AVC: There are nude photos of you as Cassandra Peterson, but never as Elvira. Supposedly Hugh Hefner pursued you to do an Elvira spread for Playboy. Is that true?
CP: He did. It went on and on forever. Whenever he runs into me, he calls me “the girl who got away.” They offered me a lot of money; it was scary how much they offered me. They offered me the same as Farrah Fawcett.
I'm still fascinated, thrilled and appalled by MJ At the same time. I marvel that his god--the same one that brought him "Jesus Juice", his word for the wine he plied kids with before supposedly molesting them--is a childish god who plays favorites by handing out stag...ing ideas to rival pop stars. And honey, Prince doesn't need waterfalls or anything else but a microphone and guitar. Michael really didn't either! Deeply demented.
FROM EW'S LAST DANCE:
With the budget already past $24 million, Jackson told his team he wanted to re-create one of the world's largest waterfalls — Victoria Falls in southern Africa — on the stage. ''We went and met with Michael, and Kenny said, 'Michael, you've got to stop. We've got an incredible show; we don't need any more vignettes.' Michael said, 'But Kenny, God channels this through me at night. I can't sleep because I'm so supercharged.' Kenny said, 'But Michael, we have to finish. Can't God take a vacation?' Without missing a beat, Michael said, 'You don't understand — if I'm not there to receive these ideas, God might give them to Prince.'''
One of the most fun nights in my memory of NYC nightlife was copiously documented by the Jackie Factory and a documentary's in the works. Can't wait! Had such a blast at that dump that my memory's a little fuzzy...
THE RELIGIOUS RIGHT ARE FUMING THAT OBAMA SIGNED A HATE CRIMES BILL. ONE GUY IS EVEN HOLDING CONTEST FOR THE BEST SEE HARRY REID AND NANCY PELOSI BURN IN EFFIGY VIDEO CONTEST SINCE THEY GOT THE BILL PASSED. OK, MESSING WITH MY RIGHTS IS ONE THING. BUT DON'T YOU BIBLE-THUMPERS, EVAH, EVAH COME FOR THE GOLDEN GIRLS! THAT IS OUR RELIGION! THIS TIME THEY'VE GONE TOO FAR! WILL THIS BLOG POST BE THE CATALYST THE GAY COMMUNITY NEEDS TO RISE UP AND SQUELCH THESE LUNATICS ONCE AND FOR ALL?
FROM CHRISTWIRE.ORG:
The Golden Girls television program was never much to look at. A foursome of Florida geriatrics getting agitated about pharmacy bills and shoulder pads– who could ever find such a thing interesting? But somehow these perky and absurd women wormed their ways into America’s homes for an 8-year run in the 1980s. Maybe it was our desire to see our grandmothers having fun that encouraged us to watch. Maybe we wanted to believe old age wasn’t dominated by infections and hip problems, loneliness and crushing depression before death finally stomps us out like the acrid end of a damp cigarette.
The most unexpected segment of this show’s fanbase was America’s young men. In the 80s, these were boys too delicate for sports, too awkward for girls, too “artistic” for labor-intensive work and too flamboyant for peer acceptance in high school. With no real adults in sight, these poor children became obsessed with the poorly conceived characters on this show. Desperate for a firm hand in their lives, they gravitated to the subversive undercurrent of masculinity in these aged matrons.
THIS IS MY SECOND COLUMN WHICH APPEARS IN ODYSSEY MAGAZINE'S NEW NYC INCARNATION.
I’ll be the first to admit that I’m no tech whiz. Even text messaging is beyond me. I don’t really see the point unless you can’t afford to actually call someone. I remember emailing my cell # to an internet sex hookup and he immediately texted me to say “When do you want me to call?” RIGHT BEFORE YOU SENT THAT STUPID TEXT! THAT’S WHY I GAVE YOU MY GODDAM #, YOU IDIOT!” Since then, I’ve been horrified to see people texting in a variety of unpleasant ways. Like glued to a phone at Xmas dinner—sometimes even texting another dinner guest at the same table. Say goodbye to the art of conversation!
Texting is here to stay and I guess it’s a generational thang which this tranma just doesn’t share with junior set. Last Friday while spinning at Rockit!, a guy held up a cell phone 5 feet from my face. Now club employees are accustomed to wacky behavior. So I asked him “What are you doing?”. Again, he held up his cell. By then, I knew what he wanted—for me to read the song request he’d typed on his cell. But this guy was no junior—he was at least my age (or aging poorly) and since I can’t exactly fit reading glasses over my 3 inch false eyelashes, I couldn’t have read it even if I cared what track the fool wanted to hear.
I realized that this person and his crew were probably melting down on GHB or something when another of his posse came up and requested Celebration by Madonna. I said “Listen! I’m playing it right now!” The nut then said “I dunno…Barry White?” New Madonna into Barry White would make a great segue way. Not! The whole bunch had been dancing wildly to every song, so why stop dancing to make a request anyway? Can you say ANAL CONTROL FREAK?
Most djs hate requests. But the cellphone request is symptomatic of a larger problem. The death of charm due to technology. The dj booth at Amalia is right on the dance floor and there were people chatting and talking with me all night—so I certainly didn’t seem so unapproachable that you couldn’t request something,. (Especially if you approached me with drinks, drugs, a large cock or any combination of those three.) So it really bugged me that this guy would just shove a phone in my face as if I were a jukebox who didn’t even deserve a simple greeting. Just a PLAY MY SONG NOW vibe.
It creeped me out. Was last Friday this guy’s first night out in an actual social situation since he’d been at home on a week-long meth binge, causing him to lose all of his social skills to the point where all he could do was hold up a mobile device? I imagined that all of his other communication was limited to short messages about top vs bottom or penis size. (And you know we hate anything short when it comes to the dick size!)
Nightlife has suffered nationwide because of internet hook-ups, especially in the gay clubs. I certainly have nothing against online tricking. But it’s already cost us the huge clubs like Roxy and the Palladium which were so magnificent back in the day. So all I ask is that you please try to re-learn your social skills when you step out, especially if you want something and are so clueless that you offend the person you’re asking! All clubs and bars will die if we lose our ability to interact because we’re glued to screens while punching buttons. The man of your dreams could walk right past you and you'd miss him because you were posting "I just saw Lance Bass!" on Facebook.
I do have to admit that I shouldn't let this get to me. And it has. After several Britney fans held up the three fingers to indicate that they wanted to hear Miss Spears' new song 3, I cursed out the fifth requester of this kind. Boy, was I ashamed of myself when the mortified guy turned out to be deaf! (Which is the only reason anyone could like that crappy nursery rhyme of a song!)
And as the weather turns cooler, let me remind you of one other thing dj’s despise. Do you request a song from the coat check boy? Didn’t think so. THEN DON’T ASK THE GODDAM DJ TO CHECK YOUR COAT, YOU ASSHOLE!
THE STAR OF THE CAMP CLASSIC GIRLS WILL BE GIRLS AND SEVERAL ONE WOMAN SHOWS RETURNS TO MANHATTAN FOR A NEW ONE-WOMAN SHOW:
MISS COCO PERU IS UNDAUNTED! Nov. 6-8 & 13-15
Laurie Beechman Theatre, 407 West 42nd Street All her life she dreamed of fame and fortune... she's still dreaming. Come see Coco in her return to NYC in her award winning show, Miss Coco Peru is Undaunted! 6 Performances only at The Laurie Beechman Theatre in the heart of the Theatre District! Tickets at 212-352 3101 or purchase tickets online.
OTHER WISE, HE MIGHT END UP LIKE THIS BALLOON BOY COSTUMED FRIEND FROM PHOENUX. I LOVE HOW HE INTERP{RETED "BALLOON BOY" WITH DRAG MAKE-UP AND A RED AND WHITE FINGERLESS GLOVE TO MATCH THE RED BEENIE WITH WHITE PIPING!
FROM THE BALLOON BOY: The party was on a rooftop in downtown Phoenix, where I was able to release a balloon every 20 minutes or so, screaming "Mom! Dad! Help! Call CNN! Call Larry King!"
These great questions and answers are from the days when Hollywood Squares' game show responses were spontaneous. Peter Marshall was the host asking the questions, of course…..
Q... Paul, what is a good reason for pounding meat? A. Paul Lynde: Loneliness. (The audience laughed so long and so hard it took up almost 15 minutes of the show!)
Q. Do female frogs croak? A. Paul Lynde: If you hold their little heads under water long enough.
Q. If you're going to make a parachute jump, at least how high should you be A. Charley Weaver: Three days of steady drinking should do it.
Q. True or False, a pea can last as long as 5,000 years. A. George Gobel: Boy, it sure seems that way sometimes.
Q. You've been having trouble going to sleep. Are you probably a man or a woman? A.. Don Knotts: That's what's been keeping me awake.
Q. According to Cosmopolitan, if you meet a stranger at a party and you think that he is attractive, is it okay to come out and ask him if he's married? A.. Rose Marie: No wait until morning.
Q. Which of your five senses tends to diminish as you get older? A. Charley Weaver: My sense of decency...
Q. In Hawaiian, does it take more than three words to say 'I Love You'? A. Vincent Price: No, you can say it with a pineapple and a twenty....
Q. What are 'Do It,' 'I Can Help,' and 'I Can't Get Enough'? A. George Gobel: I don't know, but it's coming from the next apartment.
Q. As you grow older, do you tend to gesture more or less with your hands while talking? A. Rose Marie: You ask me one more growing old question Peter, and I'll give you a gesture you'll never forget.
Q. Paul, why do Hell's Angels wear leather? A. Paul Lynde: Because chiffon wrinkles too easily.
Q. Charley, you've just decided to grow strawberries. Are you going to get any during the first year? A.. Charley Weaver: Of course not, I'm too busy growing strawberries.
Q. In bowling, what's a perfect score? A. Rose Marie: Ralph, the pin boy.
Q. It is considered in bad taste to discuss two subjects at nudist camps. One is politics, what is the other? A. Paul Lynde: Tape measures.
Q.. During a tornado, are you safer in the bedroom or in the closet? A. Rose Marie: Unfortunately Peter, I'm always safe in the bedroom.
Q. Can boys join the Camp Fire Girls? A. Marty Allen: Only after lights out.
Q.. When you pat a dog on its head he will wag his tail. What will a goose do? A. Paul Lynde: Make him bark?
Q. If you were pregnant for two years, what would you give birth to? A. Paul Lynde: Whatever it is, it would never be afraid of the dark..
Q. According to Ann Landers, is there anything wrong with getting into the habit of kissing a lot of people? A. Charley Weaver: It got me out of the army.
Q. It is the most abused and neglected part of your body, what is it? A. Paul Lynde: Mine may be abused, but it certainly isn't neglected.
Q. Back in the old days, when Great Grandpa put horseradish on his head, what was he trying to do? A. George Gobel: Get it in his mouth.
Q. Who stays pregnant for a longer period of time, your wife or your elephant? A. Paul Lynde: Who told you about my elephant?
Q. When a couple have a baby, who is responsible for its sex? A. Charley Weaver: I'll lend him the car, the rest is up to him
Q. Jackie Gleason recently revealed that he firmly believes in them and has actually seen them on at least two occasions. What are they? A. Charley Weaver: His feet.
Q. According to Ann Landers, what are two things you should never do in bed? A. Paul Lynde: Point and laugh
I FOUND THIS AMAZING POEM on ANOTHERQUEERJUBU, which also has a video link for Marsha P. Johnson videos on youtube! The poem's by Jimmy Centola, formerly of the Hot Peaches theater troupe, and was published in the Divas Of Sheridan Square zine in 1979!
Spare Some Change For A Dying Queen
Can you spare any change for a dying queen dar—ling? I mean I am dying. I know you don’t believe me. But I know what I’m talking about. Yes I do. Us queens know what we’re talking about because we’re for liberation, yes we are. Look at the Stonewall. When I first came to New York all pressed and clean in a white shirt and tie what my mother bought me I heard about the Stonewall so I thought I’d go over and check it out and LORD! Men are dancing with men and one more gorgeous than another and way in the back were my sisters, honey turning it out in gold lame and wigs for days.
So I was hanging out in the Stonewall one night talking to Miss June, who was feeling low and nodding out on downs when she looked up at me and said, “Them pigs come in here tonight they better stay off my motherfuckin’ case.” And she was right cause we wasn’t bothering nobody just hanging out and being ourselves when don’t you know sure enough the whistle done blew and in they come pushing and shoving everyone just like a bunch of pigs and ain’t nobody said nothing cause in them days if you was gay you didn’t say you was gay
So they’re pushing and shoving and nobody said nothing til them came to the queens then this pig comes up and gave Miss June one slap knocked her down ripped her dress and scratched her face. Now Darling, anybody will tell you that a queen is sort of soft hearted, easy going person who you can sort of shove around but Darling let me tell you this. There are two things you cannot do to a queen. One. You cannot rip a queen’s dress. And Two…Don’t you ever, never touch the face honey… Well Miss June got up screaming and yelling when this pig goes to hit her again so I said ”Hey, why don’t you leave her alone she ain’t bothering nobody.” And he turned to me and said, “Shut up you sick faggot.” Now Darling, You can call me a lot of things, you can call me a queer, a cocksucker, or a crazy fool, but ain’t nobody got no right to call me a piece of wood. That’s right, a piece of wood. I looked it up one day and it was right there in the Webster’s a faggot is a piece of wood. And Darling I ain’t no piece of wood and I was telling Miss Pig this when he came to knock me, then Miss June picked up a chair and swung it and everybody started screaming and fighting and queens was getting their faces scratched honey and you know what that meant. And the next thing I know we all wound up in the Tombs……..again.
Them pigs done busted up our fun, busted our heads and just plain old busted us. But that was O.K., honey. Yes it was because that was the beginning of gay liberation in New York and in the world. Yes it was. And now everybody done forgot who done what and why and how and you know, sometimes when I pass one of them gay bars where I see my brothers or sisters having a good time and turning it out in all their liberated glory and I see hanging right over that bar a sign what says “No Drunks, No dogs, No drags.” Can you imagine comparing me to a dog? Well honey, I just want to break right down. But I just pay it no mind, that’s right darling, cause once you 86 me I tip and once I tip I stay tipped. And they can 86 me out of every gay bar in the village. And they can 86 me out of every gay bar in New York. And honey, they can 86 me out of every gay bar in the world and I pay it no mind because I got my friends. Yes I do, and I do know who my friends are. My friends are people who love their gay sisters and brothers including the queens. My friends are people who got change to spare. And my friends are people who smile at me and understand when I say Can you spare any change for a dying queen, Dar—ling? So they next time you’re in one of them bars what has that sign, “no drunks, no dogs, no drags” the next time you see them turning out one of my gay brothers or sisters Honey, you just dig real deep down into your pocket and take some of that change you’re saving for your cold beers and your hot dogs and get over yourself and spare some change for a dying queen………dar—ling.
Design Within Reach and Vipp are raising funds for DIFFA (Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDS): Leading figures in the worlds of architecture, art and design (including Yoko Ono, David Rockwell, Calvin Klein and Yves Béhar) have put their signature touch on the iconic Vipp Bin.
ARE THE JUDGES INSPECTING THE WEAVES AT THE END? ALMOST AS INSANE AS WHEN THE FEMME QUEENS USED TO HAVE TO UNDERGO THE WHITE GLOVE TEST TO CHECK THAT THEY WERE WEARING ZERO FOUNDATION!
Here's an interesting little fact from our national poll this week:
Barack Obama's approval rating with people who didn't vote for him is 14%.
Barack Obama's disapproval rating with people who voted for him is 6%.
So he's won over twice as many people as he's lost since he got elected. Who in the national media is going to write that story? Not bad for someone whose support is supposedly falling apart.
I don't know about you, but I watched every second hoping to see a glimpse of a swedish noodle. As did everyone in that audience! Taking the naughtiness out of nudity is healthy says a slut!
You were a delicious BBW with a stained white t-shirt & a half a dozen kids in tow, I was sporting a skullet with a HD jean vest & short cut-offs. You offered me a dart from your fresh deck & I refused as I don't smoke menthols. I would love to reconsider that offer, and by the way that wasn't my old lady with me that was my parole officer.
SENATOR FRANKEN WITHERS A CORPORATE CUNT ON C-SPAN! IN FACT, BANKRUPTCIES FROM HEALTH CARE COSTS ARE THE MOST COMMON VARIETY IN THIS COUNTRY. ONLY A FOOL WOULD WANT TO STICK WITH THAT!
AND KUCINICH GETS IN A GOOD ONE WITH ANOTHER PAID-TO-LIE SQUIRMER:
STEVEN LEWIS WRITES A COLUMN IN THE NEW BLACK BOOK ABOUT THE RESURGENCE OR VOGUING CULTURE IN NYC NIGHTLIFE. THAT'S THE STILL STUNNING HOUSE MOTHER CARMEN XTRAVAGANZA PICTURED BELOW.
THIS TROLL OF A SECURITY GUARD AT NEWARK AIRPORT WAS ARRESTED AFTER HE MADE THREATENING REMARKS ABOUT OBAMA, WHO'D BE COMING THROUGH THE NEXT DAY. IN HIS HOME, 43 GUNS WERE FOUND!
THE LATEST PARTY FROM SUZANNE BARTSCH AND KENNY KENNY. SINCE I WORK ON SUNDAYS FROM 6-12 AT SPLASH, I REALLY HAVEN'T MADE IT SINCE I'D HAVE A FULL BEARD BY THE TIME I GOT THERE. BUT IT'S APPARENTLY GOING STRONG EVERY SUNDAY. KENNY IS INTERVIEWED BY MUSTO IN THE VOICE'S BEST OF ISSUE--BELOW IS A SNIPPET..
Me: Hi, Kenny. Why does your partnership with Ms. Bartsch seem to click so well? Kenny Kenny: We both understand—she's going to hate me for this—that we're very dysfunctional, and we accept each other for that. We're both creative, and we like new ideas. Everything became so bland. We're not from a bland world. I've worked with other people—I'm not gonna mention their names—and they wanted things more bland. But I'm in nightlife because of the freedom of being eccentric and pushing the limits. Susanne really understands that. We are both a little odd, and we accept each other for that.
Me: But what's with her constant worrying? Kenny: We all have this little worry box in our heads. I understand that. That means she cares. It's just neurosis. She acts it out kind of more.
A HILARIOUS GOOF OF A SPOOF OF THE ALREADY FANTASTIC 1970'S BLAXPOITATION GENRE. I LITERALLY HOWLED ALL THE WAY THROUGH IT! ARESENIO HALL (WHO I HATE) IS EVEN GOOD IN IT--AND THAT FOOL IS IN BLACKFACE AND A GREASY WIG! A DEMENTED ROMP WITH PIMPS, HOS, KUNG FU AND CHEESY LOVE SCENES! IN LIMITED RELEASE.
African-American action legend Black Dynamite goes after 'The Man' for killing his brother Jimmy, for pumping heroin into local orphanages and for flooding the ghetto with hopped-up malt liquor.
THE "FINALE" FROM HIS 1976 TV SPECIAL FEATURING KISS, WITCHIEPOO, MARGARET HAMILTON (THE WIZARD OF OZ'S WICKED WITCH OF THE WEST), FLORENCE HENDERSON, TIM CONWAY AND DONNY & MARIE!
MOVEON/ORG IS TRYING TO GET THIS AD ON TV. MANY PEOPLE DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THE PUBLIC OPTION IS AND I THINK THIS AD ILLUSTRATES IT EFFECTIVELY. CAN YOU DONATE SOMETHING? ANYTHING? I REALIZE THAT PEOPLE AREN'T FEELING OVERLY GENEROUS AT THE MOMENT, BUT IF HEALTH CARE WITH A STRONG PUBLIC OPTION IS PASSED, WE COULD SAVE A LOT ON FUTURE INSURANCE COSTS IF THIS HIDEOUS INDUSTRY IS BROKEN.
What a Drag: Shelley Novak's South Beach Street Brawl Ends with Police By Natalie O'Neill in Crime, Culture, Gender Bender
Shelley Novak
South Beach's legendary queen of drag, Shelley Novak, is normally full of sassy one-liners and puns about penis size. But she has a straight face when explaining, "It was like Friday the 13th. He came running up my stairs, chasing after me with wild, crazy eyes."
South Beach's legendary queen of drag, Shelley Novak, is normally full of sassy one-liners and puns about penis size. But she has a straight face when explaining, "It was like Friday the 13th. He came running up my stairs, chasing after me with wild, crazy eyes."
She's reliving the moment before she called police to report an alleged assault last week. Her contention: A gay man named Zachary Cerre hit her face and smashed his fist though the window of her apartment on West Avenue.
Cerre has not been charged with a crime. He swears the man in a wig is making it all up. "She's a washed-up old queen who just wants attention," he says. "Everything she told cops is a lie."
I remember when MSNBC was covering Obama's first 100 days in office and a black pundit was asked how she thought our first black president was doing. She replied that many in the black community were just glad that he was still alive. I'm so glad I live in a christian nation. Good christians with a bible in one hand and a gun in the other. This is such horrible news that I hate to even post it. Where were the assassins during Bush's two terms--the worst president in our history? Oh, but he was white so we don't have to kill him.
FROM BOSTON.COM:
Secret Service strained as leaders face more threats
WASHINGTON - The unprecedented number of death threats against President Obama, a rise in racist hate groups, and a new wave of antigovernment fervor threaten to overwhelm the US Secret Service, according to government officials and reports, raising new questions about the 144-year-old agency’s overall mission. Discuss COMMENTS (161)
The Secret Service is tracking a far broader range of possible threats to the nation’s leaders, the officials said, even as it also investigates financial crimes such as counterfeiting as part of its original mandate.
The new demands are leading some officials, both inside and outside the agency, to raise the possibility of the service curtailing or dropping its role in fighting financial crime to focus more on protecting leaders and their families from assassination attempts and thwarting terrorist plots aimed at high-profile events.
YUCCH! HEARD ABOUT THE INFESTATION OF THE UNION SQUARE CINEMA. NOW THIS ARTICLE, WHICH PREDICTED THE INCREASED OUTBREAKS IN APRIL, SAYS THEY ARE FINDING THEM IN CELLPHONES AND KEYBOARDS??? I GUESS IT'S TIME TO LAY OFF THE SEX WITH HOMELESS MEN FOR A WHILE. I'M ADMITTEDLY A BIT OF A HYPOCHONDRIAC, BUT ONE SITE MENTIONS MOVING YOUR BED AWAY FROM THE WALL AND NOT LETTING LINENS TOUCH THE FLOOR. THE BASTARDS CAN LIVE WITHOUT FOOD FOR 18 MONTHS!
Arrow Exterminating Expects Public to Get Hit Hard Post-Spring Break
LYNBROOK, N.Y., April 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Mike Deutsch can't believe the places he and the other technicians at Arrow Exterminating are finding bed bugs these days: inside lamp bases, clock radios, TVs, computer keyboards, between the pages of books, inside electric switches, behind ceiling moldings and in one case, inside a cell phone. "We've never seen anything like this," says Deutsch, the Arrow staff entomologist. "We certainly know that bed bugs are not restricted to beds and upholstered furniture, but now we're finding them in places even we never thought possible."
What's more, Deutsch believes the worst has yet to hit Long Island and the Greater New York area. The ultra-high volume of spring break travel is bound to yield more than a deluge of spectacular tans. "Expect to see a huge increase in bed bugs after spring break is over this year," he says. Frequent international travel and hotel stays have helped bed bugs to make a comeback after near extinction in the U.S. The bugs find their way into suitcases and end up being carried home here to the States. Another reason bed bugs are back with a vengeance is that DDT, a pesticide commonly used in the mid-twentieth century to treat bed bugs, has been banned and the pesticides used today are safer but less effective.
How About a Little Coverage of the Millions of At-Risk Kids Not Trapped in a Balloon (or Hiding in the Attic)?
No matter what happens in the unfolding legal saga of the Heene family, the most appropriate response to the whole matter was that of Falcon Heene. He vomited. Twice. On national TV. Well, let me just say that Falcon speaks for me.
I just saw WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE and couldn't have been more delighted. The casting, art direction, script, camera work, soundtrack--all very impressive. It's shocking how the screenwriters were able to extend the short book with little dialogue into a full-length feature film. And as someone who worshipped that book as a child, the powers that be were true to the book's original spirit which is essentially trippy gibberish. I can't recommend it highly enough. I haven't laughed out loud that much at a film since BORAT. Also quite touching at times. it's a complete escape well worth my $12. Highly recommended.
FORWARDED BY MY MOM ( A FORMER NURSE) FROM A HOSPITAL WORKER:
Flu Information be sure to read #3 and 4
The only portals of entry are the nostrils and mouth/throat. In a global epidemic of this nature, it's almost impossible to avoid coming into contact with H1N1 in spite of all precautions. Contact with H1N1 is not so much of a problem as proliferation is. While you are still healthy and not showing any symptoms of H1N1 infection, in order to prevent proliferation, aggravation of symptoms and development of secondary infections, some very simple steps, not fully highlighted in most official communications, can be practiced (instead of focusing on how to stock N95 or Tamiflu):
1. Frequent hand-washing (well highlighted in all official communications).
2. "Hands-off-the-face" approach. Resist all temptations to touch any part of face (unless you want to eat, bathe or slap).
3. *Gargle twice a day with warm salt water (use Listerine if you don't trust salt). *H1N1 takes 2-3 days after initial infection in the throat/ nasal cavity to proliferate and show characteristic symptoms. Simple gargling prevents proliferation. In a way, gargling with salt water has the same effect on a healthy individual that Tamiflu has on an infected one. Don't underestimate this simple, inexpensive and powerful preventative method.
4. Similar to 3 above, *clean your nostrils at least once every day with warm salt water. *Not everybody may be good at Jala Neti or Sutra Neti (very good Yoga asanas to clean nasal cavities), but *blowing the nose hard once a day and swabbing both nostrils with cotton buds dipped in warm salt water is very effective in bringing down viral population.*
5. *Boost your natural immunity with foods that are rich in Vitamin C (Amla and other citrus fruits). *If you have to supplement with Vitamin C tablets, make sure that it also has Zinc to boost absorption.
6. *Drink as much of warm liquids (tea, coffee, etc) as you can. *Drinking warm liquids has the same effect as gargling, but in the reverse direction. They wash off proliferating viruses from the throat into the stomach where they cannot survive, proliferate or do any harm.
White Justice of the Peace Says He's Not Racist, Just Doesn't "Believe in Mixing the Races That Way"
(AP) A Louisiana justice of the peace said he refused to issue a marriage license to an interracial couple out of concern for any children the couple might have.
Keith Bardwell, justice of the peace in Tangipahoa Parish, says it is his experience that most interracial marriages do not last long.
"I'm not a racist. I just don't believe in mixing the races that way," Bardwell told the Associated Press on Thursday. "I have piles and piles of black friends. They come to my home, I marry them, they use my bathroom. I treat them just like everyone else."
Bardwell said he asks everyone who calls about marriage if they are a mixed race couple. If they are, he does not marry them, he said.
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