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“Calgon — take me a gay!”
December 10, 2008 – 3:33 PM | 24 Comments
“Calgon — take me a gay!”

“Shhh, Daddy’s stories are on.”
To all my friends and readers who called in gay today, Lee and I salute you.   Don’t forget to take a nice hot bubble bath with your favorite boy or …

Heaven’s Gate
December 8, 2008 – 9:45 PM | 24 Comments
<I>Heaven’s Gate</I>

how old you’ll be when the movie’s finally over
I couldn’t finish it; I couldn’t get through even an hour.The movie is manifestly, immediately, deeply and groundlessly in love with itself; like almost everyone else with …

Support Local Biz: December 7, 2008
December 7, 2008 – 8:27 PM | 2 Comments
Support Local Biz: December 7, 2008

First up, Ruth and Esther’s Egg Nog Revue, presented by Friend Of TN Mark Blankenship: “Everybody’s favorite southern belles return to Ars Nova to spread some BullsGap, Tennessee holiday cheer. Scandalous single gal Ruth (Marya …

Support Local Biz: November 29, 2008
November 29, 2008 – 1:53 PM | 90 Comments
Support Local Biz: November 29, 2008

I worked with John Grady a few years ago when he played Captain Patterson in the FGM.   You can catch him in the upcoming Ian McShane project Kings, and in a short called Doga …

I’m dreaming of a white Christmas…tree
November 24, 2008 – 9:19 PM | 42 Comments

Can anyone recommend an inexpensive artificial Christmas tree?   (…”Winter-holiday arboreal cluster,” whatever you like.)   The faker and more space-age ’50s Christmas-looking, the better, and if you can attest to its relative pet-safety (i.e. …

Six degrees of detonation
November 24, 2008 – 12:11 PM | 38 Comments
Six degrees of detonation

Sarah: “Check it out, you know that girl that I yelled out about at the movie this afternoon?”
Skyrockets: “The girl you…right.   …Wait, no.”
Sarah: “During the credits, when I yelled out ‘MARIA DIZZIA!’ You know…her?”
Skyrockets: …

Red White & Beefsteak: UPDATE
November 17, 2008 – 11:55 AM | 21 Comments
Red White & Beefsteak: UPDATE

Due to very slow sales, the “Red White & Beefsteak” shirt is no longer available; the shirt/store will return in March.   Those of you who have already ordered will receive a refund, plus a …

Prop 8 is enough
November 14, 2008 – 1:18 AM | 76 Comments
Prop 8 is enough

It’s more than enough, in fact.   We’ve had more than enough codified discrimination in this country over its long and sometimes misguided history, and whatever semantics those in favor of Proposition 8 choose to …

In Critical Condition
November 13, 2008 – 9:52 AM | 10 Comments

Critical Condition is actually the beautiful and talented Mark Blankenship’s blog, and I’ve got a guest piece up over there about the return of Unsolved Mysteries.

Two more things, only one of which is embarrassing
November 6, 2008 – 9:29 PM | 30 Comments

The non-embarrassing: you guys, the Newsweek special election report is gripping stuff.   All day, I’ve given myself one page each time I finish something from my to-do list, but a little while ago I …