CenLamar | Est. 2006

  • Musical Interlude

    This is bizarre. I don’t know who recorded this and uploaded it to YouTube, but I was sitting next this person and can hear myself singing along in this video. (As a side note, Monsters of Folk was the best show I’ve attended in years). Respect to my friend in Berlin. How his buddies are being interpreted by kids at PS22 in New York:

  • “All I Did Was Drop a Floor Note” — Gene Mills (Part Two)

    Last week, at the urging of the Louisiana Family Forum and its Executive Director, Gene Mills, the Louisiana legislature killed House Bill 112, also known as the Safe Schools Bill. The bill sought to better protect school children from bullying, but that’s not how Gene Mills saw it. Mills rebranded HB 112 as the “Homosexual Bullying Bill.” Mike Hasten of Gannett reports (bold mine), “What should have been a debate over what we could do in House Bill 112 to protect our children became a homophobic witch hunt. At the core of it was Gene Mills, the director of a conservative…

  • “All I Did Was Drop a Floor Note.” – Gene Mills

    Congratulations to Gene Mills, Executive Director of the Louisiana Family Forum, for his courageous decision to publicly admit that he can easily control the Louisiana legislature. Last week, the Louisiana legislature debated the merits of a relatively innocuous school bullying bill. In short, the bill said (paraphrasing here): Kids, don’t bully people. Don’t bully other kids because they’re different. Don’t bully them because they’re physically or mentally challenged. Don’t bully them because they’re overweight. Don’t bully them because you think they may be gay. Bullying is bad. Be civilized and respectful. It’s a public classroom. Austin Badon’s HB 112 was…