Monthly Archives: July 2007

PhoboQuotable – Terry Mangum

“I believe I’m Elijah, called by God to be a prophet. I believe with all my heart that I was doing the right thing.” – Terry Mark Mangum, 26, (left) arrested for the murder of 46-year old Southwest Airlines flight attendant Kenneth Cummings, Jr. (right), whose charred remains were found in a shallow grave on the Texas ranch of Mangum’s …

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Morning View – Sardi’s

On West 44th just off Times Square, Sardi’s restaurant opened in its present location in 1927, six years after opening just a few doors from where it is now. Sardi’s is famous for the caricatures of celebrities that cover its walls – gaining a spot on Sardi’s wall is considered by some to be the mark of having “made it” …

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Swag Tuesday

Courtesy of Universal Music Enterprises, this week’s Swag Tuesday haul is a collection of four digitally remastered double-disc CDs from Universal’s Gold Series, and they are a queen’s dream: Patti Labelle, Olivia Newton-John, Gladys Knight & The Pips, and Carpenters, comprising 150 hits in all. These four releases are now available, with additional titles added to the series all the …

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HRC Debate: Gravel In

The HRC has relented and given Sen. Mike Gravel a belated invitation to join their upcoming presidential debate to be aired live on LOGO. Last week Gravel wrote a Huffington Post column blasting his exclusion and with the support of some LGBT bloggers, the HRC reconsidered. Today Gravel wrote an open letter of thanks to the gay community for backing …

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RV Park Rejects Kid With HIV

The ACLU is battling an Alabama RV park for banning a 2-year old boy with HIV from using their swimming pool, a violation of the Americans with Disablities Act. The child’s foster mother had mentioned at the park’s office that the boy had HIV and management told the family that the child could not use the pool, shower, or common …

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Success!

It took three visits to the 42nd Street Quik-E Mart, but I finally scored me some Krusty-O’s. A shipment had arrived just before we did and the place became a bit of a madhouse as the word got out. The boxes bear this disclaimer: “Product shown is not representative of product inside.” Because people would totally expect their cereal to …

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Bilerico Project Relaunches

Somehow last week I forgot to mention the latest news from the Bilerico Project, the Indiana-based LGBT activism blog which has relaunched with an impressive array of top-rung contributors: Over thirty prominent LGBT community members have decided to make The Bilerico Project home including Human Rights Campaign President Joe Solmonese, National Gay and Lesbian Task Force executive director Matt Foreman …

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Mrs. Edwards Gets It

“This president talks a lot about good and evil and the need to seek out evil doers. But he doesn’t seem to recognize the evil in hate crimes. The right to live without the fear of being murdered for whom we love is not a special right.” – Elizabeth Edwards. Why isn’t SHE running?

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Maine Munchies

This weekend I ran into Lady Randomocity while she was tossing back at a few during happy hour at the Regal Beagle, where she told me that Adam of Ellsworth, Maine was the winner of Swag Tuesday’s Weeds prizes. Adam: “My guy and I just started watching Weeds, and I’m totally hooked…I can’t wait to get my ticky-tacky lil’ hands …

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Morning View – Playpen

This 8th Avenue porn shop reminds me of how hundreds of NYC businesses have kept the World Trade Center image in their signage.

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Broadway Barks

Yesterday the Farmboyz and I headed down to Schubert Alley for Broadway Barks, the 9th annual pet adoptathon created and hosted by Mary Tyler Moore and Bernadette Peters and presented by Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. The casts and stars of virtually every Broadway show made appearances, from Xanadu’s studly Cheyenne Jackson (left) to Tony winners David Hyde Pierce, Beth Leavel, …

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Blogger Pile Up

Last weekend I hosted DC blogger/rugby stud/sci-fi geek Jimbo and of course we had to bring him to Central Park for our regular roller-disco picnic. Tons of mobloggeratti attended, including this winsome four with Jimbo. L-R: Farmboy C, Jimbo, Glenn, Chris, Father Tony.

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PhoboQuotable – Richard Land

“The U.S. Senate is expected to vote within the next few days on legislation that could ultimately cost Christians their freedom to share their biblical beliefs on homosexuality.” – 2007 Combover Olympics gold medalist and Southern Baptists Convention head Richard Land, lying once again.

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Get Away From The Ads, You Bitch!

Argh! I hate the current vogue for reshooting famous scenes from movies with the original actors reciting advertising copy. I must therefore register my extremely anguished reaction to the new DirectTV spot that uses Signourney Weaver’s iconic Caterpillar fight scene from Aliens, my favorite sci-fi movie. No, no, NO! Stop that right now, Signourney! What are we gonna do now, …

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Queer Justice League To Protest Caliente

On Sunday at 1pm the Queer Justice League will be protesting in front of the West Village’s Caliente Cab Company restaurant in response to their Pride Sunday ejection of a butch lesbian for using the ladies restroom. They plan to repeat this action every Sunday until the restaurant “resolves the situation favorably”, which I presume means agreeing to QJL’s demand …

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Organic, Free Range, With Added Scam

It looks like John Mackey, the CEO of the Mecca of urban angertwinks nationwide, Whole Foods, is about to lose his job after having been exposed for posting anonymously on Yahoo! Finance forums for the last seven years under the alias “Rahodeb”, an anagram of his wife Deborah’s name. In over 1000 forum postings as Rahodeb, Mackey blasted the operation …

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GOP Blows Off NAACP Forum

Only Rep. Tom Tancredo showed up at the NAACP’s forum for Republican presidential candidates. Dig how they had Tancredo field questions amid nine other empty lecterns. Eight Dems showed for their portion.

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The Floating Pool Lady

The Floating Pool Lady, a new swimming pool on a barge moored in the East River just off of Brooklyn Heights under the Brooklyn Bridge is drawing capacity crowds. A sand beach has also been installed, although I personally cannot imagine dipping a toe into the East River. The 4-foot deep pool has a capacity of 175 and there are …

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Broadway Friday

– R&B singer Brian McKnight takes over the Billy Flynn role in Chicago on October 8th. – Xanadu broke box office records for the Helen Hayes theatre after receiving an extremely positive review from the New York Times. Olivia Newton-John attended Tuesday’s official opening. Gay hottie Cheyenne Jackson (United 93, All Shook Up) has temporarily stepped into the lead, replacing …

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Morning View – Staten Island Ferry

I can help it, but every time I see the Staten Island Ferry I still think of Melanie Griffith in Working Girl. There are nine ferries making the 25-minute trip and it’s the best free ride in the country, bar none.

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