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Apple launched its Macintosh brand with the amazing commercial below which promised that 1984 would not be like 1984. In other words, the totalitarian control of your thoughts, actions, and computer use would be thwarted by the introduction of a novel computer called Macintosh. It was brilliant and rang mostly true. It’s also what set in motion the fervent cult-like following by Apple’s die-hard loyalists.

Then came the Apple’s mobile operating system (first on the iPhone in 2007 and now on iPad in 2010) that completely controls your actions and user experience. I guess what Apple meant to say was, “1984 won’t be like 1984. But 2010, that’ll be just like 1984.”

If this video were remade today, it would have Steve Jobs on the jumbotron preaching to a bunch of brainwashed people with Apple stickers on their hoodies, an iPhone glued to one hand and an iPad glued to the other. Oh, and the people marching in the hallway? That’s the day-long line to get into the Apple Store to buy the new iProduct on opening day.

Wow, this is sorta sad. Not only did Sir Mix-A-Lot totally sell out, but so did Erik Estrada, Charisma Carpenter, and Lou Ferrigno. Not totally surprising. Just sort of sad.

I’ve blogged about hot model Chad White many times before. This might be my favorite yet. The little wink at the camera near the end… Adorable!

Hello to all of my horny humpday hotties out there. I’ve been away for the last five days and totally forgot to put together a Humpday Hotness post today. Luckily, I had a backup post in the reserve. So, enjoy Rob’s bootylicious bum. I’m sure you won’t feel short shrifted in the least.

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Whoa, I have to check out these gay super hero parties when I’m in NYC! LOVE the Green Lantern dude who looks a little like Nathan Petrelli on Heroes.

Hilarious!

Thanks to Ballantyne for sharing this with me!

This. Is. Awesome.

And Michelangelo’s original for comparison:

Violet Tendencies, Go Go Reject, and Seeing Heaven. I doubt any of them are “good” movies. But they might be worth a watch on a Netflix Friday night movie night.

OMG. Love it!

I really really really really want to see this movie.

There will be no blogging on April 16th on this blog and dozens of others across the United States and beyond as we Unite in Silence in support of our LGBT youth and the Day of Silence anti-bullying and GLBT harassment initiatives in our nations schools.

Join us today -GLBT bloggers UNITED in SILENCE! (Facebook page)

Hundreds of thousands of students at thousands of middle schools, high schools and colleges will participate in GLSEN’s 15th annual Day of Silence on Friday (4/16) by taking some form of a vow of silence to bring attention to anti-LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) name-calling, bullying and harassment.

Students from more than 6,000 middle and high schools already have registered as participants at www.dayofsilence.org for the student-created and student-led event sponsored nationally by GLSEN, the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network.

Students typically participate by remaining silent throughout the school day, unless asked to speak in class. The event is designed to illustrate the silencing effect of anti-LGBT bullying and harassment on LGBT students and those perceived to be LGBT.

“Anti-LGBT bullying is a pervasive problem in America’s schools and creates unsafe learning environments for countless youth,” GLSEN Executive Director Eliza Byard said. “The Day of Silence was created by students as a simple yet powerful way to raise awareness about a problem that very few schools adequately address. More than a decade later, the Day of Silence is an example of how people of any age can bring about positive change by working together to make their world a better and safer place.”

Research has continually shown that anti-LGBT bullying is commonplace in American schools.

Two of the top three reasons students said their peers were most often bullied at school were actual or perceived sexual orientation and gender expression, according to From Teasing to Torment: School Climate in America, a 2005 Harris Interactive report commissioned by GLSEN. The top reason was physical appearance.

Nearly 9 out of 10 LGBT youth (86.2%) reported being verbally harassed at school in the past year because of their sexual orientation, nearly half (44.1%) reported being physically harassed and about a quarter (22.1%) reported being physically assaulted, according to GLSEN’s 2007 National School Climate Survey of more than 6,000 LGBT students.

The report also found that 3 out of 5 LGBT youth (60.8%) felt unsafe at school because of their sexual orientation.

On April 6, 2009, Carl Walker-Hoover took his life after enduring constant bullying, including anti-LGBT bullying. Though Carl did not identify as gay, his story is a tragic reminder that anti-LGBT bullying and harassment affects all students. Carl would have turned 12 on the 2009 Day of Silence. Learn more about his story here. Tell Congress to support the Safe Schools Improvement Act. Sign the petition HERE.

Sigh.