Daily Archives: September 21, 2011

10 posts

Raging Waters: Liveblogging Top Chef Just Desserts Episode 5


Last week was an extra special episode of Just Desserts, wasn’t it? Team Mad lost one of its angriest. And why? Because last week she wasn’t so angry. She was almost…likable. We can’t have that! You’re outta here, (not so) Angry Melissa! Also, finally — mercifully and rightfully — Beaker was tossed in the trash like a souffle that didn’t rise. See ya, Beaker! Team Gay is no weaker for having lost you. So what does this week have in store for us? Join me after the jump, and I’ll tell you. Continue reading

Conservative in Hollywood? Just Like Growing Up Gay!

In Movieline’s Broadsheet post this morning, Stu VanAirsdale linked to a column on Andrew Breitbart’s site, Big Hollywood. In the column, Patrick Courrielche goes on at some length about what it’s like to be conservative in liberal Hollywood, at one point describing an interaction with two gay man at a dinner meeting and likening his own experiences as a conservative in Hollywood to the experience of coming out as gay. Continue reading

Open Caption Mad Cow Edition

Oh Clarice, will the lambs ever be silent?

I’ve been terribly busy this week but after this Thursday the 22nd I should be able to package up something fresh, antibiotic free and humanely raised in the way of CT articles. Until then I’ll leave you with this image of Presidential Hopeful Michele Bachmann congressing with constituents from within the cooler. I will say it’s very clear that Marcus didn’t choose this outfit for her.

You know the rules for Open Caption, don’t you? There aren’t any! I like my Open Caption like a GOP Candidate: verbose, ridiculous and crazy.  Comment.

Autism Intervention Doesn’t Stop With the Kids

Emotions tend to run extremely high when talking about the autism spectrum disorders, and for good reason. Very little is concretely known about the cause of the disorder, and while there are modes of treatment that are empirically supported (such as ABA therapy), panic runs so high upon diagnosis, the long, hard slog of behavioral therapy is often forgone in favor of the miracle cure.

When I first began working in 2008, prevalence rates sat at 1:125; today they are closer to 1:91. For many parents, it feels like we’re in the middle of an unstoppable epidemic.

The field is tantamount to the Wild West– oversight is minimal, the types of licensure available are few (and the requirements and oversights as compared to, say, those for licensed professional counselors, are extremely lax), and evidence-based treatment is neglected in favor of fad ‘cures’ marketed to desperate parents. Continue reading

Rick Santorum Reminds People That He’s Not Likeable

Former Senator, current Republican presidential contender, and well-known douchecanoe Rick Santorum is frothy at the mouth because Google is not changing the ordering of their search results like he wants them too. Sex columnist Dan Savage’s highly publicized and highly successful 2003 campaign to re-define “santorum” as a byproduct of anal sex and the subsequent Google-bombing of the term has resulted in a hilarious (well, from my perspective) and damaging first page of search results. Savage’s efforts, prompted by devoutly Catholic Santorum’s anti-gay comments have proven to be a pain in the presidential candidate’s ass. Continue reading