Bert and Ernie come out on The New Yorker cover

I had to share this. A very cool celebration of the death of DOMA. There's a link below to the full article.

Bert and Ernie come out on The New Yorker cover

Beth's Wordless Wednesday

Beloved Immortals, originally uploaded by Mike Schaffner.

Hottie of the Week: Sendhil Ramamurthy

We're just going to forget about how dumb Mohinder was so much of the time on Heroes. Because even if he was an outright idiot (how was he a doctor? seriously?) most of the time, the man who played him was unspeakably beautiful. If you say you don't enjoy this view, you're lying.

Hottie of the Week: Chuck Criss

Yes, okay, it gets awkward since I'm in love with his brother Darren, but Chuck is adorable and talented enough to be worth the strangeness. His band, Freelance Whales, puts out some seriously lovely music (sample it for free on their site), and he's gorgeous. No downside here. And I have a picture of him holding a puppy. BAM. He also has a truly beautiful wife, but we'll just not think about that right now.

The whole family is ridiculously lovely.

Thug lyfe.

I love a sexy man with a puppy.

I'm Gonna Write Stuff Up in Here

Okay, so I'll grant that the year is half over. That seems like an absolutely ideal time to finally put into writing my writing goals. I promise my actual writing is better than that. Damn it.

In all seriousness, I've put a lot of thought lately into where I want to be and where I want to go with my writing. It's not necessarily something I want to do full time at this point in my life. I'm a graphic designer by education and trade, and I don't want to give it up. I even run a small business online selling my art, photography and other goodies. That said, I've been writing since I was five years old. I'll never give that up either.

Last year my goal was to publish a story or book on Kindle just to get used to the process. I did it. This year I want to finish at LEAST one and maybe two of the short stories I have in progress and start submitting them to magazines. It's time to put myself out there in that way again as scary as it is after taking so many years off from doing it. I know that any rejection will be worth it for the chance at a yes.

What are your goals for the rest of the year?

Beth's Wordless Wednesday

POTTSVILLE, TX - AQ5P5736, originally uploaded by Vaillancourt Photography .