Whoops!

I love that Alaska Airlines is catering to the LGBT audience, but seeing this ad pop up on my Lesbian Life site cracked me up.

Can you find the spelling error? Budget cuts, I guess.

My Embarrassing Twitter Moment

A friend of mine just got me into Twitter. She says its a great way to build community, promote our blog and my site at About.com.  So, I decided to give it a go. 

Since Monday, I've been tweeting away, linking to new articles when I post them, promoting other cool things that come my way.  My friend told me it's good to re-tweet other people's posts when they resonate, so I've been doing that too.  

Someone wrote an interesting article about Twitter for journalists, so I re-tweeted that. Another fellow writer has a play opening, so I tweeted about that.  Then, a radio host that I know, sent a tweet that Prop 8 in California had been overturned.  It had a link to an article and everything.  LA Times, a legitimate source. I checked it out and got REALLY excited.  Well, you can imagine how excited I would get if the California Supreme Court actually does overturn Prop 8.  

So, I immediately re-tweeted the post and added it to my Facebook page and texted a few friends in my excitement.  

The one thing I forgot to check was the date of the article. It was from last year.  When the court ruled in favor of gay marriage the first time.  BEFORE the voters voted on Prop 8.  

As a seasoned journalist, you would have thought I would have caught something like that. Someone had to write and tell me it was wrong.  When I went to erase the posts from Twitter and Facebook, I noticed a friend had posted the same thing.  Oh No!  She saw my post and added it to her page.  It's like one of those email stories you hear, where you send something to your boss that you only meant to go to the gal in the next cubicle.  

Well, it turns out that friend had been forwarded the same message from someone different. A married lesbian in California, who she assumed to be a reliable source.  She was about to call all her friend and have a party.  The tweet about Prop 8 being overturned had gone viral in a matter of minutes!  Crazy.  I'm embarrassed that I was a part of it. 

Follow me on Twitter if you dare.

I'll try to be more accurate in the future. And if you want to find out when Prop 8 is overturned for real, sign up for NCLR's mobile alert. 

Do you have an embarrassing email, text, Facebook, MySpace or Twitter moment? Please share.  

Question:: Falling Down a Hole

Have you ever accidentally sent an email the wrong person? You know, you were ranting about your ex-lover and somehow her address ended up in the out box and she found out everything you said about her. Well it seems that is what happened here. Except the unexpected recipient was us, Lipstick & Dipstick. Here is a letter we recently received:

Okay, so I'm kind of dating this girl. We talk everyday. We see one another a lot, we kiss, flirt, all the stuff that goes along with dating. We do not have sex. Just thought I would throw that out there before you think I'm more horrible then you will in a minute. There's only one problem. She's been in a relationship for 8 yrs with her girlfriend. They have two kids. They've broken up a few times. There's been infidelity issues, and they no longer have sex. While I respect the fact that I am a complete and total schmuck for getting involved with a woman that's in a relationship, at the same time I don't want to let her go. She's amazing. She keeps asking me where was I 5 months ago, the last time her and her girl split up. Is this one of those set it free, see if it comes back moments? Can we still be friends if she decides to fix things with her other half?

Falling Down A Hole

And this is our response:

Dear Falling:
You hit the nail on the head. It's one of those set it free and see if she comes back to you situations. This woman is very tangled in her other life and you are a distraction for her to deal with the issues that are going on there. She needs to deal with not only the issues of her relationship, but her own internal issues about why things didn't work out between them. As long as she has you to distract her, she won't get to those.

And while we're on issues, you should also take this time to reflect on what it is inside you that allowed you to get involved with someone who is unavailable. You can joke and say it's because you're a schmuck, but my guess is it's something deeper.

Warning: if she is not able to be faithful to one lover, chances are shewon't be able to be faithful to you either. My bet is, it's best for you to move on from this lady and far. Friendship is probably not an option at this point. Maybe in the future when you're both clearer about what has drawn you to each other.
Lipstick & Dipstick


It seems Falling forwarded our answer to the lady mentioned above. When said lady replied to Falling, she accidentally cc’ed us. Reading her response, I’m even more concerned for Falling. God brought them together? Oh My!
Oh and she sent it from her work. Not the brightest. I hope her boss wasn’t cc’ed too! Read on:

First of all you weren't completely honest with them I would NEVER cheat on YOU...You cheated on me remember, I understand this blanket situation but Alix we both know God brought us together, life is supernatural and NOT blanket between us. Once a cheater always a cheater.... do you really believe that? Because if you do then you will cheat on me again.... let’s think about OUR story not others stories. When I cheated on Sarah it was because I was alone and didn't know better nature vs. nurture, my mom has cheated lied been married 8 times, had five engagement rings at one time then she had her accident and when all five men were at the hospital, there I was 12 years old scared confused alone, almost lost my mom, her face was gone they had to reconstruct everything, imagine that an only child, my only mom, dead on the bed, glass protruding from her face her arms, blood everywhere, her face the size of a watermelon and me there alone with five men who loved her, who hated her, I was lost, and I had secrets, secrets of incest, secrets of love in my dreams, secrets of sexuality ,It took years to recover, some days I'm still wounded, I NEVER thought about ever leaving just settling, I know I'm not ugly I know some women find me attractive and some have tempted me but I said NO NO, then you, your light set me free.....I fell in love with you the moment I saw you....That moment my life changed forever, I was forever in love with you.....don't trivialize my feelings for you Alix, it's NOT BLANKET, it's supernatural!

Now that you know the whole story. What would you say to Falling and her married girlfriend?

Speaking of Ass Outs

The poor teen Miss Carolina (see previous post), who made such a fool of herself on national tv, is not alone. Our president, in fact, makes a habit of assing out everyday. This clip, though a few years old, is the best I've seen. It really captures the true essence of Bush, who typically has no idea what he's talking about.

The Power of Pressure

So, I'm sure many of you have seen this video, but it's so classic, I had to post it here. Just in case you missed it: It's of Miss Carolina trying her best to answer a simple question about how people in the US can't find our country on a world map.

In her defense, have you ever been in a high-pressure situation--giving a speech or at a job interview--and completely blanked out? I have (fortunately not in a long time) and it's the most terrifying feeling. You almost pass out and feel like the biggest asshole.

Miss Carolina's response is one of the biggest ass outs I've ever seen.

Check it out.