November's Overbite of the Month

It takes a certain kind of man to get up in front of thousands of people wearing only tight leather pants, red suspenders and high heels. What kind of man is that?

A gay man.

As the lead singer of Queen, Freddy Mercury was one of the greatest front-men to ever grace the rock and roll stage. He brought a theatrical, Broadway-like style to the often one dimensional genre of Rock. Sadly, Freddy died in November of 1991 due to complications from AIDS. What's even more sad is, every member of REO Speedwagon are alive and healthy and touring the State Fair circuit as we speak...

...There is no rock and roll god.

Queen is arguably one of the greatest Rock and Roll bands ever. Their set at the 1985 Live Aid Concert has been voted the Best Live Performance Ever. You can watch it on the link above. I think the stand out song is "Radio Ga Ga." Freddy laments the death of radio in the new age of video - while the fans raise their hands and clap along so precisely you might as well be watching, well, the video.

But, to this blogger/Ambassador of the Overbite, I think Freddy Mercury and Queen's greatest achievement is seen every week in the overly testosteroned world of professional sports. I love the fact that high fiving, face-painted, homophobic douche-bags taunt their rival teams by chanting "We will, we will Rock you!" And, if said team manages to pull off a victory, the same heterosexual men hug and sing "We Are the Champions." Both are words and music written and sung by a man who sites one of his greatest influences as Liza Minnelli.

The whole patting each other on the ass and group shower after a game kinda makes a little more sense.

On November 23, 1991, Freddy released a statement saying that the rumors were true and that he had tested positive for HIV. On November 24, Freddy died. It's a shame, he was a great talent.

And he had an awesome overbite.

My Web Designer Is Stalking Me...

At first it was like any other business relationship. We worked together and got along great. Sure we butted heads once in a while over the structure of my website, but that's to be expected. And then when the site was finished, I wrote her a check and said goodbye. I thought I would never hear from her again...

Boy, was I wrong.

As part of our deal, she designed the website so I would have an easy time updating it. Which is great, because I'm not good at that stuff. Now, I can update and change the website when I want - which I have been planning to do, but I have been really busy and haven't gotten around to it.

At first I got a call here and there saying, "Oh, I see you haven't updated your site. Are you having problems with it? Let me know and I will help." I thought that was really sweet of her. After all, she didn't have to check up on it, her job was done.

But it wasn't sweet at all. The calls got more frequent.

"Hey, what's the deal? I see you still haven't updated your site. What's the matter?"

"Do you think you can just ignore it and not pay any attention to it? You don't care about it, you never cared about it. The only thing you care about is yourself!"

I tried to explain to her that I have been working and that I would be off soon and start updating it... But she wasn't hearing any of that.

"This is ridiculous! I'm gonna take your website down! I know the passwords. I can do it! Try and stop me! I'm serious, try and stop me! The others tried to stop me, they couldn't! And you won't either!

I pleaded with her. I said I would update it. Everything: my stand up dates, my resume, my podcast. I even promised her that I would start blogging on a regular basis.

"Blogging? Really?"

I assured her that I would even start blogging.

And then she held the tears back the best that she could...

"Really? You promise? I'm sorry. I don't know why I get like this sometimes... I just care so much you know? It's hard for me to let go and just walk away like nothing ever happened."

I told her that it wasn't her and that it was all me. I wasn't ready for the kind of commitment that this would take and that I should have known better. I apologized again and told her I was gonna try harder.

We hung up the phone.

That was the last that I've heard from her. I figure as long as I keep my site up to date I don't think I should have any more problems from her.

Uh... Wait.

I think I just saw her drive past my window.