Monthly Archives: August 2007

Morning View – Subway Poster

I found this depressing poster at the 23rd Street entrance of the A train. There was a whole series of posters with this image, all with increasingly dismal text. The message seems more East Village than Chelsea, but the image is appropriate for the ‘hood.

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The Dog Days Of Summer?

One thing WingNutDaily did get right: yesterday tied with August 1911 as the coldest August day in New York City history. The high was only 59 and it was in low 50s most of the day. I rather enjoyed spending the day in a hoodie. I wouldn’t mind living in these kind of temps year ’round. Seriously.

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Aaaaand We’re Back

I think. Blogger had one its semi-annual meltdowns this morning. At least the outages are shorter and farther apart than in years past. I understand the occasional glitch, that happens to everybody, I just wish Blogger hosted their status page somewhere that doesn’t go down when the rest of the service does. And Blogger outages make Shelley sad.

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WingNutDaily: Nuke ‘Dem Mosques

Here’s the result of a poll on WingNutDaily (via Pam’s House Blend), asking their readers, “Should U.S. threaten nuclear annihilation of Muslim holy sites for deterrence?” Frightening. Funny how they characterize Muslims as “religion-driven fanatics”, innit? Much as I used to watch 700 Club, I now read WingNutDaily for the pure entertainment value of watching how completely nutso the right …

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Mapping Gay Marriage

From the HRC, here’s a map of how the gay marriage fight stands nationwide. The above links won’t work, so go here for a state by state rundown.

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Feed A Cold

Louisana researchers have found that a common cold virus, adenovirus-36, can cause stem cells to turn into fat cells, lending credence to the oft-disputed theory that some people become fat due to being infected with a fat-causing virus. This discovery fuels speculation that obesity may one day be at least partially preventable with a vaccine, although lifestyle causes would remain. …

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Gay Blogger Makes Waves For Thompson

Blogger Lane Hudson, whom you may recall was the guy who anonymously posted the infamous Mark Foley IM transcripts, has filed a complaint with the Federal Elections Commission, charging prospective Republican presidential candidate Fred Thompson with violating the FEC’s “testing the waters” rule. During the “exploratory period” of deciding whether to run, a candidate does not have to file financial …

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Swag Tuesday

Courtesy of the Saint At Large, this week’s Swag Tuesday prize is Schwarzwald: The Movie You Can Dance To, starring the world’s most famous transman, Buck Angel. Presented in “DanceSurround”, Schwarzwald is part fantasy, part documentary and delves into NYC’s infamous Black Party, the annual rites-of-spring leather bacchanal. I caught a screening of Schwarzwald earlier this year and found it …

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Morning View – Rear View Window

This is the glamorous view from my apartment. I’m on the back side of my building. When 20 or so apartments look directly into yours, you end up keeping the blinds closed most of the time.

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Eric Heads To A Place
Where Nobody Dared To Go

Still groggy from her shift at Scores, Lady Randomocity finally hipped me to last week’s Swag Tuesday winner, Gothamite and fellow blogger, Eric, who wins two tickets to this season’s Broadway smash, Xanadu. Eric authors Confessions Of A Southern Boy In Yankee Land and says of his win, “I’m a little bit speechless! Thanks to you, Joe, for having such …

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Caption This

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X-ing, Pex-ing

If Mirapex, the “restless leg syndrome” drug, may cause strong sexual urges, as its disclaimer says, how long before the club kids start grinding it into their bumper? The disclaimer also says that Mirapex may cause compulsive gambling (as the class-action lawsuits attest) and may cause you to fall asleep during “important tasks” such as driving. Mirapex is also used …

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HomoQuotable – Andrew Sullivan

“I have no jitters about our actual relationship. For me, this is for life. I have no reservations. But standing up in front of my family and my spouse’s and saying the vows out loud has me in a state of butterflies. I can go on TV and barely break a sweat, but I’m terrified of performing in front of …

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Karl Rove’s Kinky Dad

Boing Boing is reporting on a first-person essay on a body-modification aficionado site called BMEzine, in which the author claims to be in possession of Karl Rove’s adoptive father’s cock ring. And while Louis Rove is well known to have been gay, apparently he was also very into genital piercing (NSFW), having participated during the 70’s in “piercing parties.” So …

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Queen Of Mean Dead At 87

Leona Helmsley, the anti-gay billionaire “queen of mean”, died today at 87. Aside from having gone to prison for tax evasion, you may recall Helmsley losing a discrimination lawsuit after firing the gay manager of her Park Lane hotel. The manager, Charles Bell, won over $11M but the judgment was later reduced to $554,000. Bell told the court that when …

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Morning View – Subway Art

This inscrutable tile mozaic adorns the entrance of a subway stop in Brooklyn.

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Afternoon View – Hillside Rec Hall Party

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Morning View – Hillside Campground

Isn’t it funny that we have wi-fi out here in the boonies? It poured all the way here (screw you Weather.com) and it poured most of last night. But things let up around 10PM and we were treated to spectacular skies as we gathered around the rec hall bonfire. I had forgotten about stars. There’s a lot of ’em. It’s …

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Chillaxin’

I’m off for three days of gay gay gay camping in the Poconos at Hillside Campground with Aaron, Chris, and the Thruple. It happens to be their “Hog Ranch” weekend, a prospect which would have thrilled me ten years ago, but today makes me rather apprehensive. Strange. As my back has been wrecked for several days, I’m planning on parking …

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Rethinking Merv Griffin

Spurred by Michelangelo Signorile’s withering appraisal of Merv Griffin’s legacy as a closeted gay man, the Hollywood Reporter yesterday published a column posthumously outing Griffin, something the mainstream media had failed to do definitively, despite some making references to Griffin’s sexual harassment and gay palimony lawsuits. After reading Signorile’s post and stewing over it a couple a days, I appeared …

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