Yearly Archives: 2006

Special Open Thread Thursday

It was at this time last week that the last bell finally rang on the 2006 election, delivering the House, the Senate, and the majority of state governships into the hands of the Democrats. The map is blue again. And so is the sky. My face is sore from smiling and my feets are aching from all this happy dancing. …

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Verdict: Extra Guilty

How kind some of you are, sending me alarmed emails, concerned that the day had nearly expired without a post. Y’all are sweet and we are totally BFF. My morning was spent downtown, due to a “Failure To Respond” juror subpoena. I went seeking bureaucratic absolution, half-fearing I was *this close* from being thrown into the Tombs, as I tried …

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iPod Sad Face

Friday I dropped my iPod mini on the subway stairs. More accurately, it was knocked out of my hand by a woman who couldn’t wait until she reached the top of the stairs to open her umbrella, lest her precious ‘do get damp. Subway staircase umbrella etiquette is one of those petty topics I once pledged to never blog about, …

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Real Bad Gives Real Big

Last night the organizers of Real Bad, the Folsom Street Fair closing party that I raved about this year, donated a record-breaking $115,000 to the two beneficiaries of this year’s party: PAWS (Pets Are Wonderful Support) and Men’s Inner Journey. That’s an amazing amount from a single event (100% of ticket revenues) and congratulations are due to Grass Root Gay …

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The Goodbye Song

Today is a sad anniversary. In 1994, Jimmy went into the hospital again. He’d been in and out of Broward General a dozen or more times over the last couple of years, and it was getting harder for his friends, including me, to maintain the usual matching levels of panic and hope that most people experience when a friend is …

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Gay Money Sinks NY Republican

Several readers have tipped me off to an interesting story in today’s Daily News regarding the congressional race in New York’s Westchester County. Newly elected John Hall (D-NY, left), formerly the frontman for 70’s pop rock band Orleans, squeaked by his opponent after Adam Rose, a wealthy gay private citizen, enraged by Republican incumbent Sue Kelly’s opposition to gay marriage, …

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HomoQuotable – Elton John

“I think religion has always tried to turn hatred towards gay people.” – Elton John, speaking to Music Monthly Magazine. “Religion promotes the hatred and spite against gays. From my point of view, I would ban religion completely.” I’d like to imagine no religion too.

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Morning View – The Ansonia

At 73rd & Broadway is the Upper West Side’s Ansonia, a grandly ornate Parisian-styled apartment building. Built in 1880, the Ansonia is rife with gay history, as its basement was the site of the Continental Baths. It was there, in 1972, that Bette Midler famously made her debut to gay audiences, with Barry Manilow accompanying her on piano. The Continental …

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A Day At The Mall

Left, I contemplate the weighty issues of the land, standing before the U.S. Supreme Court. My feeble brain seized upon no brilliance, but blue skies, 75 degrees (!), and the company of good friends made a glorious, if surprisingly contemplative and reverent Veteran’s Day on the Mall. The Farmboyz and I visited all the monuments, including the WWII and Korean …

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Blowoff Tonight

I’m down in DC with Aaron, Eddie and the Farmboyz, gearing up for what looks to be a very happy installment of Blowoff at 9:30 Club. (Check out the as-always hot artwork on the flyer, by Linus Garsys.) I think the entire blue nation might be getting their drink on tonight. We had a stupidly long drive down from NYC …

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HomoQuotable – Jones Vs. Haggard

“I don’t understand it. It would be like having Murderer’s Pride Day.” – Ted Tina Haggard, commenting on gay pride parades in 1996. (via Salon.com) “It probably didn’t hurt that I am pretty well endowed.” – Mike Jones, when asked what Haggard had liked the most about him. (via RadarOnline.com) In the Radar interview, Jones says that while plenty of …

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Mary “Arthur” Poppins

Here’s a happy singalong for your festive Friday! Even I know the tune to this one. Now, everybody! Follow the bouncing crack pipe!SUPERTELEVANGELISTIC SEX-AND-DRUGS PSYCHOSIS (Lyrics by M. Spaff Sumsion)I used to be a master of the anti-gay crusadeUntil a butch disaster blew my pastor masqueradeBut if it’s true I’m pounding more than pulpits, don’t blame meIt’s ’cause I caught …

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Ethel Mehlman

Last night on Larry King, Bill Maher outed Republican National Chairman Ken Mehlman (pictured, singing along to the cast album of Gypsy, in his closet). Yawn. Old news, Bill. But King professed to have never heard about Mehlman. King: I never heard that. I’m walking around in a fog. I never…Ken Mehlman? I never heard that. But the question is… …

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Open Thread Thursday

It’s all whole new ball game. Go ahead. Celebrate..

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Rumsfeld Quits

I don’t think my heart can take any more good news, I really don’t. Seriously, nobody has to get me anything for xmas this year, I’m good. Maybe for next xmas, too. If somebody would just out Karl Rove today, there would be a small explosion in Manhattan, which would be my head. UPDATE: As contrast to today’s jubilation, consider …

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“Tonight, I’m sucking one THIS big!”

Florida Homo-Elect Charlie Crist, celebrates. The closeted Repub guv-to-be said, “Tonight we all came together as one, just like like that time at the Folsom after-party!” Executive offices are quickly being redecorated in Tallahassee as local paint stores report a run on aubergine, eggshell and seafoam. Crist has already begun cruising for Florida’s Director of Homeland Security. “No fats, no …

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Madame Speaker

Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), my Congresswoman when I lived in San Francisco, is expected to become our first female Speaker of the House. Two heartbeats away from the presidency, a San Francisco liberal Democrat will be running Congress. We could be looking at an entirely female-led government, cum 2008. And I for one, welcome our new overlord.

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Santorums Forced To Sell Daughter

Garsh, Mr. Santorum, I’m so sorry to post this picture of your family at this terrible time, but I was fucking my dog just now and I sorta lost my head. (Photo via Chris Glass.)

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Treats

Who’s a happy country then? Yes, you are! Yes, you are! Biscuits for everybody. Montana, Virginia, your biscuits are pending. Arizona, you get all the biscuits you want. UPDATE: Montana, Virgina: Your biscuit buffet is now open.

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What’s That On My Sheets?

It sure ain’t Santorum!!! CBS News just called it. Santorum has lost. (Begins happy dance.)

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