February 2012
8 posts
"Trippon": An Amazing Mini-Documentary About...
Mississippi is a strange place. Travel guides from the 1970s would’ve called it “a study in contrasts”.
On the one hand, it’s conservative to the point of being regressive, even to this day. If you’re not white, male, and heterosexual — in public, anyway — don’t expect to have it easy.
On the other hand, like most Southern states, Mississippi...
Dear Madonna: I Have A Confession
Dear Madonna:
I have a confession to make. It is a two-parter.
First, I am gay. This is not much of a confession, since you probably already know that. I think all the world knows that. It might have something to do with that “Richard Is A Big Homo” ad campaign I ran that one time.
Second, I have never given you a dime*. This would ordinarily not be much of a confession, either...
January 2012
47 posts
#NFSW: What French girls should take when escaping... →
Of note for my drinking friends:
In Scotland, It’s Burns Night
More Resources For The Vintage Tippler: Happy Hour At 33 RPM
Why isn't New Orleans' mayor supporting marriage... →
I freely admit: I never met a drop-shadow I didn’t like.
Best email subject line of the day
“Richard: I don’t send a lot of emails about vaginas, but…”
And it wasn’t even spam.
So, a gay guy walks into the Detroit Auto Show... →
My latest post at LuridDigs.com, wherein I discuss... →
New Project: "The French Quarter 100: A Drinking...
When I was a kid, I wanted to be a novelist. Forget cowboys and doctors and lawyers and such: I wanted to be the Madeleine L’Engle of my generation.
This did not happen.
This did not happen because eventually I realized that I can do short stories and essays and the occasional one-act play, but I probably don’t have the ability/interest/desire to pull off a full-length work of...
“I can’t pay you, because I just had new parquet flooring done in my house. That...”
– An e-mail from a client that I hope will be permissible in our upcoming court case (via clientsfromhell)
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French Fashion Chain La Redoute Uses Naked Guy in...
Sex sells, but French fashion chain La Redoute’s laissez-faire attitude to nudity is a little de trop even for Gallic tastes. The retailer’s website shocked visitors with an image of a naked man frolicking in the sea in the background of a children’s clothing shoot. The picture shows four adorable Redoute-clad children lined up on the sand, smiling at the camera and seemingly...