Today is the second blogiversary of the psych rehab project that ate San Francisco.

Congrats, Justin!

HuffPo contributor Beau Friedlander proves that douchebaggery is not confined to any one political affiliation:

“It is time to pop the tea baggers’ favorite balloon (so what if it will be replaced by another?), and with that in mind I hereby offer to negotiate a $100,000 payday to the person who will come forward with a sex tape or phone records or anything else that succeeds in removing Glenn Beck from the public eye forever. I am not offering the cash myself, but I will broker the deal and/or raise the money for what you bring to the table. (And it better be good.)”

Ummm, leftists? Try attacking the man’s ideas. Doing it this way just smacks of desperation.

I find it hilarious that the left expends so much energy and hate on people who are not even running for office, or people who haven’t been in office for two years. Way to keep your eyes off the prize.

(Hat tip to the Beck you should be following: Billy Beck.)

*sniff*

It seems like just yesterday, Epijunky was my cute little EMT-Blogchild, all full of promise and wide-eyed wonder, and now she’s all grown up, a paramedic, and a member of the JEMS FireEMS blog network!

She’s still full of promise and wide-eyed wonder, though, and about as intimidating as the Snuggle fabric softener bear. I’m going to have to work with her on developing her Paramedic Face.

Y’all also welcome Lt. Michael Morse of Rescuing Providence to the network. He’s one of the better EMS storytellers out there, and if you don’t have him bookmarked, you should.

I’ve got a Facebook friend, a fellow EMT, named Robert J. Wilson.

Robert’s gay, and proud of it. He’s also been in a committed relationship with his partner for at least ten years. I’m cool with that. We spar occasionally on his blog because Robert’s a  godless, atheistic, liberal Democrat type, and I’m a red-blooded, God-fearin’, gun-totin, libertarian, hunnert-percent Murkin type. Naturally, our views are going to differ on many things.

But hey, if political leanings were big enough to stand in the way of friendship, TOTWTYTR and I would never share Mule Breath’s wonderful company, much less his world-class chili and barbecue.

Anyhoo, Robert brings to our attention one Baton Rouge area business, Southern Style Granite. They have a really nasty attitude toward gays, to the point of refusing to do business with them.

And that’s fine, really. If they’re afraid of the gay cooties, that’s their business. The libertarian in me tells me that, as a private business, they have the right to refuse service to anyone.

But they don’t have the right to be immune from the consequences of their intolerance and bigotry.

Um, do they not realize how many interior designers are gay? Jeez, talk about not knowing your clientele!

So do me a favor, and link this post in your own blogs, or link Robert’s post, and let’s Google bomb these backwards-assed yahoos into the 21st century. You did it for me with those mouth-breathers at Cycles and More, and now I’m asking you to do the same with Southern Style Granite. This post or Robert’s needs to be the #1 Google result by the end of the week.

And if you’re of a mind, go to one of the online review sites and spread the word about their business practices.

Thanks for your help.