Readings: Death By Sunshine

May 19, 2009

Oh, Kevin ...

Banned as commenter by Joe, de-linked by many (for I can't remember what reason), a victim of trial and circumstance ...

Yet he soldiers on with his crew of regular readers and commenters over at his "opinionated" website Casa del Retardo.

One of the things that I like about his blog is the care that he takes in recording the doings of a Heartland domesticity that seems pretty distant to me right now. Refinishing a bathroom? Plantings in the yard? Taking the kids for a hike?

(I hiked from "gay dining" at Elmo in Chelsea the other week, all the way over to "jockstrap night" at The Eagle. That is pretty much the same thing, I guess!)

Anyway, please drop by and check out what Kevin is up to these days.

-- Aaron | Link | Comments (9)

Readings: Cunegonde

May 3, 2009

One of the first blogs that I read and linked to is called Cunegonde, an opaque, minimalist dribble of words that issues from somewhere out there called San Francisco. I don't know how to explain it, except to say that the author is present throughout, though, paradoxically, also absent.

Plus, if you read it, you get stuff like this:

You put the cut-up chicken in a pot with the green garlic, big chunks of celery root, yams, carrots, and a little thyme, bay leaf, bacon, and mustard, seal the pot to the lid with luting pastry, toss it in the oven, and forget about it for 90 minutes. Then you take it out, let it rest for about 10-15 minutes, and break the seal (oh, the drama), and have a lovely, moist and fragrant meal. A salad after, and then a tangelo sorbet. And a nice Morgon to drink with the chicken.

I think that was a recipe, but it also reminded me of a fantasy that I once had about writing a novel in the second person. "You walk into a room ..."

Good reading.

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Readings: Chris C.

May 2, 2009

Okay ... I'll make this short. Cut over to Chris C.'s blog and read. Funny.

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Readings: Willy or Won't He

May 1, 2009

Clever blogger Willym wrapped up a year's worth of posts today on the subject of the Ciclo di Mesi of the Castle of the Buonconsiglio in Trento, Italy. The Ciclo is a series of frescos painted at the end of the 14th century in the International Gothic style by one Master Wenceslas of Trento.

I have been a long-time reader of Wllym's blog, which provides a personal account of the lives of two Canadian men living in Rome. We had a nice lunch and day together when I was in Rome in February of last year.

-- Aaron | Link | Comments (5)

Readings: Homer's World

Apr 30, 2009

I'm going to admit to being a bit worried about Homer. It's hard for me to tell whether the news stories about the so-called "swine flu" are hype, or something to actually be concerned about. But with Homer living down there on the Mexican border ... Get well soon, Homer!

-- Aaron | Link | Comments (0)

Readings: KnuckleCrack

Apr 28, 2009

New York GLBT activist and boy wonder Eric L. hasn't been posting to his blog KnuckleCrack lately. Rumor has it that he is too busy at work editing the new "Octomom" reality pilot for Lifetime.

But when he is actively blogging, he is writing some pretty good stuff. One of my favorite recent posts is 200 Steps from earlier this month. As an alternative, if you are not into reading, you can just do what everyone else does and Google semi-nude photos of Eric that people have posted on Flickr.

-- Aaron | Link | Comments (0)

Readings: Big Ass Belle

Apr 27, 2009

You guys probably already know Lynette -- not just from her blog, but from her blog comments around the Blogosphere. I can't remember when Lynette joined the conversation in the network of blogs that I read, but I remember one day at the park everyone cracking up because we'd all been tracking the remarks this mystery woman from Tulsa had left on all of our blogs for the last couple of weeks.

Anyway, I thought since Joe sent me so many new readers today, I would pass along the favor and advise you to read a few of Lynette's series of short essays called "30-Day Writing Assignment."

I especially liked Cheater.

-- Aaron | Link | Comments (4)