There's a tavern a few blocks from my office that has a live band every Wednesday night. The girl singer is really, REALLY good. On those rare occasions when I have a few extra bucks in my pocket, I like to go listen to her. A couple of weeks ago I was in the mood for some good, live blues, so I went.

I was walking from the parking lot to the bar. There was an older couple in front of me, the woman apparently quite lame, limping badly, steadying herself with a cane. Her husband (I assumed it was her husband) was helping her along. As I got a little closer to them, «husband» turns around and says to me, «Go around us, young man, we're holding you up!»

«Oh, no you're not. That's ok.» I said. I looked directly at the «husband». It wasn't a man after all, but a woman dressed in a sport coat and slacks, and a drastically short haircut. I did a double-take, then held the door open for them to enter the bar. Wow. It's not often you see open lesbians in this area. Cool!

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The Rev. Phil Wilson's leather-clad posse, the Jericho Riders Christian Motorcyle Ministry, returns to town Jan. 4 for another sidewalk cardio workout. They call it a «prayer walk,» though how these bible thugs will be able to do two things at the same time remains to be seen.

It is not yet known whether Wilson will throw another party for them at his First Christian Church of Eureka Springs after they finish braying for divine intervention to keep the town «from worshiping of satan and other gods.»

The Gay News Bureau film crew will be on hand to gather footage for our upcoming video entitled, «Crap, They're Coming To Our Town--Again.»

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The promotional trailer for the American Family Association's video bashing Eureka Springs, «They're Coming to Your Town,» has been unlocked for the first time in weeks on the AFA's website.

You can now see and hear the Rev. Phil Wilson of the First Christian Church of Eureka Springs shoot himself--and «faith-based» tourism--in the foot and mortify his congregation yet again here:

Movie Trailer

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I've seen a lot of talk on local bulletin boards about the new bridge just outside of town on highway 62. I don't live in Eureka (yet), don't pay taxes there (except for the rare times I'm able to visit), and know absolutely nothing about the Arkansas highway department (but if it's anything like the Missouri highway dept., they need a good swift kick in their collective butts).

But as a somewhat frequent visitor, as someone who doesn't want to see Eureka Springs change too much, I feel the need to express my unwanted and uninvited opinion.

It goes something like this – no, it goes exactly like this: (Sing this to the tune of Blues in the Night, if you wish. I did while writing it.)

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In addition to a bundle of Christmas cards, yesterday's mail brought a large envelope with this message on the front:

«You've been chosen to receive a free 1-year subscription, compliments of American Airlines. However, if would like to cancel these free copies, Just call . . . «

As I cradled the phone betwixt shoulder and ear, waiting for a robotic operator and thinking I could do without a self-serving travel magazine, I opened the plain-white wrapper and out flopped . . .

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Christmas that is.

For last minute shopping think of Eureka Springs galleries and local artists for unique gifts and one-of-a-kind stocking stuffers. Wikepedia states that Eureka Springs has 20 galleries in the downtown area. However, more art can be found on North Main and on the Highway (62 east and west).

While on the west side of town, visit Studio 62 at 335 W Van Buren. The gallery is owned and operated by Jody Stephenson and Ron Lutz. The husband and wife team offer 2 dimensional work at the location where they also live and maintain studios.

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Jacqueline Froelich, radio journalist from KUAF in Fayetteville, asked me last week what I thought about the American Family Association's new video featuring Eureka Springs and entitled «They're Coming to Your Town.»

«I give it two thumbs down for the title alone,» I said. «It should have been «They're Already IN Your Town, Stupid.»

As sound bites go, it was decent. And, probably, I should have just left it at that. But under Froelich's intense questioning, I blurted out the entire gay agenda for the total domination of Eureka Springs.

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On KUAF Public Radio 91.3 FM or streamed on-line at KUAF.org Friday, December 14, 2007, at noon, Ozarks At Large with Jacquie Froelich.

Topic: The American Family Association's new gay-bashing video, starring Eureka Springs and ominously entitled «They're Coming To Your Town.»

Plus an interview with film critic Indiana Dunes (AKA Michael Walsh), just one of the masterminds behind the homo-genization of Eureka Springs.

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In a GQ article entitled, «Is this guy for real?» Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee explains that gay marriage will end civilization. «There's never been a civilization that has rewritten what marriage and family means and survived,» says Huck. Except, of course, for the civilization Huckabee proposes to lead--the United States of America--which has radically redefined marriage several times since the nation's inception.

Here's a news flash: Women and children are no longer the property of the household's alpha male, as they were when the US started writing its many radical revisions of the definition of marriage and family. We've been changing the rules in this great nation of ours since 1830. That's 177 years, Huck. Try to keep up.

Next, Pope Benedict XVI piled on with his claim that gay marriage is on par with nuclear proliferation as a threat to world peace. Gays. Nuclear warheads. Gays win. All righty.

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