Giveline

Have you begun your holiday shopping spree? Today is Black Friday and lots of people are out shopping today, but not me. Thursday’s Thanksgiving festivities wore me out. I’m not planning to leave the house at all today. Every year, I watch the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade and can’t help, but feel bombarded with the commercials announcing the big holiday sales beginning today at 4 a.m., 5 a.m., and 6 a.m. I did those sales a few years ago, but maybe it was the turkey, maybe the wine, but it’s already mid-day and I find myself sitting here having missed all the early morning sales. So, I’m shopping from home and doing it in a way that channels a portion of the proceeds to the Kentucky Fairness Alliance Foundation.

Giveline.com is an online store that allows people to shop for in-demand items, while designating a charity (KFA is set-up and ready to participate) for a portion of the proceeds to benefit.

I just found “What Dreams May Come,” my favorite movie of all time and I had already planned to give a copy of it to someone special this year. I was able to purchase the DVD just now through Giveline.com and designate the pre-set savings on that item (25% or $3.18) to the Kentucky Fairness Alliance Foundation.

Please join me at http://www.giveline.com/ and see if you find something special to give your loved ones this season, while continuing to support the Kentucky Fairness Alliance Foundation - your statewide fairness organization.

~Jody

PS – Remember you can purchase your 2007 holiday keepsake ornament online at http://www.kentuckyfairness.org/!

Gay clubs put on extinction list?

I saw this come through on e-mail tonight... what do you'll think about it?

~Jody

GAY NEWS BLOG: 11/03

Gay clubs put on extinction list?

Some queens have complained for decades about the gay nightlife scene being tired, but a business website recently went one step further by placing gay bars and nightclubs on the brink of extinction, predicting they'll become relics of the past by 2017.

Gay clubs were placed on an endangered species list alongside piggy banks, pay phones and record stores as part of Entrepreneur.com's "10 Businesses Facing Extinction in 10 Years."

"Around the country, gay bars have been going out of business as gay men and women have been gaining greater acceptance in society," states the article, which also appeared on AOL's small business website. "What used to be a hangout for people who felt unwelcome elsewhere is becoming less necessary.

"When gauging the gay bar industry's "odds of survival in 10 years," the website quips: "As with many industries, the very best of them will endure; the rest won't."