Punk to Chipper; First Out; "Invincible ignorance!"

I'm feeling amazingly chipper considering how punk I felt yesterday. The Augmentin appears to be working.

I revamped the TV section several weeks ago. (No longer available.) And revised again tonight to include a couple of new entries about Reality TV. I was trying to remember the details of the PBS series that was one of the first examples of this. It filmed a family for several months, and the result was a ten-part series. I was uncertain of the series or the spelling of the family name. But then I remembered that one of the kids was Lance Loud who went on to become a columnist for "The Advocate." So I did a Google search under his name. I discovered that the series was "An American Family," and that it aired in 1972-1973. (Yikes! Almost 30 years ago.) In the process, I discovered the Gay/Lesbian Issues site at About.com. (The page I hit was Historical Calendar - January 15.) The entry mentioned that Lance was the first person to come out on national television. I don't think I'd ever thought about who was the first or when.

Patrick of Inside - Patrick's Daily Journal (No longer available.) has some insightful comments on reality tv and being gay. In particular, he was taking about "Real World" and the new group one of whom is gay. Another person in the group indicated that she thought being gay was evil but she still loved him.

For some time, I've been wondering if logic has any impact on opinions. It seems like people form ideas that become immutable. "Invincible ignorance!" And certainly the issue that brings out the most intransigent thinking is homosexuality. Possibly, the only way to approach the issue is through indirection. A direct frontal assault is a waste of time.

PAX!