Archive for June, 2007

Saturday Ramblings

Divas Unite: Will posted yesterday, briefly, about the amazing union of Jennifer Hudson and Jennifer Holliday singing “And I Am Telling You I’m Not Going” from Dreamgirls on the 2007 BET Awards. For a few hours Will had the clip up from YouTube, but YouTube has been pretty vigilant about getting that clip pulled down [...]

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Armistead Maupin’s Michael Tolliver Lives

I zipped through Armistead Maupin’s Michael Tolliver Lives over this past week, and it was a wonderful read. It’s cliched to say, but it’s true that this felt like a visit with old friends. Michael Tolliver Lives is told from Michael’s point of view (as opposed to other Tales of the City books that were [...]

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Friday Geek Out: The Rainbow Trilogy by Alex Sanchez

Concluding the month of gay-themed Geek Out, I wanted to put forth The Rainbow Trilogy by Alex Sanchez—made up of Rainbow Boys, Rainbow High, and Rainbow Road. The books follow Jason, Kyle and Nelson through their senior year in high school and the summer before they go to college. As the trilogy opens Jason is [...]

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This day in history

It was 38 years ago today that, in the wee hours of the morning, the modern Gay Rights movement was born. As a quick refresher of the history of the Stonewall Riots, here’s a 3 minute clip from the incomparable Varla Jean Merman. Thank you Stonewall veterans and God bless!!!

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Kelly Clarkson’s My December: First Impression

I downloaded Kelly’s new album, My December, this morning. Yes, I’ve read all the hype about her feud with the record company over this CD, and I’ve also read the good review it got in Entertainment Weekly. I have to say I side with EW. It’s a good album. On first listen, I think I [...]

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A Chorus Line: 26 Years Later

It was a little disturbing to me to figure out that I first saw A Chorus Line 26 years ago. I was 12 and the national tour came into the Birmingham-Jefferson Civic Center. It was February 1981 and the show was out on its first bus and truck tour. I can’t remember why A Chorus [...]

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Ordinals Shut Out Hitmen

The Ordinals brought home their first shut out since the Spring 2005 season last night against the Hitmen. The final score: 6-0! The team, once again, played a solid game and was very effective shutting down the rushes the Hitmen tried to make, both forechecking and backchecking looked great last night.
The points last night were [...]

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Saturday Afternoon Thoughts

First days of summer, feel like spring: I’ve never been a fan of hot weather, so it’s great that Friday and today (and I’m told tomorrow) will be quite pleasant and only in the mid-/high-70s. We were out and about earlier this morning and it was so nice out with the nice temperature and a [...]

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Bluestreak Session 18: The Finale

Bluestreak wrapped up last night and I think I finished up strong. I was able to show coach Keith the wrist shot that materialized on Wednesday. I’m happy I was able to do that for a couple reasons: 1) because I wasn’t sure I’d be able to pull off the shot again and 2) because [...]

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Friday Geek Out: The Broken Hearts Club

The Broken Hearts Club came out in 2000 and immediately became one of my favorite gay movies. Officially subtitled “A Romantic Comedy,” the movie covers the gambit of gay characters—those looking for commitment, those afraid of commitment, newbies just coming out of the closet, those who get mixed up in drugs while looking for happiness [...]

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