The Sex Kitten is gone. I shook her hand once and didn't wash it for several days. I dreamed of being her friend. In a time when it seems everyone can grab fame, Eartha Mae earned it the old fashioned way. Give yourself a special gift today and listen to some music from Ms. Kitt. Start by following this link to watch Eartha singing Here's To Life.

Yesterday I attended a family gathering, seeing some cousins I've not seen since all of us were kids. They've all grown up and many of them have moved around the world more than once to some really odd places (Kazakstan, for example), gotten married, had children and gotten divorced. Usually I go to these family gatherings and sit there realizing the "enemy" is right there under my nose. Most of my family are very religious types, or so it appears. Most of them vote like their preacher tells them. Most of them probably think Barack Obama is an uppity black man. How on earth did I come from this group? Well, I try to focus on the good in each of them and definitely appreciate that many of the things that made me what I am came from my family.

Well, imagine my surprise to learn that one of my cousins has two sons from a previous marriage and both sons are gay! I'd never been clued in to this by other family members, that I wasn't the only one in my clan. One of them, the older guy, had his male partner with him. His brother looks to be a teenager and is definitely going through that awkward stage, but he will be a head-turner someday. It was an extra Christmas bonus learning there are other homo's in the family!