nmainguy

In some states I'm not allowed to adopt. In no state would my VA or SS benifits got to my spouse even if we had a civil union. The last time I checked, there was nothing radical in wanting the same rights any other tax-paying and law-abiding citizen has.

Let's see: A poll reported on Drudge conducted by and posted by one of HAIF's least reliable sources.Yeah, that's who I'm relying on for factual information.

I suppose it comes down to what you are willing and able to pay. If you have an issue, perhaps you may want to invest in a fee-simple dwelling. At least you'll know when you pay your own taxes and insurance you'll only be carrying your own weight. It's hard to give you solid advice when we don't know your income so based on my lack of knowledge, I suggest you take the conservative approach and purchase your own dwelling free and clear. Then you only have to deal with your taxes and insurance once a year instead of wondering what might happen with you and your fellow share holders. Unless you are disgustingly wealth of own the property I'd advise you to jump ship.

I love the LOOK of Wassily chairs. They have great sculptural lines but...they are as uncomfortable as hell and near impossible to get out of. I'd lose them, the couch, the rug, the side tables and the wall color. For the floor I would go for a large Flokati. That will give you the shag look you like. For the walls, I'd go with a more neutral palette as a background for more horizontal art-like Mondrian style earlier suggested. I mean what do you want to highlight? Your walls or your artwork? I like to highlight the art: My partner goes more for the wall color. Your coffee table is great in that room-now you just need to hold out for the real deal as far as seating and side tables go. When I was younger-about 30 years ago, I was totally into the international style so I invested in two of Mies Barcelona chairs. Everyone loved them-including me- but like the Wassilys, they were uncomfortable and difficult to extract yourself from. I still have them because of their beauty but have them in another house we don't use too much. I have an Eileen Grey table coupled with one of the Barcelona chairs. It's a great look and the contrast of a highly functionable side table paired with one of the most beautiful yet dysfunctional chairs is priceless. But the Grey table is also a great side paired with Mid Century seating. It's a salute by an early 20th century design to a Mid Century esthetic. Be patient and buy what you really cherish and keep for a lifetime instead of buying allot of clutter that will end up in a garage sale.

It sounds like some place inside the loop will give you both fairly easy out-bound commutes. The Heights 77008 & 77009 [my neighborhood] is quickly closing in on your $300,000 budget and is not known for Mid Century design. Timbergrove, Lazybrook-77008, Shepherd Forest and Oak Forest-77018 [just outside the loop] may be more to your liking. Some Mid Century; easy non-freeway access to downtown, Montrose, restaurants and museums; easy access to I10 and 610 for your commutes; great liniar parks for walking the dog and LOTS of trees! One more option might be Garden Oaks-77008: again HUGE trees on HUGE lots approaching and surpassing your budget-but little if no Mid Century-just really solidly built post-war homes and now a few CrapMcMansions popping up. Again I would suggest you stay inside the loop. If you bought in Glenbrook Valley your commute would be a breeze but you may never see your husband again. In any event, I concur that rps324 is your go-to guy here on HAIF for Mid Century design.

music has a pretty good grip on the topic but I would not take furniture placement as a guide for where utility ports are placed because furniture is mobile while utility ports are somewhat static. In my first rental property, I instructed my electrician to place duplex and phone jacks as close together and as low as possible on any wall I had painted with a red "X". Almost every wall in every room had the X except the baths and kitchens. He balked and required 50% of the cost of his service up-front because he had never done that and thought I was crazy. 30 years later he not only installs duplex and phone jacks close together-and sometimes in the floor-he adds broadband connections as well. My partner and I are also his girl's godfathers in addition to being equal partners. Damn, I love my life!

That must make you happy since you're the only one on HAIF that has ever suggested I kill myself. I talked with the editor and he said you had been handled. Apparently the editor was mistaken.

Whether they be Wiccan, Muslim, Hindu or Jewish-all tax exempt-I would welcome the tax revenue. Wouldn't you? I mean, a smart guy like you who struggled through the process of getting his G_D [GED] must realize that all these non-Christian denominations aren't paying taxes?

Quite frankly, I can't locate an east of dt site that can accommodate a soccer stadium and practice fields without closing some major thoughrouhfares. If their goal is a stadium with practice fields, many of you have your hearts in the right place but reality dictates a different location. A large chunk of land east of downtown is too valuable to be given up for my favorite sport. I still contend their original Delmar location is a win-win for the Dynamo and HISD.

Muslim: an est. 1.8 billion Hindu: an est 1.25 billion Christians: an est. 2 billion Merci! BTW, Omega always needs light bulbs, trash bags, office supplies, latex gloves, laundry soap, cookware, utensils, and ALWAYS toilet paper!

Just for informational purposes: an editorial, letters and a blog. I don't have a dog in this hunt but I'd hate to see Wortham leveled when there is still a huge chunk of land at 290 and 610 [Delmar] potentially available.

I have the unmitigated gall to tell you as a gay man that I am indeed a second-class citizen until I am afforded the same rights as straight folks. In any case,"your reading what you want to read" statement seems to have come from somewhere other than this thread. BTW, there are probably more than 2 billion that believe in one cult or another-most of them just don't happen to be Christian.

And yet you said it anyway. What a surprise. "God": Which god are we talking about or can it just be any old god? How about the god parrot prays to out of one side of her mouth while advocating the death of millions of innocent N. Korean men, women and children out of the other side of her mouth. Man, and people ask me why I don't hook up with her gang of thugs. "Genetics": note to self-never go to a cultist for advice on genetics. "Gays": Well, I'm one and fully expect the parrots and CDebs of the world to continue to compare me with pedophilia and then turn around and deny that was their intention. It's just another price of being a second class citizen while they cling to their special rights. "Airlines": I love Air France and Continental Now I'm off to sit with a dying young man who has AIDS at Omega House [602 Branard; 713-523-7110]. Feel free to donate time, supplies and/or money if your "Christian"-or otherwise-heart desires. P.S. Thanks to my macbro for opening up a new topic that at least allows one to offer up opinions and places to donate time and money before the "editor" shuts you down.

Really? i guess we failed when we sucked it up in '87-89 and held on to properties we were told as undesirable. Well. Alison was a nasty storm and flooded a couple of my properties on Little White Oak, but they were repaired and still produce income far and beyond the damage Alison produced. I't's s all about a large dose of reason coupled with a dash of patience.

If you are refering to my status as a gay man, then yes-I should indulge my sexual orientation to the fullest-just as most heterosexuals do. I'm not sure what this has to do with cults but on an objective level, I think I've given you an objective response.

Man created gods whether they be Jewish, Wiccan, Muslim, Buddhist, Christian, Hindu, etc... All religious cults have a deity. Some shared-some not. But they are all man-made.

Leviticus 20:13 "If a man lies with a man as one lies with a woman, both of them have done what is detestable." Now I can almost guarantee parrot and CDeb will surly join me in hell because it is highly doubtful they have never touched a pigskin, eaten a ham sandwich or mixed fibers. If they were consistant in their defense of their cult, they would have to agree with me, would they not? Now, I'm off to gamble with my Friday night poker buddies where afterwards we shall all be condemend hell.

The Heights association was against Starbucks but I'm not sure the residents of the Heights were against it. I commend the Heights Association in stopping Walgreens' irresponsible developement at Yale and 20th and applaud them along with CVS for a more responsible developement that not only served the profit motive of CVS but addressed the concerns of our neighborhood. But at times the Heights Association has been an unreasonable opponent of reasonable development. A point in fact is the beautiful new period structure adjacent to the CVS on E. 19th that is now a Washington Mutual with an added drive through banking facility. All Starbucks ever wanted was a space in that lovely building. It calls into question the Heights Association's motives when they oppose a simple coffee house in lieu of a full service bank with a traffic producing drive-thru off of Yale.

How old are your cats? Past a certain age they are pretty intolerant of any new-comers cat or dog. They also are spooked easily and a big dog can be intimidating to a cat. They may just have to uneasily co-exist. It's taken this one over 2 years to get used to this one and they are still not that cozy with each other. Dogs seem to be more social and adaptive. I've had cats all my life and while they can be as loving as the best Lab, they can also be very resistant to new-comers. BTW, are your cats inside, outside or both?

No. You just revaled once again how one poster has described you: you have the mouth of a truck-stop waitress and the vacancy of a housewife.

Well, you know Red is not my master so we'll just write that off as another of your incohearant rants. BTW, I was repremanded today by the editor for repeating Parrot's description of herself as a fag hag but have never heard any reprimand for your mocking of my health status and suggestion that I should kill myself or whether he accepted a plagerist like barnes' $1000 bribe. It's odd how you and the editor are so two-faced and get away with it when all I do is reference your maniacal rant. While I appreciate Wayne Lorentz/Artefaqs Corporation for offering this forum, I and many like myself do not approve of the vile postings of you, barnes and others like yourselves. Many of us-like myself and parrot-vehemantly disagree on the fundementals but don't threaten each other's lives or bribe the editor to have another expelled.

You can read all THREE books: the bible, the torah and the qur'an and find instances that would make you reel. Did your mother ever wear a garment composed of cotton and wool? Did you kill her for that? Did you ever touch a pigskin football? Tell me so I can send Parrot to kill you in the name of her "god". The Christian Jesus is the son of God-he is not God according to the Bible. While the Jews respect Jesus they do not recognize him as the son of God. Islam

When did you choose your sexual orientation? Can you give me the exact day and time you decided to be a heterosexual? Perhaps you could ask the "geneticist" you live with to clarify how involuntary sexual orientation is the same as voluntary acceptance of religion?

I hear you, Chris. Being a memeber of HAIF for longer than you I may have a bit more perspective on the posters. Many seem to have no grasp on racism VS ethnicity. Many are comfortable being stuck in their intractable and sometimes illogical ideas. That should never prevent you from comparing all ideas. It's what makes you a grown-up as opposed to simply being a mimic of the comfortable opinion. Keep up the questioning. Hold the qustioners to their ideas and ideals. You may be amazed that many of them hold on to completely subjective ideals devoid of facts.

Go read about Ishmael in the Book of Genesis. Then go read about Ishmael in the Qur'an. Then go read about Ishmael in the Torah. Read about his father Abraham and Ishmael's mother who was the slave of Abraham's wife. Read about Issac. Read about this adultorous and disfunctional family that ultimatly bred Islam. You may find out that all three religions worship the same god. Then we can have an intelligent discussion. Perhaps CDeb, music and parrot can band together and form The Cult of the Uninformed. BTW, as I stated before Cdeb so ineloquently made his snarky post, religion is a choice-sexual orientation is not. If stating the facts is my S.O.P.-I accept.