Check out Curtis Jensen’s fantastic video of San Francisco’s drag queen Easter Bonnet contest. Curtis writes in the forums: “Yes Halloween is totally fucked up in San Francisco, but I’ll just bet you don’t have an Easter Celebration quite like this anywhere BUT San Francisco. The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence do it up right in the name of that reanimated corpse of a savior.”
Easter has come and gone. One of the strangest holidays on the calendar, Easter can happen anytime in April or March. It’s very sneaky that way.
The reason Easter’s occurrence is different every year is so confusing has to do with a multitude of different factors. Everything from the patterns of the moon to the occurrence of Jewish Passover to the vernal equinox have their hand in why it plays peekaboo with the calendar.
Of course, Easter is associated with many different traditions. The most obvious is the resurrection of Jesus from the dead, which in modern times is what Easter is really all about. So what do bunnies, bonnets and colorfully dyed eggs have to do with all of that religious symbolism? Read more…
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I said that I wasn’t going to comment on this subject anymore but so many people keep sending me great, loving emails… So i thought I would write on...
Women got the right to vote on August 18, 1920, it was the 19th amendment to the U.S. Constitution. One of 27, with the last being added to the constitution in 1992. This 27th...
Until I hurd this podcast I didn’t like Chris. But now thats all changed! I love him now! Small town Chris? 30,000? thats not small honey that a huge city...
Guys named Steven with Dutch roots are generally fantastic of course - but this one was a pervy laugh riot. Especially combined with mentions of Amsterdam and...