tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33208038880672704542026-07-25T01:05:21.625-07:00Some Gay SensibilitiesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger48125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3320803888067270454.post-80730720281025184272012-02-01T01:33:00.000-08:002012-02-04T13:37:13.352-08:00

The people of Indiana are going all out to welcome visitors to Indianapolis for Super Bowl 2012. It's all part of Hoosier Hospitality. To help gay visitors coming in for the main event period between Wednesday, February 1st, through Sunday, February 5th, I've compiled some relevant info and tips. Bars / Clubs Usually bars serve alcohol until 3am every night except Sunday, when they close at 12

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In a video on YouTube titled "can you pay attention to my hands mister", a young man uses American Sign Language to tell his absent boyfriend how he feels about him, and in what ways he would like to express it in person (which includes having a particular sex act in a car.) Of course, watching ASL being used can often be a beautiful thing, but never more so when the person doing it is a

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Supposedly, German soccer player Michael Ballack's agent, Michael Becker, told a reporter from Der Spiegel that the German National Team that played in the 2010 World Cup is a "bunch of gays". He also told the reporter, Aleksander Osang, that Germany's new, flamboyant style was related to their overall homosexuality, and that being gay made them too delicate to beat Spain in the semifinal.

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At the beginning of 2009, Ryan Conklin first came to the public's attention, as a cast member on MTV's The Real World Brooklyn. On the show, he became known for his fun loving personality, his creative talents, and his dedication to duty when he was recalled back to active duty to serve with the Army in Iraq. For me, my interest in him from the beginning has largely been connected to the many

Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3320803888067270454.post-40053558913144500012009-07-11T18:47:00.000-07:002009-07-11T21:24:11.035-07:00

For a change of pace, I went up to Carmel to go to the "Rock the District" outdoor music event. It's held each summer in Carmel, the wealthy city directly north of Indianapolis where the well-to-do people in central Indiana live. The "District" is the so-called "Arts & Design District" in Old Town Carmel, where sadly there is very little art and only pathetically bad design. Except for events

Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3320803888067270454.post-1289056785233933252008-08-21T15:55:00.000-07:002013-04-02T18:30:50.844-07:00

U.S. Olympic divers David Boudia and Thomas Finchum are partners in synchronized 10m platform, but in the individual 10m, they strive to beat each other and everyone else to win the gold. However, as good friends who both live and train in the Indianapolis, Indiana area, they each make it clear that if one doesn't win they hope the other one does. They are very supportive of one another and have

Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3320803888067270454.post-11322856225243105342008-08-19T15:25:00.000-07:002008-08-22T05:21:01.096-07:00

Jonathan Horton, the star of the 2008 U.S. men's gymnastics team, went big for his last routine in Beijing and it paid off with an individual silver medal on the high bar. At 5'1", Horton disproves the claim that everything's bigger in Texas, but making up for it with great skill, big personality, and effusive language, he showed that American spunk could triumph even while the Chinese men were

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The news media presents Michael Phelps' gold medals as the highlight of the Beijing Olympics, but for me the highlight is the triumph of Raj Bhavsar and the U.S. men's gymnastics team in earning the bronze medal in the team competition. My heart sings, "O joy! O glorious rapture!"I had admired Raj for his ability going back to the beginning of the decade and was disappointed when I found out he

Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3320803888067270454.post-43258038141239942852008-07-30T22:09:00.000-07:002008-08-15T16:08:18.420-07:00

Olympian Raj BhavsarRaj Bhavsar, having been screwed out of an earned spot on the U.S. Olympic team twice by his fellow countrymen, finally could no longer be denied. When Paul Hamm could no longer pretend that he would be physically ready to compete in Beijing, he withdrew from the U.S. gymnastics team and allowed Raj, an alternate, to become part of the official team.It is generally acceded by

Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3320803888067270454.post-70744948955340748472008-07-10T20:15:00.000-07:002013-04-02T18:36:58.659-07:00

While gay Australian diver Matthew Mitcham may be both an objective and sentimental favorite to win the gold medal for the men's 10 meter platform diving event at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, let's not forget the home team of Thomas Finchum (at right) and David Boudia. In this case home is both the USA and my own Indianapolis area as both American divers currently live here. The two are contenders

Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3320803888067270454.post-61373894330859927692008-06-04T21:02:00.000-07:002008-07-01T15:24:59.654-07:00

SeaWorld is one of the major attractions in Orlando, but it is a lot like the old-time roadside attractions of yesteryear. It doesn't have the high production values and quality showmanship of DisneyWorld and Universal Studios, but it does offer some things that boys can enjoy. The number one feature of the park is the killer whale shows, featuring the star orca character "Shamu". The standard

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In the movie Lust In The Dust, Divine's character said "It's always the little one got something to prove." In the men's artistic gymnastics competition at the 2008 U.S. Visa Championships in Houston, a lot of little ones had something to prove in trying to position themselves for a spot on the U.S. Olympic team. The six individual events had six different winners, but the coveted all-around

Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3320803888067270454.post-19534397235605633422008-05-26T19:09:00.000-07:002008-06-03T13:05:01.992-07:00

The 92nd Indianapolis 500 automobile race was held on May 25th, 2008. It's still the largest single day sporting event in the world in the largest sports facility in the world (250,000 seats). "The Greatest Spectacle in Racing" is a great place to see the highest class of auto racing and some other sights that make it fun to watch. The most popular driver and the one that most people would like

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I was noticing that stats were down on blog visitors and I realized that people were probably watching Super Bowl XLII. I hadn't planned to watch it since without the Colts there I didn't have a dog in the fight. I turned it on just before half time but fortunately with Tivo I was able to skip most of the monotonous moving around the field and players banging into each other, which is to say, the

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One of the bright spots of Winter is the return of figure skating on television. It is young men wearing wonderfully revealing raiments, artistically gliding across the ice accompanied by the sonorous strains of beautiful music. It is a time for the spotlight to be shined on sumptuous overly developed thighs and buttocks. It is a time to once again see reigning U.S. Mens champion Evan Lysacek.

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When there are suggestions that a male celebrity has something other than straight tendencies, the object of suspicion usually states as adamantly as possible how straight he is while lamely trying not to appear homophobic in any way. The problem is that no matter how much they may insist that they are cool with the gay thing and how some of their best friends are gay, the fact that they are so

Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3320803888067270454.post-2583470735119557132007-11-18T22:32:00.000-08:002007-12-23T21:10:58.113-08:00

I recently had the opportunity to experience the "Roman Art From The Louvre" exhibition at the Indianapolis Museum of Art. The exhibition contains 184 Roman works from the 1st century B.C. thru the 4th century A.D. These works represent the largest number of loaned pieces from the Louvre for any single show ever. For anyone that is unlikely to travel to Paris to see these items at their permanent

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An article in the New York Times addressed the potential decline of gay enclaves in the United States. The article stated that there is an ongoing population shift for gay people away from well known places like San Francisco's Castro district and West Hollywood, to less expensive and less urban locations. Places like Louisville, El Paso, Albuquerque, and Virginia Beach are experiencing sharp

Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3320803888067270454.post-22877900981840588682007-10-30T20:38:00.000-07:002007-11-02T22:47:15.363-07:00

There has been some hype about Genre magazine relaunching with some significant changes, and since I had previously identified it as providing the least value in major gay lifestyle magazines, I was curious to see if there would actually be any improvements or not. I was a little surprised to find that it is pretty much the same, and certainly provides no new reason to select it off the newsstand

Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3320803888067270454.post-86383588012118568832007-10-25T17:20:00.000-07:002007-10-28T17:24:28.416-07:00

Last week I watched the annual cheesy photo-op of Cosmo magazine's 50 hottest bachelors on the Today show. Seeing a sample of men from each of the states provides a nice variety of eye candy. Of course they are really only the hottest of the limited number of people who actually applied, but it still made for a pleasant view. I was never interested in collecting the 50 state quarters, but this

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Saturday night I stumbled across an airing of My Fair Lady, which was part of a Lerner and Lowe movie showcase on the TCM channel. For some unknown reason I don't have this movie in my dvd collection, so I took the opportunity to watch it again at this time although I have seen it many times before. The musical is one of my favorites going back to when I was a kid.I was reminded of a scene from

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I spent some contemplative time this past Sunday walking the trails of the nearby Fort Harrison State Park. It was a good opportunity to enjoy the weather of this never-ending summer. The air is still warm and the trees still green.The trails in this park are an easy and pleasant walk, but quite long. Fort Harrison is twice the size of New York City's Central Park, and also surrounded by urban

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In Oprah's magazine (July issue), Martha Beck's column addressed self-consciousness. She gave a scenario for her readers where they go to a party feeling pretty good about themselves until they happen to see their reflection there. "The dress isn't just tight; it fits like Luciano Pavarotti's diving suit. Your hair looks as though a crazed weasel nested, bore young, and died there. Aghast, you

Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3320803888067270454.post-72217396885070913182007-10-07T21:17:00.000-07:002007-10-30T17:14:51.871-07:00

An article in the New York Observer last month examined the lessening of the taboo of full frontal male nudity on film, video, and stage. Being the Observer, the article veered from the prurient reasons for it, to a polemic about how in the age of Hillary the male member is being objectified to rob it of its power. I haven't exposed mine publicly, so something else must have robbed it of its

Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3320803888067270454.post-53296339027517472902007-10-03T17:50:00.000-07:002007-10-07T22:34:05.259-07:00

I think it has been about eight months since I quit smoking. I'm not one of those people who keep track of the exact date of things like that. It's something in the past and I seldom think about it anymore.There have been a handful of time where I have dreamed about lighting up but that's the closest that anything red hot has come near my lips since I quit. I have been around other people smoking

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