Friday's Debriefing

Trick or Treat?

Try my pumpkin loaf. It's fresh, right out of the oven.

Show Some Moves This Weekend

Time Change

This weekend the time changes back to standard. I'm glad. Although it will be virtually dark be the time I get home most evenings I won't have to drive with the sun in my eyes. Plus, I hate to see kids out waiting for buses in the dark in the morning. Don't forget to fall back as you hit the hay Saturday night.

Strange

The roses continue to bloom despite the frost yesterday morning and the cooler temperatures. It must be what they prefer. In the summer their leaves turn yellow and fall off or they get black spot. In addition, I'm not that good at watering so maybe it's because of the recent rains? At nay rate, it's nice to have something blooming in the yard this time of year when I enjoy being outside more.

The First Frost

Yesterday morning was the first frost of the season, at least in my area of southeast Texas. I made a piss poor attempt to protect my newly pruned and budding plants.

Thursday's Briefing

Gym Dandies To The Rescue!

Don't Drink The Water

Welcome To Wednesday's Ass Of Worship

These guys give me a crick in my neck.

Just My Luck

I've been needing a new fence since Hurricane Ike took mine down on September 13.

The first week none of the companies I called bothered to answer their phones or return calls. Then after about 3 weeks some would send someone out for an estimate. It was the same ole story all the time 6 to 8 weeks before they could do it. I had reconciled myself to do it myself and my neighbor was willing to help but Home Depot or Lowe's were always out of supplies or just could never get them. Finally last Wednesday I signed a contract with a company to put up a fence. They wanted 25% down which I was hesitant but he said it would get the ball rolling so I wrote the check. Now this past weekend I was in Home Depot and Lowe's (yeah it's an addiction of mine-like a candy store) and they had fencing supplies stacked to the rafters. Damn it! I can't win. Maybe I'll have a new fence up before Thanksgiving when my father will be here with his long legged pooch.

At any rate, a new type of fencing needs to be developed or approved for the south. The weather reeks havoc on these cedar fences and they don't last more than 10 years. I think it is wasteful but Texas Homeowner Associations won't allow chain link fences.

Multiples

Do You Bristle At The Thought?

Vintage Tim Kramer

Has The Economy Got You Down?

She Looks More Like Her Daddy

Singer Liza Minnelli attends an open rehearsal for "Liza's at the Palace" on Broadway at the Chelsea Rehearsal Studios on October 24, 2008 in New York City.

She's got her daddy's(Vincent Minnelli) big brown eyes, nose, and heavy brow. She favors her mother a bit around the mouth. In this early picture of her father he has a rather seductive mouth--pretty lips.

Monday's Pit Stop

A Beautiful Morning At The Park

I took the girls to the Millie Bush Bark Park this morning. Our first visit since before Hurricane Ike and since the temperatures are a bit cooler. They were very energetic. It was 50 degrees when we left the house and they didn't hesitate to get in the water. I'll be glad if Sugar Land ever gets their dog park completed on the Brasos River. It'd be much closer

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My Kind Of Weekend

Giant pandas relax at the Bifengxia base of China Giant Panda Protection and Research Center in Yaan of Sichuan Province, China. They were transferred to the base after China Wolong Giant Panda Protection and Research Center in the Sichuan Province had been severely damaged in the Sichuan earthquake.

I Used To Crush Hard

On Matthew Modine but since we have gotten just a bit older, not so much. I still love his movies Birdie and Equinox though.Actor Matthew Modine arrives at amfAR's second annual Cinema Against AIDS Rome at the Galleria Borghese on October 24, 2008 in Rome, Italy.

Every Gay Blog Needs One

Now and then, a picture of an ole queen that is.POPRAD, SLOVAK REPUBLIC - OCTOBER 24: HRH Queen Elizabeth II laughs after throwing in the puck to start an ice hockey match between Aqua City Poprad and Guildford Flames at the ice hockey stadium on the second day of a tour of Slovakia in Bratislava, Slovakia. The Queen and the Duke are on a two day tour of Slovakia at the invitation of President Ivan Gasparovic.

Maybe I'm Not A Butcher

The plants I repotted and pruned severely are showing signs of life all of a sudden this week. Maybe they will survive after all.

Thriving

Even the roses seem to thrive now that the temperatures are a bit cooler.

Sing Me To Sleep Baby

Singer Jon McLaughlin arrives for Sir Richard Branson's charity organization Virgin Unite hosted "Rock the Kasabh" fundraising gala 2008 at the Roosevelt Hotel in Hollywood, California. Virgin Unite, the not-for-profit foundation of Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Group, works all over the world to develop new approaches to social and environmental issues

The Price To Go

Last night I fill up here in Sugar Land at Shell for this.

This morning on the way to the dog park, still in Sugar Land, just 4 miles north on Hwy 6 it's 21 cents cheaper. I could have had a latte for what I would have saved. :(

On The Runway

Models display creations by Indian designer Sabyasachi Mukherjee during the Grand finale of the Lakme India Fashion Week (LIFW) in Mumbai on October 24, 2008. Around 75 designers unveilied their Spring/Summer collections during the five-day long fashion week in the western Indian city. Damn! This is a Spring/Summer collection?

Models display a creation by Russian fashion designer Slava Zaitsev during the Fashion week in Moscow on October 24, 2008.

Thursday's Briefing

Brian Newman

CJ Richards

Jared Edwards

Nate Kaye

A Dog's Life Is Not So Bad

Texas Is Playing Catch Up

Or so it would seem with the number of executions after the power outages from the storm in September. They're good for two a week as of late.

A Blue Northern Is On The Way!!!!

And isn't he gorgeous? Okay not quite a blue northern but maybe one night below 50 degrees. That's football and lovin' weather baby.

Only For The Working Poor

I Have A Package For...

Buttocks Injection

Midnight Cowboy

Tuesday With Aaron

Lovely Lashes

The Only Sign Of Fall Around Here

Monday's Pit Stop

Are You Buried In Your Work?

Turn Left! Turn Left! There's An Arby's Over There

The Price To Go:One Day Later

This is a 53 cents less than when I filled up on October 10th. Will we get below the $2 mark?

I Turned 50 And Didn't Feel A Thing

The old truck's odometer turned 50K today and I didn't realize it till I was considering getting some fuel. I guess that's not bad for 3.5 years.

Traffic

When I first moved to the burbs of Sugar Land there wasn't squat out here, especially traffic. Even where the mall and shopping centers are were vacant fields and an oh-so-sweet golf driving range. But thanks to the faux economic boom and developers I get to sit in traffic for the shortest excursions on the weekend just as if I were in Houston. I hate traffic, especially when it is not moving.

I noticed the Catholic church is having a bazaar this weekend. I've never been to one and wondered what it would be like. I dismissed the idea till I saw the Budweiser truck and then I thought I might go tomorrow. Ahhh but I'm suppose to go watch the Texans give the Detroit Lions their first win of the season.

The Price To Go

TPTB have got me right where they want me because I'm excited about gas costing less than three bucks a gallon. Actually, it is quite a bit cheaper, like 2.65 per gallon, in other areas but Shell has a monopoly on the gas stations here in Sugar Land. Still this really isn't reflective of $70 a barrel crude oil. I suppose that is "sticky pricing" for you. But it sucks whatever the reason. I suppose the cheaper gas prices is to motivate me to get out there and spend my last dollar for the holidays. Oh and I would if "W" would bail me out or pardon me before he leaves DC.

Happy Halloween!

Friday's Debriefing

Thursday's Briefing

Thierry Pepin

Nate Kaye

Tyler Kenyon

Shane Sather

Lucas Kerr

CJ Richards

Ryan Vigilant

Simon Tham

Rob Decato

Tyler Garceau

Ryan Paevey

Welcome

You've Officially Been Mooned

Here's To Men's fashion

Hump Day

99% Fat Free

Hatchback's Are So Convenient

Cup of Joe

Messin' Around With Gage And Trent

Say Yes

Monday's Pit Stop

Not Shaving On The Weekend

PRICELESS!

Might As Well Be A Tennis Ball

I rarely get produce when I'm in Walmart but the mountain of nectarines was so massive the other day I had to indulge. But the damn things are dry as a bone. I've chewed pencil erasers and paper that tastes better. Sometimes we are fooled by the appearance.

I Have The Smallest Dick In The World

That's not all I learned when I started perusing the Internet years ago. Sometimes I pick up useful information as well. I learned that latex gloves works great in raking up pet hair off the carpet or furniture. In this case, cleaning my truck today. The vacuum just can't suck it off the carpet and upholstery sometimes so this works great. Give it a try. It's a good thing!

I Suck A Lot

Now I have the somewhat worthless Dyson animal vac that has no bags that I use frequently but I still use my old Sear's Kenmore canister model too. Especially when cleaning my truck. It's works much better than my shop vac--another piece of crap. But this seems like a lot of dirt for just over two months.

Eileen Herlie aka Myrtle Fargate Is Dead At 90

All My Children was the first soap opera that ever hooked me. Sure I had seen others as a child. I watched Dark Shadows and others that my aunt or grandmother enjoyed. I don't recall my mother ever watching a soap though. Anyway I was saddened to learn of the death of actress Eillen Herlie earlier this week. I remember her talking of her carnie days on the show. She took over Pine Valleys only boutique at one point and always had people rooming with her. It's funny how these ole broads stick in your mind. On AMC there were Mona Kane, Phoebe Tyler, Kate Martin, Ruth Martin, and lastly Myrtle Fargate, that I enjoyed. Rest in peace Myrtle.

Like many New York City actors working the soaps Miss Herlie was also a Broadway and movie star. Here she is pictured with Lawrence Olivier in 1948's Hamlet.

It's Casual Friday!

Just My Point Of View:You Don't Have To Like It

Are You Mechanically Inclined?

Don Mendoza

Will You And Lover Boy Be Shopping This Weekend?

It's Always Pride Somewhere

A group of participants from Malaysia gather during the 2008 Taiwan Gay Pride Parade titled "Run The Rainbow Way" in Taipea. Around 20,000 people from Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand and Japan gathered on Saturday for the annual gay pride parade which is in its sixth year.

My Dad Loved These

Pistachios were such a treat growing up. My dad loved/loves them. He would scold me for throwing them all over the yard for the squirrels. But now they are quite plentiful stateside. I even have an uncle growing them in Wilcox, Arizona. Thanks to him and the Colorado River I always have plenty.Pistachios are seen after sorting at a processing factory in Rafsanjan, 1,000 kilometers southeast of Tehran. Iran may this year see its position as the world's largest producer of pistachio nuts overtaken by the United States, as the Islamic Republic suffers one of its worst harvests ever. AP photo

I Heard That

Animal rights activists take part in a protest against bullfighting in front of the European Parliament in Brussels October 9, 2008. Activists said European Union support bullfights.

Yom Kippur

This looks like fun but I don't think we could do this in any American city. Israelis ride their bicycles on the car-free Ayalon expressway, during the holiday of Yom Kippur in Tel Aviv, Thursday, Oct. 9, 2008. Israeli's are marking the holiday of Yom Kippur, or 'Day of Atonement,' which is the holiest of Jewish holidays when observant Jews atone for the sins of the past year and the Israeli nation comes to almost a complete standstill.

Thursday's Briefing

Bill Derringer

You know you hear Led Zeppelin's Stairway To Heaven.

Hump Day!

To Sur With Love

How Far Apart Do I Sow My Wild Oats?

There's More Than One Way To Catch A Man

The Dow Dropped How Much?

Welcome To Monday's Pit Stop

It's Casual Friday:Jeans Are Okay Or Not

Have You Been Digitized?

Odor Eater

Hair Today

Hint Of Fall

Blonds

Looks as if Target's mascot, Bullseye, responds to Cameron Diaz about the same way I do. Target was one of the sponsors of the AFI Night at the Movie event at the Arclight theatre in Hollywood.

Actresses Shirley MacLaine and Jodie Foster smile during a group photo at the AFI Night at the Movie event at the Arclight theatre in Hollywood, California October 1, 2008.

Briefly

Damn

I hate it when I fall asleep watching TV and wake up over 2 hours later. Do you think I could go to sleep now if I went to bed? Oh hell no. But I will be exhausted about 6:00 AM when it is time to get up though. I don't even recall being sleepy. Is that old age or hardening of the arteries?
I do recall watching The Practice. The first time for me. Not a bad show but it must have a high payroll. Then again, I think Hollywood is finally starting to think like the rest of the country and not shell out the cash as before. Oh except for the banking industry. Some body bail me out! Oh then I was watching that new show starring Donald Sutherland ???? but I think I switched to PBS to watch In The Key Of G because when I woke up the end of the Warren Buffett and Charlie Rose interview was on. At least I got my dishes washed before I sat down. One sheep, two sheep, three sheep,...

It's Wednesday So "Bottoms Up"

Puter Problems

Don't know what's up with the computer at home. It's taking forever for windows internet explorer to open and everthing else just freezes up. It's always something. It's a shame too becasue I had some great ass shots to share today. Please hang with me till I get home and have time to get my shit together.
Hope you're having a good week.