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The Queer Of The Year 2006 is Mike Jones, with almost twice as many votes as the second place nominee. Jones, a Denver-based former prostitute, exposed the hypocrisy of the nation’s leading evangelical figure and in doing so, influenced the nation’s midterm elections, helping the Democrats win a slim majority, according to top Republican officials. Thanks go out to all …

BBC Radio 2 just conducted a poll of its listeners, asking “Based on songwriting, lyrics, gigs, and showmanship, who is the greatest British band of all time?” The appalling results: 5. Take That4. Oasis3. Rolling Stones2. Beatles1. Queen The top three bands and their respective positions are infinitely arguable. But I can’t stop staring at the list and thinking, “Where …

Part of my plan for 2007 is to set for myself realistic, achievable, short-term goals. Yesterday, my goal was to spend the entire day motionless in front of the Law & Order marathon, with a one-hour Simpsons/Seinfeld break at 7pm. Only one day into the new year and I’m already a winner!

I’ve added an update to the original post, but in case you don’t scroll back to it, I recommend visiting The Next Hurrah, a community blog, and check out this post written by a biologist, for an interesting and revealing take on the issue of animal sexuality research, PETA’s campaign against Dr. Charles Roselli at OHSU, and the implications for …

Calling “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” a “useful speed bump that allowed temperatures to cool for a period of time while the culture continued to evolve,” General John Shalikashvili, formerly Bill Clinton’s chairman of the Joint Chiefs Of Staff, the top military rank in the nation, has called for the repeal of DADT in an op-ed column (registration required) in today’s …

“Downtown service on the 6 train is temporarily suspended due to a sick passenger.” That’s probably the most commonly heard announcement when your train does not appear. This morning’s AM New York reveals that in many of the cases, the “sick” passengers are young women who have fainted due to excess dieting. There are about 400 “sick passenger” delays every …

Joseph Pulitzer, he of the Prize, built his mansion on 73rd Street at Central Park in 1903. After his death, the house was sold to the Astor family, who converted it into a 17-apartment coop in the 1930’s. It was hard to get a decent picture, I had to retreat into the servants entrance of the house across the street, …

Rolling Stone critic Barry Walters has picked my buddy DJ Jerry Bonham’s 5-disc Remember The Party 5 soundtrack as his TOP pick in the Safe Six Of ‘O6, his list of best bets for disco reissues of the last year. Smooth as butter and always harmonically aligned, Bonham’s segues are so seamless that even dancers who know this music forwards …

Nominations have opened for the 2007 Bloggie Awards. Last year I was floored to be named a finalist in the Best LGBT Blog category, along with Queerty, Good As You, Towleroad, and Little.Yellow.Different, all terrific sites that I read every day. The winner was Queerty, and while I’ll admit that it frustrated me that JMG and LYD were in the …