Who Gives Kudos:

	Jo Jo B.	Cool challenge - it actually fits the emotional arc of the story I'm working on perfectly.  So today I've been researching fundamentalist Christian views and their "facts" about homosexuality.  Did you know that gays average 106 to 1105 partners per year?  That's 3.027 partners per day.  Apparently I'd better get busy - I'm way under quota :P.   Posted by Jo on October 28, 2009 - Wednesday - 01:21 [Reply to this]

	Nicola Griffith Nicola Griffith	Wow, no wonder I'm tired...   Posted by Nicola Griffith on October 29, 2009 - Thursday - 19:59 [Reply to this]

	Jo Jo B.	I couldn't come up with crap like this if I tried.  One site contends that gay males drive everybody's health insurance rates up.  The logic behind this is that gay males use medications to sustain erections so often that it drains their energy and immune system.  Since they're fatigued all the time, they have more accidents, so run up higher medical bills.  It's like reading 'Weekly World News', only terrifying in that these people actually believe what they are writing (or at least want to believe it).  Funny, though, I've not once seen a Viagra or Levitra ad that caters to the LGBTQI community . . .   Posted by Jo on October 30, 2009 - Friday - 00:49 [Reply to this]

	Nicola Griffith Nicola Griffith	Why use Viagra when you take do poppers?   Posted by Nicola Griffith on October 30, 2009 - Friday - 04:42 [Reply to this]

	Jo Jo B.	Ok, I'm a bit naive in the drug arena unless it comes to psychoactive medications - between myself and the clients on my old caseload I''ve worked with most of them - so I had to look up  "poppers".  Donna has mentioned a few times that my ignorance may disqualify me from being gay - hey, it's hard when you've been in the closet as long as I have :P.   Posted by Jo on October 30, 2009 - Friday - 18:23 [Reply to this]

	Nicola Griffith Nicola Griffith	Well, to be fair, poppers are old-style...   Posted by Nicola Griffith on November 1, 2009 - Sunday - 01:16 [Reply to this]

	Jo Jo B.	I'm only nine years younger than you - but a long closet life and being seriously ill for a decade kept me very isolated.  I need an 'Idiot's Guide to the LGBTQI Scene' . . .   Posted by Jo on November 1, 2009 - Sunday - 01:33 [Reply to this]

	Nicola Griffith Nicola Griffith	You should write it--seriously, keep notes on all the things you learn in the next year, and then sell it to a queer press... To learn, though, perhaps you should begin by reading The Advocate and AfterEllen and The Bilerico Project, all on the web.  Enjoy.   Posted by Nicola Griffith on November 2, 2009 - Monday - 21:57 [Reply to this]

	Jo Jo B.	J writes: Thanks - cool idea :).  I am going to be one busy writer.  Zack has been asked to write a self-help packet on how to build communication and co-consciousness between alters, and of course all of us are working on the novel.  Juggling body time is getting interesting :P.   Posted by Jo on November 2, 2009 - Monday - 22:38 [Reply to this]

	Nicola Griffith Nicola Griffith	Juggling time is always interesting, from whatever perspective.  Good luck!   Posted by Nicola Griffith on November 3, 2009 - Tuesday - 05:25 [Reply to this]

	Jo Jo B.	Oh, and I'm ten years younger than you.  I can do intermediate algebra but I can't subtract.  Brain damage is really weird . . .   Posted by Jo on November 3, 2009 - Tuesday - 16:04 [Reply to this]