BITCHY OLD QUEEN

Wednesday, January 27, 2010

KIEFER SUTHERLAND GITS BUM'D

Actor Kiefer Sutherland was among cattle customers roped into an alleged scam that netted more than a million dollars.

Prosecutors say Michael Wayne Carr of Linden had agreements to buy steers in Mexico for his customers and sell them for profit in the United States. Carr allegedly took $869,000 from Sutherland, star of the Fox TV show '24,' and $177,000 from a New Mexico couple.

Prosecutors say there's no record Carr ever bought the steers. They also say Carr sold steers that didn't belong to him.

Carr is charged with 12 felonies, including grand theft, forgery and embezzlement. He was scheduled to be arraigned Monday, but a judge postponed it to Feb. 8 after his attorney was removed. If convicted on all charges, he faces 18 years in prison."

Source - AP

Sunday, January 24, 2010

SO LONG BUT NOT GOOD-BYE ....

This has not been an easy decision to make, but for now, the Bitchy Old Queen is going on hiatus. Sort of, kind of ... well you know what us BOQ's are like, anyway ...

I'm spending more and more time on "Focus On the Rainbow" and "Focus On The Rainbow - Sports" plus with my work schedule changing from day to day, shift to shift, for right now something has to give and unfortunately it will be BOQ.

While I appreciate the loyal readers and those who drop by, when it comes to blogs I need to put all my effort into FOTR which is syndicated on four websites, FOTR-Sports which is on a new successful website, plus my contribution to the website Gay Agenda and occasional guest commentator at Gay Agenda BlogTalkRadio.

The work I'm doing in news and commentary for the LGBT community and readers at large has become a major part of my life at the moment.

It is not very often one is given an opportunity to give a forum for a segment of society on a national and indeed international scale as I have been given by Hearst Newspapers.

My work as editor, writer and commentator does more than just provide and point out LGBT news and issues, but also provides heterosexuals with a look at what the LGBT community accomplishes and indeed suffers through laws, prejudice and violence.

This opportunity is something as a journalist I take very seriously and most of all with great humility.

But because there are many who enjoy BOQ I'll post now and then just not everyday as loyal readers are use to. Or I may post a bunch at one time I suppose in a way it will give folks a treat now and then to perk up their day.

So this isn't necessarily goodbye, but that's all for now.

At least till the next posting that is.