin ... She’s Joe McCarthy in Drag!” and “I’m very excited by the idea of a black guy in the White House, that’s very exciting. I just wish he was more progressive!”

Read more quotes here.
Source: The Huffington Post

Entering Wyoming: Sage

Continuing a series of articles highlighting Wyoming places with important Brokeback connections...

London critic Stuart Price has written of Annie Proulx’s work, “Her terse language … entwines the psychological life of tough male characters with the often unforgiving rural landscape the men battle against.”  Of course he is right.  That is why we can be certain that Ennis’s hometown must have been chosen with great care.

Wyoming Big Sagebrush, artemisa tridentata wyomingensis

Sagebrush encroaches on a ruined building, Sage, WY

As Proulx tells us, Sage, Wyoming, is precisely on the opposite side of the state from Lightning Flat, some 600 miles, or 11 hours, away.  Go any farther and you’ve left Wyoming.  Jack was from the Montana border, Ennis the Utah border.  In picking Sage, she made her Ennis and Jack distant from birth. “Sage” is a pretty simple name, fundamentally different from the unusual, unexpected compound “Lightning Flat.”  It is a perfect fit for Ennis del Mar.  Just one syllable, only four letters, “Sage” is among the very shortest of Wyoming town names.  (Her other possibilities were Bill, Elk, and Ulm.)

“They were raised on small, poor ranches …”

Coyote skeleton, Sage, WY

Then there is the plant for which the town was named.  Though there are several varieties, the most common in this area is the Wyoming Big Sagebrush, artemisa tridentata wyomingensis.   And it is common!  The bulk of the state’s hill country is covered with the stuff.  Though it has a lovely odor, locals regard it as little more than scrub, a persistent weed.   Well suited for the state’s extreme weather and marginal soils, it is an incredibly tough, some would say “stubborn,” plant. Sage is a fascinating place to experience first-hand.  Visitors will find a true western ghost town.  Sage holds on as a collection of crumbling wood frame buildings that now serve as home to a growing population of coyotes, termites, snakes, and, quite naturally, the Wyoming Big Sagebrush. It is a solitary, ethereal place. Visitors to Sage, as well as “armchair travelers,” will enjoy this feature highlighting Ennis’s hometown: Sage.

As always, for Brokeback travel and production information, visit FindingBrokeback.com.

American Film Institute’s Tribute to Film Legends

A scene from They Shoot Horses, Don’t They?

“Paul Newman and Charlton Heston — two of the five late cinema legends honored with tribute screenings in AFI Fest’s ‘Milestones’ sidebar — led such long, productive lives that their deaths, while a loss to us, were valedictory for them: Both had given their work their all, and retired in peace. Sidney Pollack, however, was nowhere near retirement (with one acting and four producer credits this year alone), while for Heath Ledger and Anthony Minghella to be cut short in their primes robs us of what might have been. As if to defy their deaths, AFI honors these artists at their least predictable.” ... “Heath Ledger’s death is still too painful to think about. In that astonishing moment where he embraces his dead love’s cast-off shirt at the end of Brokeback Mountain, Ledger’s genius gave us the exposed nerves of a live soul communicating itself, free of either histrionics or inhibition. In the little-seen Ned Kelly (2003), the native Australian got to play the titular bandit and folk hero. Directed by Gregor Jordan, the movie bursts with youth, and vitality. Fittingly (in this context), its Ned has a sense of his own legend but with the ever-present risk of a tragic demise shadowing his every step.” All screenings in AFI Fest’s ‘Milestones’ sidebar take place at ArcLight Hollywood: Ned Kelly on Tues., Nov. 4, 12:15 p.m.; They Shoot Horses, Don’t They? on Tues., Nov. 4, 3:15 p.m.; The Talented Mr. Ripley on Tues., Nov. 4, 7 p.m.

Read more here.

Students Guess Who’s Gay

In a recent meeting at California State University, Sacramento, “Ten panelists answered questions from trivial to personal as a student audience grilled them in an attempt to guess their sexual orientation.

“Josh O’Connor, residence hall director, was the host of the game show-format program presented by the Queer Straight Alliance Wednesday night where students asked questions about panelists’ lifestyles and then voted on their perceived sexual orientation. As it began, he warned the audience that the deduction process was not always easy. “‘It’s not going to be as obvious as I am,’ said O’Connor, who was hosting the event for the fourth consecutive year. ‘Clearly I am very gay.’ “O’Connor called on students, allowing them to ask anything that panelists were comfortable answering. The audience was not shy -- questions ranged from simple ones like favorite colors and whether they had watched Brokeback Mountain or Sex and the City, to more personal, like preferred sexual positions and body shaving preferences.

“The point of the exercise was to show that students cannot reliably guess a stranger’s sexual orientation and should not rely on stereotypes, said Patricia Grady, director of the Women’s Resource Center. When people try to guess, they can make incorrect assumptions.”

Read more here.
Source: The State Hornet

Alec Baldwin Compares Ledger to Brando

Tina Fey and Alec Baldwin

During a Time magazine interview, Alec Baldwin “took a moment from discussing art’s importance to compliment Heath Ledger: ‘Watch a movie like Brokeback Mountain, which is an incredible movie. You know, Heath Ledger dying was this huge tragedy because he gave one of the greatest screen performances of a male performer in 50 years, literally. Like with Brando. I would never say that, but he was that great in that movie. Forget Batman and all this other crap. Brokeback Mountain was just unbelievable.’”

Read more here.
Source: The Huffington Post

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Still Waters Run Deep
As posted in Planet Heath by myrine

Post of the Day

In the thread Film vs. Book -- Which was better? Crazylove says: “I read (the short story) after seeing the movie, so that probably explains a lot. After seeing how Heath (Ang, et al) interpreted Ennis’s character, the ss was too raw for me. Ennis certainly had no problem expressing his feelings in the ss, especially in the motel. Yet in the movie, he could barely force words out. I really absolutely hate the motel room scene in the ss. Could the movie have been any more different?? I wasn’t prepared. “There’s a lot more, but suffice it to say I liked the movie better. Love the movie. And I adore this forum, I learn so much.” Ministering Angel adds: “I saw the film first, having no idea of the story beyond the ‘meet one summer, part then reunite’ outline. I read the story a couple of weeks later and was floored. It hit me all over again, although without the immediate emotional response which the film caused. It took until maybe my third reading before I came out of my shock enough to start crying over the story. Now I cry even thinking about some parts. “The prologue, the bathroom scene, the Dozy Embrace in its full beauty and tragedy, lines such as ‘They were no longer young men with all of it before them’ - these are some of the things which you just don’t get from the film. I love them both.”

Quote of the Day

“Bad officials are elected by good citizens who do not vote.”

~ George Jean Nathan ~

Photo Cap of the Day: Photo Captioning Fun 4
By Lyle (Mooska)

Kiss me once


and kiss me twice


and kiss me once again.


It’s been a long, long time.


Check out the rest of Lyle’s caption here

Contributors: Crazylove, Lyle (Mooska), graylockV, Jer009, BayCityJohn, Ministering Angel, myrine

Calendar of Events

If you have ideas about initiating a gathering, go to Start Your Own Threads and get the ball rolling to plan a get-together near you.

4th Annual Brokie Reunion - Arizona Spring Fling
April 17-19, 2009

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Saturday, November 8, 2008

“If there is anyone out there who still doubts that America is a place where all things are possible; who still wonders if the dream of our founders is alive in our time; who still questions the power of our democracy, tonight is your answer." “It’s the answer told by lines that stretched around schools and churches in numbers this nation has never seen; by people who waited three hours and four hours, many for the very first time in their lives, because they believed that this time must be different; that their voice could be that difference. “It’s the answer spoken by young and old, rich and poor, Democrat and Republican, black, white, Latino, Asian, Native American, gay, straight, disabled and not disabled - Americans who sent a message to the world that we have never been a collection of Red States and Blue States: we are, and always will be, the United States of America.” “I just received a very gracious call from Senator McCain. He fought long and hard in this campaign, and he’s fought even longer and harder for the country he loves. He has endured sacrifices for America that most of us cannot begin to imagine, and we are better off for the service rendered by this brave and selfless leader. I congratulate him and Governor Palin for all they have achieved, and I look forward to working with them to renew this nation’s promise in the months ahead.” ... “...I will never forget who this victory truly belongs to - it belongs to you.” ... “I know you didn’t do this just to win an election and I know you didn’t do it for me. You did it because you understand the enormity of the task that lies ahead. For even as we celebrate tonight, we know the challenges that tomorrow will bring are the greatest of our lifetime - two wars, a planet in peril, the worst financial crisis in a century. Even as we stand here tonight, we know there are brave Americans waking up in the deserts of Iraq and the mountains of Afghanistan to risk their lives for us. There are mothers and fathers who will lie awake after their children fall asleep and wonder how they’ll make the mortgage, or pay their doctor’s bills, or save enough for college. There is new energy to harness and new jobs to be created; new schools to build and threats to meet and alliances to repair. “The road ahead will be long. Our climb will be steep. We may not get there in one year or even one term, but America - I have never been more hopeful than I am tonight that we will get there. I promise you - we as a people will get there.” ... “This is our moment. This is our time - to put our people back to work and open doors of opportunity for our kids; to restore prosperity and promote the cause of peace; to reclaim the American Dream and reaffirm that fundamental truth - that out of many, we are one; that while we breathe, we hope, and where we are met with cynicism, and doubt, and those who tell us that we can’t, we will respond with that timeless creed that sums up the spirit of a people: “Yes we can.” Read more here.

“My friends, we have come to the end of a long journey. The American people have spoken, and they have spoken clearly. A little while ago, I had the honor of calling Senator Barack Obama to congratulate him...on being elected the next president of the country that we both love. “In a contest as long and difficult as this campaign has been, his success alone commands my respect for his ability and perseverance. But that he managed to do so by inspiring the hopes of so many millions of Americans who had once wrongly believed that they had little at stake or little influence in the election of an American president is something I deeply admire and commend him for achieving. “This is an historic election, and I recognize the special significance it has for African-Americans and for the special pride that must be theirs tonight.” ... “A century ago, President Theodore Roosevelt's invitation of Booker T. Washington to dine at the White House was taken as an outrage in many quarters. America today is a world away from the cruel and frightful bigotry of that time. There is no better evidence of this than the election of an African-American to the presidency of the United States. Let there be no reason now...for any American to fail to cherish their citizenship in this, the greatest nation on Earth. “Senator Obama has achieved a great thing for himself and for his country. I applaud him for it, and offer him my sincere sympathy that his beloved grandmother did not live to see this day. Though our faith assures us she is at rest in the presence of her creator and so very proud of the good man she helped raise.” ...

These are difficult times for our country. And I pledge to him tonight to do all in my power to help him lead us through the many challenges we face. I urge all Americans...who supported me to join me in not just congratulating him, but offering our next president our good will and earnest effort to find ways to come together to find the necessary compromises to bridge our differences and help restore our prosperity, defend our security in a dangerous world, and leave our children and grandchildren a stronger, better country than we inherited. Whatever our differences, we are fellow Americans. And please believe me when I say no association has ever meant more to me than that.” Read more here.

‘Dark Knight’ Nets Ledger an Australian Film Awards Nomination

“Heath Ledger’s thrilling performance as Batman’s psychotic villain, Joker, in “The Dark Knight” has brought him recognition from Australian Film Institute. On Wednesday, October 29 as the Australian Film Institute announced the nominees for L’Oreal Paris 2008 AFI Awards in Sydney, it was revealed that the late actor has been listed among the nominees for the international AFI award. “With the nod, Ledger is on the run for the title of AFI International Award for Best Actor. In the category, he will be contending with Eric Bana for The Other Boleyn Girl, Russell Crowe for American Gangster and Jack Thompson for Leatherheads. The actor, who passed away late January 2008, has won the title in 2006 for his performance as a homosexual cowboy in Brokeback Mountain.” ... “The 50th Australian Film Institute Awards will be honoring the best in films for 2008 on Saturday, December 6. The gala will be held at Melbourne’s Princess Theatre. The awards’ nominations were dominated by low-budget drama “The Black Balloon” with 11 counts on its hands. The complete list of this year nominees can be read at AFI’s official site.” Read more here.

‘That’s Why I Took to Rodeo’ Says Forum member jim.grrr about his rodeo adventures: “It started with a weekend at the San Diego Rodeo with MichaelFlanaganSF, WLAJoe and Mary. It moved on to volunteering on the Rodeo Production Team, followed by joining the Golden State Gay Rodeo Association-Greater San Diego Chapter. “Finally, after months of training, it was Bull Riding School in Fernley, NV. Here I am on Sunday morning, all geared up ready to get on my 4th bull. This was one of the two most awesome experiences of my entire 58-year life! “When it came time to turn in my gear, I couldn’t give back my bullrope - it felt like I’d be giving back my good luck - I bought it. Who knows? Maybe that means competition next season. “This school travels the country and trains mainly people headed to professional rodeo. PM me if you’d like more info. If you’ve ever dreamed riding a bronc or a bull, YOU CAN DO IT! After riding a bull, nothing will ever intimidate you again.” Read more here.

Santaolalla Nominated for Two Latin Grammys

“More than their English-language counterparts, the Latin Grammys have become a hallmark of musical diversity. “Squealing rock guitars give way to thundering reggaetón beats. Scorching salsa percussion shimmies against elegant mariachi horns. Shuffling Tejano keyboards give way to the blaring oompah strains of banda. And pop sparkle is sprinkled everywhere in between. “All those sounds and more are repped among nominees for the ninth annual Latin Grammys, Nov. 13 at Toyota Center in Houston. The Latin Recording Academy and the city worked for more than a year to bring the glitzy show to Houston.” ... Among the nominees is Gustavo Santaolalla, who composed the Oscar-winning scores for Brokeback Mountain and Babel. “The Argentine composer is in a bit of a predicament this year. He’s nominated against himself in two categories for his work on records from Juanes and Café Tacvba. Blame it on productivity. Santaolalla is the go-to guy for adventurous rock en español acts and has helmed projects for Fobia, Molotov, Calle 13 and Julieta Venegas. His previous pairings with Juanes and Tacvba have already earned him an armload of Latin Grammys.” Watch Santaolalla play the theme music for Brokeback Mountain theme and A Love that Will Never Grow Old. Read more here.

School Teaches Near-Lost Arapaho Language

Riverton, Wyo. – “Her soft eyes creased with age, Alvena Oldman remembers how the teachers at St. Stephens boarding school on the Wind River Reservation would strike students with rulers when they dared to talk in their native Arapaho. “‘We were afraid to speak it,’ said Oldman, 69. ‘We knew we would be punished.’ “More than...50 years later, only about 200 Arapaho speakers survive, and tribal leaders at Wind River, Wyoming’s only Indian reservation, fear that their language won’t survive. “As part of an intensifying effort to save it, the Northern Arapaho -- a tribe of 8,791 -- recently opened a new school where students will be taught the language. Elders and educators hope the push will give rise to a new generation of native speakers. “‘This is a race against the clock, and we’re in the 59th minute of the last hour,’ said Ryan.” ... “About 22 children from pre-kindergarten through first grade have started classes at the school, which has the words Hinono' Eitiino' Oowu' (‘Arapaho Language Lodge’) written in black across the siding.” Read more here.  Source: The Columbus Dispatch

Entering Wyoming: Riverton

Riverton’s Driftwood Laundry

Continuing a series of articles highlighting Wyoming places with important Brokeback connections... “Life imitates art far more than art imitates life.” – Oscar Wilde The very real town of Riverton, Wyoming, is richly endowed with Brokeback connections.  Many of these have been discussed; here are a few others. Let’s begin with the town’s motto.  Riverton is officially “The Rendezvous City,” an allusion to an 1838 gathering of “mountain men.”  (We are not making this up!)  An annual town Rendezvous Festival now commemorates this historic event.  We can think of a far more recent, famous, and important Riverton rendezvous!

Plan to rendezvous here!

Then there is the town’s prominent Methodist Church.  Though Alma’s first husband avoided the “fire and brimstone crowd,” Monroe certainly must have felt right at home here in the social hall, aproned, ladle in hand, serving punch and wedding cake. Riverton United Methodist Church It is impossible to drive through Riverton and miss the Riverton Laundry.  We were willing to chalk that one up to coincidence until we discovered it incorporated a walk-up apartment!  Note, too, the convenient motel located next door. Behind the Riverton Laundry – Apartment Access, Adjacent Motel Down the street, an easy walk for Alma, is the town’s main grocery store.  We never learn Monroe’s surname, perhaps it was “Smith.” Smith’s Grocery Store, Riverton Was Annie Proulx inspired by specific things she encountered in Riverton, Wyoming?  Or is life again merely imitating art? Prospective Brokeback visitors to Riverton, as well as “armchair travelers,” will enjoy these features. Riverton Laundry Riverton Methodist Church Riverton Grocery Store As always, for Brokeback travel and production information, visit FindingBrokeback.com.

From the Pet Corner

denim girl’s Cocoa Puff




huntinbuddy’s Gertie




Veum’s JJ

Fun Question of the Week

This week’s Question: Michelangelo signed only one of his sculptures, which one was it? Let us know the answer on the response thread. Last week’s Question: Where did Samuel Clemens get the idea for his pseudonym, Mark Twain? The answer: Right again! Thanks for the great discussion, Ministering Angel, Tellyouwhat, fritzkep, Sason and Fofol. The pseudonym comes from “the old riverboats. A weighted line was thrown over to ascertain the amount of clear water. ‘Mark twain’ meant there was 12 feet (2 fathoms) of water thus a clear passage. (‘Twain’ meaning ‘two,’  ‘Mark one’ indicated one fathom),” explains Ministering Angel.

Post of the Day

In the Election 2008 thread, in regard to the ballot initiatives that would directly affect gay rights, Alma posts: “The four anti-homosexual rights props passed and I mourned this morning after such a glorious night. But all I can say: They can knock us down, but they can’t keep us there. They can’t shut up love, commitment and devotion into a tiny box and throw away the key. These props are evidence that the status quo is about to be overturned, flung onto the ashheap of history. The youth support gay rights in their fullness. They are baffled by the bigotry of their parents. Therefore, we too, shall overcome. I’m not gay, but today, I want to be. I want to take the sting of these weak, ignorant, homophobic darts into my own heart, to take the pain that is hurled in your direction, so that you could rest and be happy and have a great day. Obama acknowledged ‘gay and straight’ in his historic acceptance speech. That is a first. It’s a down payment on the future. And I hope that future is only a court case away from reversing this bad law in each of these states, but especially California. I love you, love every one of you. Thank you for not giving up on America. Many of us are with you, all the way.”

Quote of the Day
As posted by Trigger Hippie

“There is a spirit and a need and a man at the beginning of every great human advance.
Every one of these must be right for that particular moment of history, or nothing happens.”

~ Coretta Scott King ~

Photo Cap of the Day: Photo Captioning Fun 4
By trekfan

Sweet bliss, paradise and heaven all rolled into one.

Contributors: BayCityJohn, denim girl, alma, huntinbuddy, Trigger Hippie, Veum, royandronnie, gnash, trekfan

Calendar of Events

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4th Annual Brokie Reunion - Arizona Spring Fling
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Tuesday, November 11, 2008

Nationwide Protest Against California’s Prop. 8

California recently passed Proposition 8, which amended its constitution to state: “Only marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognized in California.” Several other states passed similar measures. Several protests against the amendment and the organizations that supported it have already been held. On Saturday, November 15, there will be nationwide gatherings. Find out how to get involved here and here.

Ledger Yearned for Ordinary Friendship

“Two of Heath Ledger’s close friends have revealed how the late Australian actor yearned for friendships with ordinary people as his celebrity status soared. “Jud Mongell, Ledger’s business partner in the New York eatery Five Leaves, and tattoo artist Scott Campbell became firm friends with the actor after Ledger’s Oscar-nominated performance in Brokeback Mountain.” ... “‘We would all hang out in the West Village, and he was just like the guy with a cigarette,’ Campbell told the New York Times. “‘He loved when anyone would react to him as a normal person. He really appreciated that.’ “Ledger would give out his cigarettes and strike up a conversation with just about anyone, he said.”

Read more here. Source: The West Australian

Princely Doings

“Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time is the next franchise that Jerry ‘I have more money than God’ Bruckheimer is launching.” ... “Set in medieval Persia, the story of an adventurous prince who teams up with a rival princess to stop an angry ruler from unleashing a sandstorm that could destroy the world. Which is why after the prince was tricked by a dying Vizier to unleash the Sands of Time that turns out to destroy a kingdom and transforms its populace into ferocious demons. In his effort to save his own kingdom and redeem his fatal mistake, it’s up to the prince and the princess to return the sands to the hourglass by using the Dagger of Time, which also gives him a limited control over the flow of time.” ... “Prince of Persia is massive - the sets are huge, the action sequences are huge and the only thing that comes to mind is that this is another Pirates of the Caribbean in the making. “Can you say billion-dollar franchise? I knew that you could.”

Read more about the film here. Source: IESB.net

Kingsley Talks about Prince of Persia

*This article includes minor plot spoilers...!* Sir Ben Kingsley talked about his role in director Mike Newell’s big-budget adventure Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time: “‘We’re bringing to it all the scrutiny that a great myth would deserve,’ he says. ‘It’s quite wonderful being around the table discussing the video game – which I’m aware of but don’t know anything about. “‘It’s really quite beautiful how it’s building up with all our actors, with the writers sitting there, with the director sitting there, it’s really holding up very well. Most of my stuff is with Jake Gyllenhaal, who plays the Prince (Dastan), and I’m a father figure who lets him down very, very badly in the film. I’m the villain actually. It’s interesting because his own father dies early in the film and I take over and I’m completely manipulative.’” ... “‘You know that patronising attitude that some film-makers have where they dismiss people as a stupid audience? Well, Mike isn’t going to do that, he’s going to give them something beautiful.’ Read more here. Source: Empireonline.com

Anne Hathaway’s Confidence Rebounds

“Despite her highly publicized personal trials, Anne Hathaway is emerging with more confidence both in her roles and in her life.” ... “Ditching an interview in favor of hiding under her covers would not have been the most unreasonable of actions. Nevertheless, when (Anne) Hathaway appears, precisely on time, she immediately launches into peppy and charming small talk about the New York Times crossword puzzle under her arm and the bulky, antiquated tape recorder I’ve placed on the table. ‘Oh, hello, 1992!’ she chuckles delightedly.

“But all the cheerful banter in the world could not obscure Hathaway’s tired eyes and drawn face, which she has not attempted to mask with makeup. Her hair is pulled back, and her figure, which for several weeks has appeared on the big screen in Get Smart in all its solid, curvaceous glory, is now more slender than ever, resembling something closer to a ballerina’s form than that of an ass-kicking secret agent. ... Today, her features look almost tiny, mousy. Even her mouth, often compared to Julia Roberts’s when it breaks into a broad smile, looks dainty, perhaps because the broad smiles are in short supply.” “At different stages of my life, I’ve felt I’ve been two ages simultaneously,” she continues in a slow, measured cadence. “I’d be a professional working adult and also a typical 13-year-old. Right now I have the distinct feeling that I’m two ages again, and the older part of me that I relied on many times in the past in difficult moments, that’s the part that got me here today. That’s the part that says, ‘You do your job, you keep your head up.’” ... “Hathaway has done a lot of growing up... but nowhere more so than on the set of Rachel Getting Married, Jonathan Demme’s vérité-style film, out in October. It’s about a recovering drug addict named Kym, played by Hathaway, who leaves rehab for the weekend to attend her sister’s wedding. Demme became a close friend and mentor to Hathaway.” ... “Early on in her film career she even contemplated quitting acting. ‘I wasn’t sure if I was any good at it,’ she says. Her pride in her performance in 2005’s Brokeback Mountain as Jake Gyllenhaal’s bitter wife convinced her not to leave Hollywood, but insecurity still lurked below the surface. That, along with her natural diligence, prompt her to, perhaps, over-research her roles. (She developed a handwriting style for Rachel Getting Married, even though her character does no writing onscreen.)”

“Hathaway is the first to admit that her intensity can be paralyzing. ‘Emily Blunt kind of changed my approach to acting,’ she says of her Prada costar, who has become a close friend. ‘She just f---ing got on with it. She’d just jump off the diving board. I’d stop, look at the water and then jump. And suddenly I just thought, Why, her way looks so much more fun.’”

Read more here.
Source: W Magazine.com

Have a Favorite Holiday Movie?

A recently-started thread in the Forum’s Arts & Entertainment section is “Your favorite Christmas movie.” Among the faves so far? It’s a Wonderful Life; A Charlie Brown Christmas; The Cheaters; The Bishop’s Wife; Scrooge; The Ref A Christmas Story; How the Grinch Stole Christmas.; Christmas Vacation; Meet Me in St. Louis; The Santa Clause Miracle on 34th Street; Elf; Holiday Affair; Love, Actually; The Nightmare before Christmas Chime in with your favorite here.

Which Good Book Have You Read Lately?

Oregondoggie talks about John Knowles’s A Separate Peace, which became a movie in 1972: “By chance this week, (I) happened to read the book, published in 1960, and was struck by the similarities between Jack and Ennis and Gene and Phineas, two World War II boarding school roommates. Those boys were in love but openly expressing or acknowledging it was unthinkable. So they ‘fought,’ as buddies will, with tragic consequences.” Join in the Forum’s book discussion here.

Veterans Day

In honor of all of those men and women who bravely served in the United States Armed Services in times of peace, and times of war, we are grateful for your sacrifice and service to this country and for your vital role in preserving democracy and freedom for our citizens.

Jackie ~ Paintedshoes

“November 11, 1918, is generally regarded as the end of World War I - ‘the war to end all wars.’ An Act approved May 13, 1938, made the 11th of November in each year a legal holiday - - a day to be dedicated to the cause of world peace and to be thereafter celebrated and known as ‘Armistice Day.’ Armistice Day was primarily a day set aside to honor veterans of World War I, but in 1954, after World War II had required the greatest mobilization of [forces] in the Nation’s history; after American forces had fought aggression in Korea, the 83rd Congress, at the urging of the veterans service organizations, amended the Act of 1938 by striking out the word ‘Armistice’ and inserting in its place the word ‘Veterans.’ With the approval of this legislation on June 1, 1954, November 11th became a day to honor American veterans of all wars;” this from the US Department of Veterans Affairs.

Post of the Day
By Michaelflanagansf in the Election thread:

In part: “the struggle for gay equality is not losing everywhere - aside from Massachusetts and Connecticut there is a large country to the north of us where the struggle for gay equality is not years behind the struggle for racial and gender equality. Canada overturned sodomy laws in the 60s and legalized gay marriage in 2005 - and it’s legal in Spain, the Netherlands, Belgium, South Africa and will be legal in Norway beginning in 2009. “That doesn’t help here (unless you want to move), but it does provide a little perspective on where we are in this struggle - the United States is not the country that leads the world in treating its gay citizens equally. We need to take inspiration for that from our Canadian and European friends.”

Quotes of the Day

This nation will remain the land of the free only so long as it is the home of the brave.
~ Elmer Davis ~

I think there is one higher office than president and I would call that patriot.
~ Gary Hart ~

Photo Cap of the Day: Photo Captioning Fun 4
By Lyle (Mooska)

Ennis subtly signals Aguirre for the choice of his work mate.

Contributors: Paintedshoes, Lyle (Mooska), Michaelflanagansf, KittyHawk, BayCityJohn

Calendar of Events

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4th Annual Brokie Reunion - Arizona Spring Fling
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Saturday, November 15, 2008

German hematologists Eckhard Thiel, left, and Gero Huetter of Berlin's Charite Medical University attend a news conference about a successful treatment of a HIV infected patient in Berlin, on Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2008.

Marrow Transplant Is Possible AIDS Cure “An American man who suffered from AIDS appears to have been cured of the disease 20 months after receiving a transplant of genetically selected bone marrow normally used to fight leukemia, his doctors said Wednesday. “While researchers — and the doctors themselves — caution that the case might be no more than a fluke, others say it may inspire a greater interest in gene therapy to fight the disease that claims 2 million lives each year. The virus has infected 33 million people worldwide. “Dr. Gero Huetter said his 42- year-old patient, an American living in Berlin who was not identified, had been infected with the AIDS virus for more than a decade. But 20 months after undergoing the transplant, he no longer shows signs of carrying the virus.” Read more here. Source: AP (via The Buffalo News)

Obama to Remove Abstinence Requirement for HIV Funding “President-elect Barack Obama plans to overhaul the Bush Administration’s international family planning and AIDS prevention funding, which excludes abortion and strictly supports abstinence-only education. “The President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, enacted by President George Bush, is a $45 billion program that distributes drugs and offers prevention and relief to 3 million people in poor countries around the world. The program requires that abstinence and monogamy be stressed more than condom use, which many believe result in even higher rates of sexually transmitted diseases, Susan Wood, Obama’s cochair for women’s health advisement, told Bloomberg News. “‘We have been going in the wrong direction, and we need to turn it around and be promoting prevention and family-planning services and strengthening public health,’ she said.” Read more here. Source: Advocate.com

Film Awards Season Approaches The season of seemingly endless film awards ceremonies is almost here. Which actors, actresses and films are you rooting for? Variety reports: “(T)he score for The Dark Knight has been disqualified by the executive committee of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences music branch from being considered for an Oscar.” ... “According to the trade, the big issue was the fact that five names were listed as composers on the music cue sheet, the official studio document that specifies every piece of music (along with its duration and copyright owner) in the film.” Read more here and here.

Brokeback Actor Achieves Quantum of Solace Tony Award-nominated actor David Harbour, better known to Brokeback Mountain fans as Randall Malone, plays Gregg Beam in the latest James Bond film Quantum of Solace, released earlier this month. IMDb describes Harbour as “a square-jawed, stark-countenanced actor whose features naturally projected more than a passing undercurrent of menace,” and says that he “gravitated almost by default to edgy characterizations.” He has performed in film, television and in the theater, and received a Tony Award nomination for his role in the 2005 production of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

Remembering Miriam Makeba, Mama Afrika “Miriam Makeba, the South African recording artist known as ‘Mama Afrika’ (and) who was exiled from her own country during apartheid, died of a heart attack (November 9) after giving a concert in Italy. She was 76. “The Grammy-winning Makeba ‘collapsed as she was leaving the stage,’ South African Minister of Foreign Affairs Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma said in an e-mailed statement. Makeba, who brought the music of her continent to a global audience in the 1960s, had been performing at the Vastel Volturno in the province of Caserta, 35 kilometers (22 miles) northwest of the city of Naples. “‘One of the greatest songstresses of our time, Miriam Makeba, has ceased to sing,’ Dlamini Zuma said. ‘South Africa's goodwill ambassador died performing what she did best -- an ability to communicate a positive message through the art of singing.’” Read more here. Source: Bloomberg.com

Florence Henderson’s New One-Woman Show “ Florence Henderson is performing through Saturday at Feinstein’s in All the Lives of Me … A Musical Journey. The autobiographical one-woman show reminds cabaretgoers that the woman who played the perky, minxy blended-family matriarch spent decades as a big-throated Broadway star playing leads in golden-era musicals by Rodgers and Hammerstein and Noel Coward. “Vulture spoke with soulful Flo, a satin-skinned 74, after her opening night, about her early days in New York, her friend Robert Reed — and things we never knew we wanted to know about The Brady Bunch. “‘You spoke and sang so lovingly about Robert Reed — Mr. Brady — who was gay and died of AIDS in 1992. Had Robert lived longer, do you think he’d be a part of the gay celebrity community that’s so visible today?’ “I don’t know. He was a very private man. Very dignified. He did everything he could to protect himself — mainly because he loved the kids so much. We were his family, and he had so much respect for us. But the kids knew he was gay, and it wasn’t an issue for us. When I started my career, I was becoming aware of homosexuality. Like when I first did Oklahoma! … all these gorgeous dancers. And I thought, ‘Gee, no one asked me for a date!’ I didn’t know Brokeback Mountain existed then.” Read more here. Source: New York Entertainment

What’s your Favorite Queer Film? GaydarNation asks: “What’s your top queer film of all time? It’s the start of the London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival so we want to know which film has tickled your fancy or moved you to tears over the years.” Read more here.

New York City Opera Projects Shelved “Developing operas based on Brokeback Mountain and the life of Walt Disney are suddenly homeless with the departure from City Opera of artistic director and general manager Gérard Mortier. “Mortier was appointed to the dual posts in early 2007, and his first season of programming was skedded for the 2009-10 season. That slate, ambitiously designed to shake things up for the company, has been scrapped.” Read more here. Source: Variety

Zack & Miri Banned in Utah “If you’re looking forward to seeing Seth Rogen and Elizabeth Banks in director Kevin Smith’s new R-rated comedy Zack & Miri Make a Porno...and you live in Salt Lake City, you might be out of luck. Utah Jazz and Megaplex Theaters owner Larry Miller has refused to book the film. The chain’s spokesman Cal Gunderson expressed concerns about the film with The New York Post, citing the film’s ‘graphic nudity and graphic sex’ and that it was ‘too close to an NC-17.’ “The company’s standards seem a little odd considering that the chain had no problems screening ultra-violent fare like Saw V, which features beheadings and explicit self-mutilation. When asked why Megaplex Theaters did not object to the gory horror sequel, Gunderson had no comment.” “Furthermore, the company’s decision might make sense if Zack & Miri Make a Porno were in fact pornographic. Instead, Kevin Smith’s surprisingly tame and sentimental movie has a few flashes of nudity, a handful of love scenes played mostly for laughs, and a whole lot of foul language. In fact, the film’s raunchiness level is comparable to that of The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Knocked Up and Sex Drive, all of which screened at Megaplex theaters.” “This isn’t the first time Miller’s company caused controversy by banning a movie. In early 2006, Miller pulled Oscar-nominated movie Brokeback Mountain from the screens when he learned that the film was a gay love story between two cowboys. He later stated that he regretted that decision.” Read more here.

Entering Wyoming: A Visit to the Tetons Wyoming’s Teton Country: Stunning Mount Moran Continuing a series of articles highlighting Wyoming places with important Brokeback connections... “Years on years they worked their way through the high meadows and mountain drainages, horse-packing into the Big Horns, Medicine Bows, south end of the Gallatins, Absarokas, Granites, Owl Creeks, the Bridger-Teton Range, the Freezeouts and the Shirleys, Ferrises and the Rattlesnakes, Salt River Range, into the Wind Rivers over and again, the Sierra Madres, Gros Ventres, the Washakies, Laramies, but never returning to Brokeback.” Perhaps it is significant that Annie Proulx, in her beloved list of Wyoming mountain ranges visited by Ennis and Jack, skillfully obscures the world-famous Tetons, burying them between the little known “Owl Creeks” and the “Freezeouts.”  McMurtry and Ossana afford the Tetons similar low-profile treatment in the screenplay: “I think I'm supposed to be on a roundup down near the Tetons.” Using images in lieu of words, Ang Lee made similar choices. Visitors to the movie’s Alberta filming locations consistently remark upon Lee’s mountain selections. In more than a few instances, images of mountains used in the film, beautiful as they are, are far less dramatic, less imposing, than “world class” mountains located in the same area. Alberta’s Ha Ling Peak; Lee’s choice for the “Get Goin’, Cowboy” Hillside Alberta’s Three Sisters; Awesome, a few miles away, passed over by Lee Why is it that the Tetons, probably Wyoming’s most famous icon, are treated in such an incidental manner?  Most would agree that Proulx, McMurtry, Ossana, and Lee resisted the temptation to exploit familiar names and arresting imagery in order to draw attention away from geography and toward the essential human element of the Brokeback story. The Grand Tetons But the Tetons are undeniably Wyoming’s most recognizable and celebrated jewel, and they are amazing. Over four million visitors come to see and enjoy them each year. Hiking, rafting, fishing, horseback riding, canoeing, skiing, biking, snowmobiling, and camping opportunities abound. Prospective Brokeback visitors to the Wyoming Tetons, as well as “armchair travelers,” will enjoy this feature: The Tetons. As always, for Brokeback travel and production information, visit FindingBrokeback.com. Fun Question of the Week This week’s Question: Which is the only repealed amendment to the US Constitution and what did it deal with? Let us know the answer on the response thread. Last week’s Question: Michelangelo signed only one of his sculptures, which one was it? The answer: The only one of his sculptures that Michelangelo signed was the The Pieta, completed in 1500; congratulations to Rosewood, who knew without googling! Photo posted by Aréthuse33 Post of the Day By Ministering Angel “I was watching Tristram Shandy last night....much of the film is taken up by the process of making the ‘film within a film’ and all the while I was thinking of Heath, imagining him talking scenes and motivation and camera angles and everything with his directors and scriptwriters and all. He always seemed to be in the thick of the process whereas many actors just say their lines and go home. I know it’s no good to wish for such things but I still wish we could have seen him directing a film. Who knows, The Queen’s Gambit may have ended up a total dud but I doubt it somehow. He was too good for that. The marks of his work and his input are all over other films like TDK and BBM. Did people read on the ‘Which is best: film or book’ thread that it was his decision not to have Ennis reach out to Jack in the ‘I miss you so much’ scene? He knew Ennis inside-out.” Quote of the Day “If you voted for California’s Proposition 8 or support those who did or the sentiment they expressed, I have some questions, because, truly, I do not understand. Why does this matter to you? What is it to you? In a time of impermanence and fly-by-night relationships, these people over here want the same chance at permanence and happiness that is your option. They don’t want to deny you yours. They don’t want to take anything away from you. They want what you want—a chance to be a little less alone in the world.” ~ Keith Olbermann ~ Read more here. Watch the video here. Keith Olbermann (Countdown - MSNBC) editorial denouncing Prop. 8, aired 11-10-08. Photo Cap of the Day: Photo Captioning Fun 4 By gnash ennis: so what’s for dinner tonight? jack: what do you call a pig that knows karate? ennis: oh goody. i love pork chops. Contributors: BayCityJohn, BrokenOkie, Aréthuse33, Lyle (Mooska), gnash, Ministering Angel Calendar of Events If you have ideas about initiating a gathering, go to Start Your Own Threads and get the ball rolling to plan a get-together near you. 4th Annual Brokie Reunion - Arizona Spring Fling April 17-19, 2009 Let us know of any events you’d like listed here. The Daily Sheet is a production of The Ultimate Brokeback Forum at www.davecullen.com/forum. Editor: MissYouSoMuch Editors emeritae: CactusGal, Marge_Innavera, tellyouwhat, Stilllearning Formatters/Researchers: gnash, denim girl Today’s edition was produced by MissYouSoMuch and Stilllearning. Today’s edition was formatted by gnash. We count on you to send us your news items, questions, and nominations for posts of the day. If you have items you’d like to see published, send them to tds@davecullen.com. To subscribe to The Daily Sheet, click the “Notify” button at the top or bottom of the page. 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