I'll refer you to Dan Savage for this one.
www.thestranger.com/seattle/SavageLove?oid=4642012

(I once printed this off and gave it to my teenage sons. They took the advice to heart and have benefited accordingly.)
( The Resident Loon Not a demographic. Do not measure., Wed 14 Sep 2011, 16:02, 2 replies, latest was 14 years ago)

tl:dr
How's the stained glass window business?
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Wed 14 Sep 2011, 16:07, Reply)

Not bad, actually.
I've networked in with a guy a couple hours' drive from here who's done church windows for 39 years and who has been teaching me a lot of tips and tricks. I have some old church windows that I'm in the process of restoring- in fact, one is on the slab in the back yard at this very moment, waiting for me to finish it up before the rain comes.

And also at this moment I have about 300 to 400 lbs of stained glass sheets in the back of my Isuzu Amigo that I managed to buy for $100 the other day. Now I just have to get someone to help me lift them out!
( The Resident Loon Not a demographic. Do not measure., Wed 14 Sep 2011, 16:14, Reply)

I dislike Dan Savage
such a wanker. It's still pretty good advice
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Wed 14 Sep 2011, 16:12, Reply)

Generally speaking I've found his advice to be spot on, and often hilarious. And his reaction to Rick Santorum has been legendary.

Out of curiosity, what is it about him that annoys you?
( The Resident Loon Not a demographic. Do not measure., Wed 14 Sep 2011, 16:15, Reply)

He is part of 'It Gets Better' project
when in the past he has outright bashed parts of the LGBT community in a vicious and nasty fashion. How can he tell kids it'll get better, if what he really means is 'some of you deserve for it to get better, but I don't like the rest.'
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Wed 14 Sep 2011, 16:27, Reply)

Interesting!
I've only been reading him for a few years now. I don't know his early stuff (yet).

Maybe he's had a change of heart since then- dunno. I do know, however, that he has gone much more mainstream than he used to be, which has taken a bit of the edge off of him, much to the annoyance of some of his readers. For a fact I do miss the really crazy stuff he used to post...
( The Resident Loon Not a demographic. Do not measure., Wed 14 Sep 2011, 16:36, Reply)