This. That. No Other.

Pretty quiet around here, huh?
That’ll change. The past two months have been introspective, busy, fun, scary, sexy, stressy, wonderful and, ultimately, totally necessary.
See you early in 2010. Promise.

Underworld, “Two Months Off”

So we went to Thrill the World Vancouver 2009 at Yaletown’s Roundhouse this evening:

And scariest of all…

I’ve never been fond of Toronto’s Pearson International Airport. It’s cold, bereft of useful traveler connection-time-wasters and, for airlines, one of the most expensive airports in the world to set up shop. (Although, for the record, landing fees and terminal charges have been reduced from stratospheric levels). It’s always a giggle to pass through YYZ, [...]

After witnessing dozens of people wiping handkerchiefs, staggeringly cheesy dimestore trinkets and, I do believe, their panties on The Stone of Unction in the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem, I can’t help but totally love the latest from the Hebrew Badgirl:

Video: Sarah Silverman, “Sell the Vatican, Feed the World”

Oh, bygone eras of sublimated male eroticism! Before there was Xtube there was newsgroup photo-sharing and before those there were dirty videos (βeta!) and magazines. And before those there were International Male catalogs and “fitness” magazines and before those there were the swimsuit and underwear sections of Sears and Eaton’s catalogs.
And before those there were [...]

I should totally be packing for our trip while waiting for the next round of tests to come down the pipe from Toronto but find my mind wandering south, not east or even Middle East. Hunh.

Dreaming (30 September 2009)

Soup Vampire (26 September 2009)

Oh, hey. I turned “30″ this week.
Three days ago, to be exact, and I’d be remiss if I didn’t mention it (at least in passing). We all mark significant milestones in our lives, and 22 September 1979 was one of the most critical in my development. Not unlike a majority of gay men of my [...]

Rugby star — and TTNO fan-fave — Ben Cohen strips for Attitude mag and says this about his physique:
I don’t think I’ve got a good body. And that’s not cause I want you to say I have. I don’t look in the mirror and go: ‘Fucking hell Benny, good body.’ I look at it and [...]

Brilliant work from Funny or Die:

Protect Insurance Companies PSA from Will Ferrell
Courtesy Sheepy.

What a great week. Got a shitload of work done, kicked cardio ass at the gym and, best of all, met up with and hung out with MikeP, one of my oldest and dearest friends (and, if memory serves, the first person to whom I came out), here in YVR on business. I can’t wait [...]

You have no. Idea.

Video: The Whip, “Trash”
Thanx to MikeP…

Short week, lots of work done, busted my Craigslist cherry (sold a TV and a Betamax — oh, yeah!) and my Kijiji cherry (sold my old bike), hung out with the inimitable J.D.:

With J.D. (7 September 2009)
…bought an awesome new citybike, heard the seven trumpets:

The Seven Trumpets
…discovered that in Space, no one can hear you [...]

Dear Evangelical Christians…
(Courtesy Glark – thanks, Dave!)

5 September 2009.
My brother and sister-in-law are in town from San Francisco. Took them to Gorilla Food for raw, vegan eats. I know, right? But the smoothies rocked. Later, we went to the VPL:

Sibling Ribaldry: Champ and Me with Sis-in-Law and Bro
…where we saw… a wedding photo? Okayyy.

Goin’ to the Libr’y and We’re… Gonna Get [...]