University of New Hampshire researchers recently declared that the myth of marijuana as a “gateway” drug is not factual. The study concluded that social and environmental stressors – the “potholes” of life – are more predictive of hard substance use than is pot use: another piece of propaganda refuted.

This state proposition is a popular vote by registered California voters. As we near the time of the vote in November, CannaCare’s first commercially broadcast PSA (Public Service Announcement) used the true stories of several actual medical cannabis users. The commercial aired and generated little controversy, given the widespread social acceptance and use of marijuana in Northern California and much of the state. Here is the commercial: please feel free to share this post.

James Flagging

Flagging is a form of creative expression and performance art that began in the gay dance clubs. Gay men popularized flagging, which is the use of handmade flags or creatively constructed pieces of fabric, moved with flair and skill while either dancing or performing to music. Flagging often happens along with fanning, which is the use of fans, and can also include the use of poi.

In San Francisco, we are abundantly blessed to have many decades of gay culture and history, and to have the breadth and depth of many artistic and cultural groups, institutions, and people who well express the joyful nature of gay culture.

The photo and video were taken at a Flagging in the Park event in the AIDS Memorial Grove in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco. Thanks and a big hug to Jim K. for taking the photo. Big hug and thanks to Xavier for showing us how it’s done.

Enjoy.

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Mr. Missouri Leather 2008, Dwane Farr

Great pix of hot guys in leather gear, jeans, and sometimes very little at all from IML 2010 in Chicago.

Please note that these are NSFW and if nudity bothers you somehow, why the hell are you on my blog anyway?

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]]> http://www.jimboland.com/2010/05/31/hot-guys-from-international-mister-leather-iml-2010-in-chicago-nsfw/feed/ 0 http://www.jimboland.com/2010/05/08/great-circle-of-life-with-sagan-and-attenborough-and-goodall/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=great-circle-of-life-with-sagan-and-attenborough-and-goodall http://www.jimboland.com/2010/05/08/great-circle-of-life-with-sagan-and-attenborough-and-goodall/#comments Sat, 08 May 2010 19:16:46 +0000 JimbolandJots http://www.jimboland.com/?p=3490 The beauty of YouTube, indeed of all social media, is that people are repurposing or revisioning media, using their own experience and skills. This beautifully produced video – with John Boswell’s awesome music – highlights the Unbroken Thread or the great Interconnectedness of all Life, known by indigenous peoples of North America as the Circle of Life and All Our Relations. Please enjoy and share this uplifting video.

You may have heard that the Phelps regressives came to picket the coalminers who died in Charleston, West Virginia? Check out the commentary on the hate cult called Fred Phelps and the Westboro Baptist Church in Kansas. I was ROFLMAO by the end of them. West Virginians stood up and told the Phelps assholes where they could stick it, along the way having some creative pre-protest fun (oddly shown at the end of the piece), and a kinda of hot intense hillbilly young guy yelling from near a tree while hanging with his buddies. Follow up by checking out the samples of the Digg commentary that made howl.