My congratulations to both the Democratic Nominees for President and Vice President, and the Republican Nominees in Waiting. Our choices have been narrowed down to one involving an African-American (whose middle name is coincidentally Hussein) running with a Catholic, and a Septuagenarian (Happy 72nd, Senator!) who has chosen a woman as his running mate. Way to disenfranchise racists, anti-papists, ageists, sexists, and all-around bigots of any stripe! What a fascinating election this one is turning out to be! Ah, how I love politics…
First, last week, Tim recommended Alejandro Escovedo’s new album and guess what, You can get the song “Always a Friend” for free TODAY! Just click the link to the Crave article and download it.
Second, I had mentioned this already on a previous show and now it’s happening, Gary Vaynerchuk is joining Revision3. The first Rev3 episode is up but it’s not your typical Wine Library TV. This is the Wine Library Reserve.
So for those of you new to Wine Library TV (and those of you like me, with super-short attention spans), we’re proud to announce Wine Library Reserve. With this new program we’ve summarized, and edited a 15-20 minute program down to its essence, to its core, and extracted the best of the best in five minutes or less.
Want a taste of what the Wine Library experience is all about? Try Wine Library Reserve. You’ll be hooked! Then, if something really intrigues you, watch the whole episode.
I was not able to make TBRU this year, but had mixed reviews from my friends that did go. One very close-yet-cynical friend here in Houston said "it’s not all that, especially for what you pay". He added that he did, though, have a good time. (subliminal translation: he and his partner got laid.) Another friend from Mexico promised – and delivered – an account of his time there. Overall, he and his friends from Mexico and Texas enjoyed themselves – without getting lucky. For those of you who were there, my friend was the one who bid on President Larry’s underwear – and won…..
There seems to be an unspoken competition between TBRU and BearWatch – whose is better; who’s offers more; who’s is a better value. I think I can say in all honesty, despite my being a committee chair for BearWatch, that the two entities cannot be judged by the same criteria. BearWatch is, and always will be, a small, intimate event. Many improvements and upgrades have been made over the past few years (can anyone say BYE BYE, SANDPIPER!), and from what i’ve heard and read, the Dallas Bears followed BearWatch’s lead by distributing a feedback survey after last year’s event asking for opinions, suggestions, and rankings on certain events and issues. A truly responsible person will answer such a survey responsibly – clueless idiots will continue to complete the survey as, well, a clueless idiot.
Bottom line is this…..you can’t please everyone, and I am happy that the Dallas Bears pulled off yet another successful TBRU. I think I’ll try to make next year’s……
Gay Rag In Town Features TBRU – or Does It?
While on the subject of TBRU, I recently picked up a new gay rag in Houston called Gab; similar in style to Red and TWIT – glossy, with a cute twink cover model, and pics from different bars across Texas. Their feature for this past issue was The Faces of TBRU – the ones who make TBRU happen. The ‘faces’ they featured were not those of the Dallas Bears – but rather the owners of the Eagle. I kept flipping through the pages, ignoring the shiny pics of drag queens, drunk queens, and cute boys in Speedos thrusting their engorged manhood at me, desperately trying to find more copy about the ‘real’ faces of TBRU – but there was none to be found. I was truly irritated at this gross oversight by the staff of this new mag in town, and quite honestly, hope that someone from the Dallas Bears organization informs them of their complete misrepresentation of those who really do make TBRU happen, and not just the bleached-tooth smiles of some bar owners who, in fact, had comparatively little to do with the planning and implementation of TBRU.
According to the Associated Press, Dawn Wells, a.k.a. Mary Ann from the popular comedy “Gilligans’s Island” from the 60’s, was recently stopped by police in Driggs, Idaho (current home to the former straight-boy-heart-throb) for driving erratically. Upon inspection, police noticed the smell of marijuana, and subsequently found evidence of recent dooby-use.
She pled guilty to three misdemeanor charges and was sentenced to five days in jail, a $410 fine, and probation.
Here is how we remember our dear, sweet, Mary Ann….
Scrollbar hosted a Mario-themed night for the IT University of Copenhagen. and they had some interesting drinks. Here’s a sample drink and check out the whole Mario Bar page at the link below.
Bowser
Fiery red-yellow gradient drink… with some bite!
2 cl Tequila
1 cl Coin-treau
5 cl Orange juice
1 cl Grenadine
Directions:
Stir first three ingredients, then drop in Grenadine for the gradient effect. Serve with ice in tall glass.
Garnish:
Blood orange wedge
Notes:
Modified ‘Tequila Sunrise’ – the Cointreau adds a nice twist.
Okay, so I added my Twitter to the Contact Us section so everyone can watch it. You can always follow me on Twitter, I’m boxtech on there. Just click the link with the badge to get right there.
Also, I’m also on Pownce which is almost a more robust Twitter. Pownce allow more than 140 Characters and lets you attach links, events, and file. Check it out at http://www.pownce.com/. I’m boxtech on there.
Last but not least, all three of us podcasters are on Live Journal. I’m boxpuppy on there if you want to friend me. Although, I’ve been using Twitter a lot more than LJ and Pownce.
Al Gore has posted a video making the statement that “Gay men and women ought to have the same rights as heterosexual men and women – to make contracts, to have hospital visiting rights, to join together in marriage, and I don’t understand why it is considered by some people to be a threat to heterosexual marriage.”
I believe that this is a concern to many in the Bear community. I know for me, I’d like to be able to get married in whatever state I wish. It’s too bad that the candidate that supports gay marriage most, Kucinich, had dropped out of the race.
IBR is coming up soon and we’d like to hear about how it went. I’ve sent an email to see if we get anything from the organizes, but we’d like to hear other people’s experiences at IBR. Send us an email at cubsoutloud@gmail.com and we’ll post it on the site.
