Leslie Pool @ 204

I do believe it has been said somewheres’ amongst all that biblical pornography; God is neither a he nor a she. God indeed is a HE/SHE!

When I think about God, a lot of the time I think about Moses at the burning bush.

God: Moses, listen.

Moses: Who the hell are you?

God: I AM what I AM.

God is a bush? Who knew? I guess that explains a lot.

“Rent overdue
My sister has measles
Hole in my shoe
My belt’s drawn tight
My income is nil
My in-laws are weasels
My present is dark
My future’s a fright
But as long as you are there
What in the world do I care?

Though hope is low,
I’m aglow when you smile at me
Life is simple as A B C
Not a thought in my head
Not a care in the world
Though skies are grey
I’m as gay as a Disney cow
Not a wrinkle upon my brow
Not a cent in the red
Not a care in the world

I view the scene
Like that old queen of Russia
As Kate the Great
Used to say long sgo
“Nichevo!”
And so if I move
In a groove with a giddy trot
I’m a trottin’ because I’ve got
Not a bean in my pot
Not a care in the world

Though I can’t jive
I revive when I see your face
Not a limp in my merry pace
Not a crimp in my style
Not a care in the world
Though I’m a wreck
I can peck if you take a chance
Not a shine on my blue serge pants
Not a crack in my smile
Not a care in the world
Why should I fret
When I bet on a sure thing?
Like Nick the Greek
Used to say ev’ry day
“Yip-i-ay!”
And so if I’m struttin’
With nuttin’ ahead in store
There’s a reason I said before
I’ll repeat it once more
Not a care in the world!”

(Lyrics by John LaTouche, Music by Vernon Duke. From Banjo Eyes starring Eddie Cantor )

But in the last couple of decades, biology has been infiltrated by women, and there has been a feminization of the field. As a result, we can now see things we didn’t see before. Through this lens, affiliation and bonding is the goal, and sex is only one of many courtship behaviors animals (and people) use to accomplish this goal.

Rayne @ 40

[sigh of relief]

TRex, you nearly shattered my illusions about Jackman. I thought he was married with children — although I know that’s never a solid record, it still is a better predictor than not.

Phew.

I’m sorry. I’m a female but I don’t get the big whoop about Jackman.

I guess I likes my mens wid brains and convictions.

Going to go work on my “Sexiest White Men” collage, including Russ Feingold, Howard Dean, Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert, and Keith Olbermann.

Hugh Jackman has brains and convictions

The bonobos are complex and interesting. Sexual behavior for them fills a LOT of social roles quite beyond purely sexual. It is used to express dominance, to sooth fear or hurt, and to simply seek social bonding (a general social glue) or even pleasure. Again, whether such action is actually comparable to homosexuality, per se, would have to be based upon de facto mating behavior and predominant pairing arrangements. A male that mounts another male (or males) now and again is not necessarily a bonobo “homosexual” if his sexual mating behavior goes to females. A male that ignores females in estrus and who mounts other males virtually to exclusion would be “homosexual”.

Same goes for virtually any animal, human, bonobo, dog, tiger, whatever. Don’t try to make overly simplistic “homosexual” comparisons based purely on isolated behaviors in other species. It isn’t that simple anymore than it is that simple in humans. That said, there is enough “problem” for the Talibangesticles in the more free-form sexual expression of various non-human animals (and many humans) for them to get their granny panties in a knot over beyond merely “homosexual” behaviors all over the animal kingdom.