About three years ago, I wrote Andy Towle a fan e-mail after discovering and swiftly becoming addicted to his excellent blog. I told him I’d wanted to start my own, but his was exactly what I had in mind so he had saved me a lot of work. Six months later, unable to resist spending all my free time pouring out my heart for no pay, I launched Boy Culture. I wrote him again to ask his opinion and advice, which he gave freely. Now, Andy has asked me to take over Towleroad through Thursday. I’m honored and will do ...

"Some of my blog's readers were my friends in real life, and even the ones who weren’t acted like friends when they posted comments or sent me e-mail. They criticized me sometimes, but kindly, the way you chide someone you know well. Some of them had blogs, too, and I read those and left my own comments. As nerdy and one-dimensional as my relationships with these people were, they were important to me. They made me feel like a part of some kind of community, and that made the giant city I lived in seem smaller and more manageable". -- ...

I used to enjoy watching Aaron McKie play. Oh, well. Hope he gets his just desserts, if what is reported is true.This feed contains copyrighted material from Professor Kim's News Notes. If you are not reading this by e-mail subscription or in your feed reader, the site where you are viewing it may be guilty of copyright violation. Please report it to professorkim2003(at) yahoo.com. ...

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I just need to get this off my chest...I come into work today and receive this e-mailHas anyone got Tom a birthday card? I think it was his birthday on Saturday. I know Ian mentioned it to Claire on Friday but we didn’t get around to doing it in the end. Could you pop out and get one I’m not sure if I’ll get the chance to go out today. I can sort out for everyone around here to sign it...Oh, hai you. Why don't you go and get the fucking card if you're so bloody concerned about it? In ...

Yeah... so... my e-mail informs me that I'm "not nice."Well isn't that special? Did you come up with that all on your own?Actually, I chortle rather than scoff. Some clever soul has managed to sputter out that the sky is blue. Why, yes, the sky is most assuredly blue. Why, no... I'm not "nice."Not even a little.So anyway, have a baby bunny.Apparently, I'm the sort of person who would drive a Hummer. Really."I bet you drive a Hummer."That's what they say, anyway.Nope. I don't. I don't drive at all... but thanks for playing.They say even a broken clock is ...