I think I’m already beginning to get a little annoyed with the onslaught of “my”. Thanks to News Corp, we’ve got MySpace, MyNetworkTV and New York’s My9 tv channel. Sure, I’ve got a MySpace account (even though most of the time it won’t let me log in), but this whole army of “My” (nerdy Bjork shout-out) is getting on MyNerves. …

New York gubernatorial candidate Eliot Spitzer plans to include same-sex couples in domestic violence legislation, according to his running mate, David Paterson. Spitzer has already pledged to legalize gay marriage if elected, although as Attorney General he was forced to argue against it in court cases. Spitzer is a shoo-in for the November election, drawing massive support from both major …

I took this photo from the rear of the Staten Island Ferry. The most prominent building in the receding skyline is the tallest building in New Jersey, the new Goldman Sachs Building, which I rather like.

“The minute you begin blogging about how “ugly” other blogs are, you become a fucking nerd who never has sex.” – Johnny, author of Johnny Is A Man and the mp3 blog Lost In The 80’s, in an email exchange with me about blog critics.

Last night I finally had the ultimate New York experience. Walking down 14th Street at 10pm, a ginormous rat darted out of an alley and ran right across my strappy-sandled foot. The girl walking towards me froze in horror, then yelled, “OHMAHGAWD! Do you want me to take you to the hospital?” I laughed and said, “For a tranquilizer?” She …

In the mid-80’s, I spent 6 weeks as the emcee of a comedy club. What’s the worst job you ever had?

The 77-foot tall arch in Washington Square Park was built in 1892 to commemorate the centennial of George Washington’s inauguration. It was designed by Stanford White, one of the most revered of the Beaux Arts architects. Washington Square Park used to be a cemetery. “You son of a bitch! You moved the headstones, but you didn’t move the bodies!”

Tomorrow morning I’ll be back as Larry Flick’s guest on Sirius OutQ In The Morning, the only national all-gay morning talk show. Stream the show, here. My bit’s at 10am, 7am on the left coast. I love radio, I don’t got to get my hair did.

Today is August 16th. It’s Madonna’s 48th birthday. That’s not something of which I’d ordinarily make note. Twenty years ago today, August 16th 1986, I was a few months into a new job with AMC Theatres, a job that I would hold for seven years, after having spent a few years after college drifting around bartending, waitering, and DJ’ing. After …

This morning’s thunderstorm reconfirmed one of the most durable and immutable laws of the universe, namely that the ratio of rainstorms to uses I get from an umbrella before I lose it, will always be 1:1.

The Dugout, Sunday 7pmAnnouncement: “Gentlemen, I’m So & So from TheTruth.com and we are here at the Dugout today looking for men with very hairy backs to cast in a national anti-smoking commerical. This is a paid casting and if you are cast you will also get residuals from future showings of the commercial. You must have a very hairy …

Casting Call: Eight athletic men needed for DVD promotion. You must be fit, dark, sullen and willing to wear a pleather Roman Centurion outfit (including helmet!) outside Grand Central Terminal (in the rain, during rush hour) while carrying a litter of Rome: The Complete First Season box sets, as hundreds of thousands of commuters mock you. If passing homosexual bloggers …

Lots of attention is being paid to Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Seymour Hersh’s claim in The New Yorker that the United States engineered the Israeli attack of Lebanon in order to ensure that Hezbollah forces would not be able to attack Israel once the U.S. bombing of Iran begins. Hersh has a track record of exposing U.S. misdeeds, going back …

I took this picture from the Empire State Building back in the early spring.

George Bush on the Lebanon ceasefire: “We can only imagine how much more dangerous this conflict would be if Iran had the nuclear weapon it seeks.” Hey kids, why fail at two simultaneous wars when you can fail at THREE? Buy two disasters, get one free! Every third body bag is on the house! Hey, got any spare teenage males …

I love Johnny Depp, I really do. Edward Scissorhands? Brilliant. But I’m just having trouble wrapping my head around the phenomenal success that Pirates Of The Caribbean 2: Dead Man’s Chest is having. To date, the film has grossed $855 million worldwide, and the thing is still going strong. Next week it will pass Finding Nemo to become the highest …

My buddy Stephen, the former NY’er also known as blogger Kitchenbeard, was in town this weekend to officiate at his brother’s wedding, as Stephen is a bona-fide internet authorized minister. It appears that San Francisco is treating him well. That’s Stephen on the right of the three men standing in the middle of the picture, on the Christopher Street Pier …

From a poster in the 68th Street subway station under Hunter College: “Last year 1 out of 12 high school students was assaulted by a fellow student.” A short graffiti war follows: Snarky 1: That should be “were assaulted”. Snarky 2: No, “one….was” IS correct! Snarky 3: Y’all is funny! Snarky 4: Y’all ARE funny. Snarky 5: Dumb bitches. It’s …

The Transportation Safety Authority has removed lipstick from the list of items banned from carry-on baggage. And the drag queens of America rest a little bit easier.