Vibrant.(Still) Unrepentant. Badass. Old. Queer

Good Afternoon, Kittens. Not much reaction (yet) to my previous post ... oh, well. VUBOQ is getting boring. And he's OK with that. Anyway, I was playing around with the "Best Shot" feature on my digicam, taking a photo of the same items using each Best Shot setting. Here's the result: The Settings from top to bottom, left to right: Portrait, Scenery, Portrait with Scenery, Children Candelight Portrait, Party, Pet, Flower Natural Green, Sundown, Night Scene, Night Scene Portrait Fireworks, Food, Text, Collection Monochrome, Retro, Twilight Is fascinating, no? and can you guess where I will be going this weekend?

Good Afternoon, Kittens. Happy Memorial Day Eve. Since only a few people took my quiz over on my facebook page, here it is. Feel free to put your answers in the comment section. Correct answers will be posted tomorrow. For those of you who already took the quiz on facebook, no cheating! 1) VUBOQ has one tattoo. Where is it? a) lower back b) left shoulder c) neck d) right ankle e) VUBOQ doesn't have a tattoo 2) VUBOQ is ... a) unemployed b) drunk c) both a and b ...

It took me a couple of days to figure out what was wrong with this image: Can you spot it?

via the wonderful Java Your result for Are You a Jackie or a Marilyn? Or Someone Else? Mad Men-era Female Icon Quiz... You Are a Doris! You are a Doris -- "I must help others." Dorises are warm, concerned, nurturing, and sensitive to other people's needs. How to Get Along with Me * Tell me that you appreciate me. Be specific. * Share fun times with me. * Take an interest in my problems, though I will probably try to focus on yours. * Let me know that I am important and special to you. * Be gentle if you decide to criticize me. In Intimate Relationships * Reassure me that I am interesting to you. * Reassure me often that you love me. * Tell me I'm attractive and that you're glad to be seen with me. What I Like About Being a Doris * being able to relate easily to people and to make friends * knowing what people need and being able to make their lives better * being generous, caring, and warm * being sensitive to and perceptive about others' f...

First, let's play a fun guessing game. Look at this picture (taken at the Whole Foods Bakery Counter): Now, who can be the first person to name the movie and the quote that VUBOQ immediately thought of when he saw two of those cakes? It made VUBOQ laugh. The Cute Bakery Girl looked at him strangely when he laughed and took a picture. Now, Calvin asked for my limoncello recipe. I think I've given it out before, but I'm too lazy to search for it ... The Rule of 7s Limoncello You will need: Lemons, Sugar, Grain Alcohol, Water, Glass Container Place the zest of 7 lemons in a glass container. Pour 750 mL of grain alcohol (like EverClear) over them. Place in a cool, dark place for 7 days. On Day 7, Make a simple syrup: On low heat, dissolve 700g (about 3.5 cups) of sugar in 750 mL of water. Let cool to room temperature. Strain the zest out of the alcohol (which should be a lovely yellow color by now). Add the room temperature syrup to the strained alcohol. Voila! Finished. Easy ...

I'm keeping busy at work by going through a bunch of old disks on my desk. The one I'm looking at now contains about 45 pages of old journal entries I salvaged from the caches of various search engines after diary-x crashed. Here's a blast from the past ... Tuesday, May 10, 2005 Am I Gay Quiz Recently, when I check my stats, I have noticed that thousands of one or two people per day visited my journal searching for an "Am I Gay Quiz." Although I frequently use the words am , I , gay , and quiz , there is no such quiz in my journal ... until today! Yes, the people person has spoken! And, since I am a Gay Man of the People Person, I proudly present to you ... EnviroBoi's Am I Gay Quiz [Unfortunately, ladies, this is a Men Only Quiz. I don't have the knowledge base to determine if you are lesbians or not. I suppose you could just replace the appropriate words in this quiz and figure something out.] Instructions Please answer the following questions honestl...

I hath returned from my foraging trip to Whole Foods. Here's my shopping list: 3 roma tomatoes 1 can sliced black olives feta pine nuts 1 pint heavy cream Ghiradelli Dark Chocolate Chips Can you guess what the Meat-Free Monday meal will be? P.S. At 4 PM, head over to If I Were a Straight Guy for an exciting announcement!

Ready for a fun guessing game, kittenes? Here's what I bought for dinner tonight: Can you guess what I'm making?

Good morning, kittens! Happy May Day ! Happy No More Alcohol-Free April! Huzzah! Yesterday, I did laundry. I weeded a bit in the front garden. And I packed two more boxes to ship. I'll take them to the post office later this morning. I had to borrow a neighbor's paper shredder because I ran out of packing material. Oops. Hopefully, everything will be well-cushioned. Lessee ... what else ... oh. right. The photo guessing game... They are keys! To my apartment! I am going to give them to Y. But, we are NOT moving in together. Gah. Srsly, it's not even been a year including the several months long break-up. Moving in together could be something I see in the long run, but not for several more years (at least!). I like my place. He likes his. Mine is close to my job. His is close to his school. Moving in would prove to be inconvenient for one of us. So why is this event earth-shattering? Perhaps it's not quite as earth-shattering as my overly drama queeny nature first expe...

Can you guess what it is? Answer to be posted tomorrow ... [PS. Feel free to speculate wildly.]

An anonymous commenter asked: What does 1st cousin once removed mean anyways??!! Luckily for all of you, I used to have to explain this sort of thing when I was teaching genetics to my biology students (many, many moons ago). So, using the StickSteven Family Tree , let's learn about cuzins! *w00t* This is my family tree: (dashed lines mean future/imaginary relationships) (you may need to click to embiggen) As you can see, StickSteven has StickGrandparents , StickParents , and a StickUncle and StickAunt . The children of StickSteven's StickUncle and StickAunt are StickSteven's StickCuzins ( StickFirstCuzins , if you will). The children of StickSteven's StickFirstCuzins are his StickFirstCuzinsOnceRemoved . The children of StickSteven's StickFirstCuzinsOnceRemoved are his StickFirstCuzinsTwiceRemoved . Do you see how that works? Now, it gets fun. Since StickSteven is a genetic deadend . Let's pretend that his StickBrother gets bizzay with his StickGirlfrie...

True or False: 1. VUBOQ went home for his lunch break. 2. VUBOQ went home for his lunch break so he could have hot, steamy, sweaty buttsecks. 3. VUBOQ took pictures of teh buttsecks for his 12 of 12 photo essay to be posted later today.

And, so, it seems, does the Neighbors Will Hear . He got all the correct answers on the photo quiz yesterday. Congratulations! For the rest of you, here are the answers: 1. Pier 1, 2. Whole Foods (mmm. cheese) , 3. Whole Foods, 4. Borders (although "outhouse" was a good guess Clio Bluestocking ) , 5. Pier 1, and 6. DSW. Now, wasn't that fun? I was chatting with this guy last night, and he suggested that the Rudy Giuliani Countdown to Victory *giggle* calendar is a Collector's Item and that I should run back out there to buy it. What say you, Loyal Blogreaders? Perhaps I could make it a prize in my next Blog Contest? My evening was quite exciting. I surfed the web, watched a movie, and then went up to Tomokito's for margaritas ... which Across the Hall from DUN made. They were ... strong. Such boozy goodness. Mmmm. We watched two hours of PR4 reruns, ate chips and salsa, and drank. YUM. Tonight, I have a lot of paperworky things to do - pay a few bills, enter data ...

4 Stores! 6 Photos! All taken within hip, happenin' downtown Silver Spring. Can you guess which photos were taken where? Have fun! And, yes, the Rudy Giuliani Countdown to Victory Calendar (only $4) completely cracked me up.

A little weekend quiz. Can you name the city and country for each of these three photos? 1. 2. 3. Good luck! *smooches*