Jack Scribe

I spent a few minutes, just out of curiosity, to check out the VMA's. The BS debacle ran me away. Here's what I saw: a woman - in an ill-advised costume only someone with a smokin' bod could pull off, with greasy hair extensions, a lifeless dance routine, a blank stare on her face and bad lip-synching - stumbling through her chance for a comeback. By the time Sarah Silverman did her pretty tasteless comedic routine - including a crass joke about BS's kids coming out of a hairless _________ - I said bye-bye and went over to Bravo's designer reality show (I know, how gay is that). MTV knew exactly what they were doing; playing to young America's thirst for scummy celebrity antics/stumbles. This show was not entertainment as I know it. As a contrast, the night before I saw Justin Timberlake's HBO special. HAWT! He'll be deservingly around for a long time. Jack

The BIG FOUR-OH. Happy Birthday, Dan! Here's to many more. Jack

From Towleroad, "The folks behind this new documentary about homosexuality and Biblical scripture, seen through the experience of five families, have certainly put together a powerful trailer." It's worth 2.42 minutes of your time. . I still cringe, years later, when the "orange juice lady" spews her ignorant homophobia via old video. Here's the official website for the documentary: http://www.forthebibletellsmeso.org/index2.htm. Jack

Happy Birthday, Conner! Here's to many more. I won't add "old goat" in the spirit of not throwing rocks at windows. Jack

Right...and the image below is my real picture. Come on CJ, let's see the authentic, human GA mountaineer who fearlessly stalks his prey in the rugged terrain of Arizona.

"Yes," to the first part. "Hopefully," to the second. In Palm Springs, there are telephone numbers posted. Larry Craig...don't reply. Conner, where's your picture? Jack

Had to share with you the results of my final summer project: painting (well, having it painted) the bedroom Hunting Coat Red. It took five gallons to get it just right.

ALERT - all Danophiles. Dan Radcliffe will appear on the Ellen show - North America broadcast - this Monday, September 10. Sorry guys...in the promotion clips, Dan is fully clothed. I'm sure he'll discuss Equus and Broadway plans. I salute this handsome guy. He seems to have moved into adulthood without a stumble. It will be interesting to see how he handles a non-Potter screen role. Jack

"Special" comes in many shapes, colors and sizes. Whatever it is, have a great day! Jack

Does anyone else notice that the guys have a common trait with the other story...running around shirtless. Let's have Brandon drooling...treasure trails for days. That is, providing Helen doesn't allow the stylist complete access to all the guy's hair. CJ well represents the composite of "talent" management in Hollywood in the character of Helen. The younger entertainers need a dyke bitch like Helen to guide their lives and protect the assets. Brittany and Lindsey, et al., could use a Helen in their lives. Helen is ruthlessly doing her job. Jack

In that Senator Craig seems to be having "buyer's remorse" concerning his resignation statement, I thought I'd keep the dialogue alive by posting the humorous column below. Advice professional, Dan Savage, answers a letter from C.A.S.H. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dear Dan, Lost in the oohing and aahing over the outing of another socially conservative lawmaker

Happy 22nd, Drewbie! Here's to the many fine adventures ahead. Jack

This whole episode has been an eye-opener for me. First, this foot-tapping thing. Then, to read that there's a whole MSM category. Dig deeper, and up comes Down-low. Our community has made great strides since Stonewall in acceptance and this episode doesn't represent, IMHO, any setback for gay issues. It's the political/religious MSM's , embracing the hetero family values dogma, who are in serious conflict. We survived the Catholic priest scandals, Mark Foley and the Rev Haggard. Craig's actions play into the fears of a bigoted crowd...nothing more. Intelligent, thinking people will judge the senator as a person who broke the law. Jack

What Craig probably did, what Haggard admittedly did, what thousands of other wretchedly conflicted gay or bisexual men did, hurt only themselves and their loved ones who were caught up in the resulting media maelstroms. The ones who "outed" and persecuted them, in contrast, have deprived our country of the services of good citizens. This was a rather odd sentence. I have no problem in pointing to Craig and Haggard as troubled, conflicted bigots who couldn't publically acknowledge their orientation. That they resorted to devious means to satisfy sexual needs/gratification is very sad. Worse is their negative public posturing on gay issues. I shook my head while listening to Senator Craig's arrogant resignation statement. This goes unanswered: what were the Minneapolis authorities thinking when they set up a sting operation in the men's room at the airport? Please identify the bible-thumping proscecutor who thought up this lame investigation. I don't condone restroom cruising, but aren't there higher priorities on which the police should focus to protect the citizens? Maybe murder, rape, robbery? Perhaps they could have used the manhours to adequately inspect the infrastructure of their bridges? (With apologies to the loved ones of the deceased...but you get the point). Can you imagine what the cop answered when his S.O. asked over dinner, "What did you do at work today, honey?" Jack

Here's a thoughtful perspective from The Denver Post editorial pages concerning this week's events: http://www.politicswest.com/local_western_...uters_not_outed. Jack

Bourne, Hair Spray and Ratatouille were my favs. The French Rat was thoroughly amusing and I thought it was geared more to an adult audience. Oceans Thirteen - eye candy aside - was pretty lame. Just a bunch of movie stars doing walk-ins to get a fat pay check. Surprised you didn't include Knocked Up. Silly, sophomoric and thoroughly amusing. Jack

How about... OH EWE KIDDS Too esorteric (or neoteric)? Jack

HAPPY BIRTHDAY KEVIN/FOXY/CUPCAKES! Goodness, what a variety of names. Just got back from my vacation and glad I made the party. Jack

Happy Birthday Fran

Mega congratulations on becoming the newest GA Hosted Author! Best wishes for the successful continuation of storytelling. Your new story appears to be another winner. Jack

Happy 19th, Jules!! Jack

I was actually offering large portions of tongue in cheek due to CJ's propensity to keep the reader hanging...on occasion. Seriously, the ultimate cliffhanger at the end of a story just occurred on HBO this summer. In the series finale of The Sopranos, it leaves the Soprano family eating dinner at a restaurant waiting on Meadow to arrive, only to have various people in the restaurant looking suspicious, it 'cuts to black'. It was brilliantly spoofed in a political commercial shortly afterwards by Hillary and Bill. Jack

Goodness...a horny, sex-crazed advisor/beta reader? Thanks for the clues, Ieshwar. So the mystery man in the cave must be Eric? How else would a guard still be at the entrance? At the end of Chapter 37, we know blood and guts are flying...but whose? I assume that We'll find that Eric shoots the Piedmont sheriff (his uncle?) to save his brother? I can just hear Eric say, "The devil made me do it," when asked about 37 chapters of misdeeds. I hope Chris has Blue Cross for all his bang-ups. The real challenge is to see how CJ ends the story (Chapter 38?) and manages to use a cliffhanger. Jack

And just think...at no time did his fingers touch to keyboard. Jack

THE TELEGRAPH had a fabulous contest recently. They invited readers to compose prose crammed with as many infuriating phrases and clich