Monday, July 31, 2006
links for 2006-07-31
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Hey, hey, hey...watch all my productivity fly away! (Green is a mofo.)
Thursday, July 27, 2006
links for 2006-07-27
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Garret's got the goods.
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I want to belong. It's a Brilliant Fucking Idea™ from my pal, the delicious brain behind the scrumptious belly, Nick.
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Um...didn't everyone?
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CAD renderings of 4222 Clinton Way, otherwise known in TV Land as the home of Mike and Carol Brady and their brood (and Ann B. Davis as Alice). Cooooool.
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Two version of Back to the Future's "Enchantment Under the Sea" dance sequence (from parts one and two), synchonized and side by side. Nifty!
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Looking Back at the Future, a documentary about the making of the trilogy.
July 27, 2006 at 5:18 PM
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Clearing the Cache
gay |
succa |
advertising |
Brady Bunch |
heat |
Back to the Future |
nsync |
art |
despair |
lancebass
Clearing the Cache
gay |
succa |
advertising |
Brady Bunch |
heat |
Back to the Future |
nsync |
art |
despair |
lancebass
Wednesday, July 26, 2006
links for 2006-07-26
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*pant* *pant* *pant* Let's talk about these nipples. W to the oof.
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Lotsa cool Flickr-majigs.
Tuesday, July 25, 2006
links for 2006-07-25
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"Press releases are an enormous hoax. They're written by people who pretend to be excited and received by people who pretend to be interested. It's time for a change."
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Corky is looking for stories.
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GayProf looks at the tub-thumpers. "Even within the queer community, we hear claims that bathhouses 'make us look bad' or 'are indecent.' To those queers who suggest such things, I say, 'Kiss my ass. Why do you want all queers to "fit in" so badly?'"
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"If you are writing for a general audience...it may be helpful to envision one typical reader...and write as if you were sending a letter to that person. If your friend wouldn't understand a term or phrase, don't use it." And more good advice.
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I too am very pro-making-out with others.
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"I received a nice thank you letter and noticed that there were about 2 paragraphs thanking me, 4 telling me what my benefits would be and seven paragraphs making pledges to me."
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And now, Rita Moreno with a toe-tapping song about...um, lube?
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Visualize a website through "digital electrophoresis". Cool.
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"Monopoly board game players can now pay for properties with debit cards." Sigh. ~In other news, the top hat is now a trucker cap and the roadster is a Hummer.~
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Another interview with actor John Glover, on the occasion of the DVD release of An Early Frost.
July 25, 2006 at 5:22 PM
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Clearing the Cache
gay |
music |
pr |
writing |
thankyou |
games |
smallville |
rules |
art |
fundraising
Clearing the Cache
gay |
music |
pr |
writing |
thankyou |
games |
smallville |
rules |
art |
fundraising
Sunday, July 23, 2006
Must close Sunday
I'm a little melancholy, as usual, for the end of vacation. This is my final full day in Chicago; tomorrow afternoon I'm returning to St. Louis. It's been odd not being there these past few days, particularly after the big storms on Wednesday and Friday. I miss and worry for my friends, although nearly everyone I've heard from or about seems to be coping well.
Thanks to everyone who's written or called to inquire of my safety. Of course I'm fine all these miles north in Chicago, and the homestead stands, has power and refrigeration and is playing host to a few friends without. The theatre survived more or less unscathed also. Still, I can't wait to get back and see what's up myself after relying on secondhand reports.
I've posted a few more photos from the Gay Games and, particularly, the closing ceremony where Cyndi Lauper was among the many fabulous entertainers. New friends have been made, new places explored and new t-shirts bought. In all, a marvelous week in my kind of town.
Wednesday, July 19, 2006
Picturing the Games
I'm trying to sift through some of my photos from the Gay Games so far and have posted a few to Flickr. Other Flickr users are tagging their photos gaygames or chicago2006.
Stay up late for a cause
Got a weblog? Course ya do! So get thee over to Blogathon and put your pesos where your passion is. This event is one of my very favorite things on the web (as a spectator; alas, in the past as this year, I'll be away from the computer on B-day).The process is simple: Pick a charity that accepts online donations, commit to updating your weblog every 30 minutes for 24 hours during the Blogathon, gather pledges from friends and readers. Then: Do it!
Registrations are open now and as I write this, nearly 300 webloggers have taken nearly $25,000 in pledges for various charities. (Since it started five years ago, annual Blogathons have raised almost a quarter of a million dollars for deserving causes.) Do it. Do it. Do it.
(If you can't participate yourself, you can certainly pledge one of your favorite webloggers. No excuses. Go. Now.)
Tuesday, July 18, 2006
My kind of games, Chicago is…
Greetings from Chicago, and day four of Gay Games VII. Everything so far has been just lovely but for the heat wave, although the temperatures broke last night (along with a few tree limbs) and made way for a delightful, simply "warm" Tuesday perfect for Brad to take in some of the beach volleyball competition. I'll also be on the lookout for a boy to help me get sand in awkward places, if'n you know what I mean.I've a ton of pictures in queue, have met some perfectly charming people, have a funny (if slightly odd) story about a P-FLAG poster mom to tell, and a redeveloping sense of body dysmorphia. Fun!
Aw, I kid because I love. The closing ceremonies ticket is claimed by the way, and couldn't have gone to a sweller feller. Thanks to everyone for the inquiries.
If you need me this afternoon, you will find me bivouacked on North Avenue beach. Cheers!
Saturday, July 15, 2006
links for 2006-07-15
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Those usages people keep telling you are wrong but which are actually standard in English.
I reached the finish line!
A few brief notes:1. I will be in Chicago for the next nine days, largely to attend the Gay Games. I'll be participating in my usual event, the Seven-Day Freestyle Sodomy which is, of course, a relay, but only an exhibition sport, not an actual competition. Which is good, because I'm still not entirely sure what to do with the baton.
At all cases, that means there are roughly 216 hours during which I am potentially available for glass-liftings, noshes, kick-backs and other leisurely pursuits with friends old and new. If you don't have my phone number, an e-mail flies just as swiftly to my portable communications device. Do let's get together.
2. I find myself in possession of one extra ticket to the fabulous closing ceremonies of the aforementioned Games, to be held Saturday, July 22 in the friendly confines of Wrigley Field and featuring a raft of entertainment including the likes of BETTY, Cyndi Lauper, ANT and bleachers filled with hot homosexual athletes. It's either a very good seat or a great seat, part of a premium package and, of course, comes with the opportunity to sit by me! (If you haven't anything nice to say, etc. etc.) Asking price is $90 and includes my convivial companionship during the ceremony and the possibility of post-closing partying in adjacent Boystown. Interested? Be in touch, sugar!
3. I only get to make this trek because I finally—more or less—finished the enormous project that has been hanging over my head like the butter knife of Damocles for the past few weeks. There are still phases two, three and four awaiting me upon my return, but the biggest chunk is done, done, done and I'm ever-so-pleased.
Wednesday, July 12, 2006
links for 2006-07-12
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Georgia, the typeface, is the Internet's new "it-type".
Monday, July 10, 2006
links for 2006-07-10
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It's hard to believe it's been four years since my summer of Sondheim at the Kennedy Center. Not sure how I missed seeing this conversation with the composer and Frank Rich, featuring stories familiar and new.
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Handy!
Sunday, July 9, 2006
links for 2006-07-09
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It's hot up here. It's hot and it's...well, pretty cool that they decided to do this.
Saturday, July 8, 2006
links for 2006-07-08
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Enter an address (or just a street), and see a map with estimated home values overlaid over each house. Good heavens this is interesting. A shame it doesn't work in Safari.
Friday, July 7, 2006
links for 2006-07-07
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Turn your memories into stills from an Aha! video.
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Since I haven't rehung the towel hooks since the guest bath refurb, this would be a perfect addition.
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Slick: a thin client just for Google Calendar. Now if I could only figure out easy syncing with my Treo, I'd be ready to make the switch.
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It makes buttons. Web buttons. That's all it does.
I don’t know. I’ve never Kipled.
Quoted: On National Public Radio, which [White House spokesman] Snow has worked for: "One of the problems with NPR is that there is so much political correctness that if you've got a name that looks like it was made up by Rudyard Kipling, you've got a better chance of getting hired. I'm a white guy named Tony Snow for heaven's sake. That's as white as it goes."
Ah. That explains the commentary on Morning Edition about North Korea this morning by Toomai of the Elephants.
Thursday, July 6, 2006
links for 2006-07-06
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She's an actress we've already seen on the show, coming back as a new character. (Spoiler warning: Don't click this link if you haven't already seen "Army of Ghosts".)
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Pre-Alyson Hannigan and oh-so-stilted. But hey, it's a step up from the movie.
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Probably not a bad idea, although I can't count the number of times I've heard this ad referred to as, "You know, that one for Memorex with the guy getting blasted by sound from the stereo."
Tuesday, July 4, 2006
links for 2006-07-04
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"...I would like to see the gays spearhead an initiative to officially abolish 'fag hag' for the more apt and respectable term 'gay nanny.' After all, isn't that what we do?" Preach it, sister! Sign me up.
Monday, July 3, 2006
links for 2006-07-03
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Remember Nobody's Watching, the canned sitcom pilot that wound up on YouTube? Turns out, a whole lot of somebodys watched and now TV network execs are paying attention too.
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The ultimate upgrade: it's electric!
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"We will explode the neutronic bomb! Begin the countdown!"
Saturday, July 1, 2006
links for 2006-07-01
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Nice and quite comprehensive guide to the stage musical, although not updated to include information about the forthcoming film.
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Brad L. Graham is a writer, editor, riverboat gambler, fashion consultant, softshoe dancer, professional assassin, freelance factotum and singer of sentimental ballads.The BradLands is his home on the web. 
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