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En Francais: Is my son gay?
An Android app available in France claims to let you know whether or not ton fils est homo by answering a few simple, stereotypical questions. This isn’t the first gay app to make the news (and I’m not even counting Grindr, which now has a tamer, straighter, ahem, “partner” app called Blendr, in case you like looking for love in all the wrong places). You may remember that back in March, Apple discontinued the “gay cure” app created by Exodus International because it violated their anti-hate speech policy.
I wonder if French citizens will be similarly outraged by the app, “Mon fils et-il gay?” The quiz questions are pretty silly and may come across more tongue-in-cheek in their native language, but here they are translated to English, with some additional clarification: Continue reading »
Before we had kids, my wife and I listed as one of our goals that we would not take our kids to fast food restaurants such as McDonald’s. Note that I said goals; it’s a laudable goal, I think, but not very realistic in the real world. There have been times when we’ve found ourselves in the situation of needing something right away that the kids would eat and in those times, chicken nuggets and, yes, a toy gets the job done.
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President Obama is getting flak for choosing family time over politics during a recent trip to Europe. The Obamas took in a whirlwind tour of Paris over the weekend, visiting Notre Dame and Pompidou Centre of modern art, and dining at a traditional, medium-priced bistro called La Fontaine de Mars. Continue reading »
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