Week of Feb 21st

At the time of this writing, the news has been reporting that the writers’ strike is almost over. Hallelujah, that’s music to my ears. I can’t keep this up week after week and I don’t know how they do it each week but I’m more than glad to take credit for their work.

 

I am so honored to have been nominated for the Latin Boys Magazine’s 2008 Latin Press Awards for “Best Columnist”. Vix, from LBM, sent me an email last week informing me of my nomination and I was shocked beyond belief and am very appreciative of the nomination. I’ve been writing in this market now for almost 20 years and I have often wondered if anybody ever reads this dung I (or my writers if they ever come back from strike) write each week. Thanks guys, you are wonderful.

 

Last week Willard “Mitt” Romney dropped out of the race for the Republican Presidential candidacy. (Wasn’t there a movie in the ‘70s about a rat named Williard? How appropriate.) Good riddens. The reason he gave for quitting was that he was doing what would be best for the country. Bullshit, he quit because he was spending tons cash and didn’t have a chance of winning. But I do have mixed emotions about him quitting. He was campaigning using all his own money and he spent millions of dollars to get nowhere. If he would have stayed in, maybe he would have blow through the rest of his cash and ended up living like us, the people he was so against while he was running. Of course, with that perfect hair of his, he’d be a perfect game show host. Look out Wink Martindale.

 

Obscenity is in the         Eye of the Beholder!

Last week, Virginia Beach, Virginia police stormed the local Abercrombie & Fitch store and walked off with two giant photographs from the store. The reason? The police say they were obscene and were in violation of the city’s obscenity laws which makes it a crime to display “obscene materials in a business that is open to juveniles.” One of the pictures shows several bare-chested boys running through a field wearing jeans. The one in the front’s jeans are at half-mast, exposing a substantial portion of his butt crack. The store had been asked to take the photographs down several times before but couldn’t comply while awaiting a decision from the store’s headquarters. Is showing a kid’s butt in a a larger-than-life-sized picture a bit strange? Maybe. Obscene? I don’t think so. But what I know is obscene is the thoughts going through my mind if I ever got my hands on any of those guys. Several days later, police dropped the charges. Virginia Beach is the same city that tried to outlaw cursing in public a few years back.

Just What Are They        Selling There?

This photo was taken at a T.J. Max in Virginia (I’m assuming it wasn’t Virginia Beach) and shows they are courting the gay dollar. I guess the picture of the guy in the center is the “Active Versatile”.

 

The two big twists for this newest season of CBS’ “Big Brother” are that houseguests will be teamed up as “soul mates” causing them to stay together, make decisions together and even sleep together. But to insure that things heat up in the house, there will be no air conditioning. Granted, it is winter and Los Angeles’ winter temperatures get down to the 50s at night, but the hot studio lights will heat things up quit a bit inside. Allison Grodner, Executive Producer admits that she is hoping that the heat will cause the house guests to take off their clothes more often. So much for family entertainment but the live Internet feeds should get really steamy. And, yes, there is a couple of gay guys this new season: Joshuah and Neil. Let’s just hope that one of them doesn’t turn out to be a twat like Joe was last season. Maybe I should start working on trying to get an after-show interview with the two now since I gave up trying to get an interview with Dustin from last summer’s edition of the show.

 

Of course, I forgot to mention. The latest season of Survivor started two weeks ago and there is a token gay guy on there again. This one’s name is Chet and I don’t believe he has a chance but I’m mentioning that he’s there. (Then again, I didn’t think Todd Herzog had a chance last season and he won.) And, of course, there is some ditzy-blonde woman, this season her name is Kathy. Upon meeting Chet, she said, “So, like, okay, you’re a homosexual. I don’t even know the right word to use. Is gay okay? It doesn’t mean you wanna be a girl?” Then in her interview she remarked, “Well, I knew Chet was a homosexual, you know, you can just tell he is. I don’t have a problem with it, but I’ve never been friends with a homosexual. I think I worked with somebody in the 1980’s bartending, that was gay, but that’s been about it.“ There are some hot guys on there again this season and always half-naked. So tune it in on CBS before they get voted off. The theme is season is “Fans vs. Favorites” where fans of the show are playing against some of the all-time favorites former survivors. Included in the favorites are Ozzie (originally from Miami who has put on a few pounds, yeah, like I should talk) and James (from last season’s China series).

It was just announced on the news that a tentative agreement with the writers has been reached. My boys will be coming home! They’ve accepted my offer of a McDonald’s $10 gift certificate. They’ve agreed to my regularly sent 20%-off coupons from Bed, Bath & Beyond (good for only one item). But most importantly, they’ve said “si” to letting me take credit for their work.