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Flickr - flickered

2010-03-11T11:33:00Z

I got a link from Aussiebum, sharing their photostream on Flickr. I had almost forgotten about Flickr. When we first moved to Australia, a good friend in Madison bought a year on Flickr to help me share photos of our new home. It was nice, but with the number of free photo hosting sites caused me to look elsewhere for longterm use, and the limit of only 200 photos for free hosting caused me

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So distracted

2010-03-11T11:20:18Z

It’s a worry how a few simple short emails today kept me distracted all day. I had an email yesterday that I was both longing for and dreading. It took me a while to reply, flustered at first to see his name in my inbox again. Each subsequent email from him has had a lag [...]

Mer-time

2010-03-11T10:18:00Z

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2010-03-11T09:50:00Z

38/9/19 are the numerical representations of what's currently in my life.

i'm still alive which is a good thing because i'm about 266 now [i used a multiplier of seven since dogs are man's best friends]. nine days later, i am still nursing a dreadful cold from mardi gras [like all my fellow gays] which i am quite confident i'll get rid of -- because in 19 sleeps, i'll be on a plane to new york.

after weeks of trawling and planning in my head, i've made a collage of the things that will excite me on this trip. its a little snapshoy of places i'll sleep, eat, visit, buy, see and play. its been quite a few years since i've been there but i have so many fond memories of that city. this is one ...

Up in the Air

2010-03-11T09:50:00Z

20 hours later, two flights and 15,000 km travelled I arrived back in Sydney. There was no one to greet me....no one waiting at the airport or at home except for a pile of bills and mail.

My flatmate is overseas with her husband. My flat looked empty. This was the first time I had come home from a business trip and there was no DG to come home to….no boyfriend or partner. Everyday I think about him less and less. It’s only been four months, not that I’m counting.

According to Jen, I will need a year and a half to get over him as we dated for almost three years. I spent the last 20 hours reflecting... as you do when you are stuck on a tin ...

random predictable hotness

2010-03-11T09:42:00Z

Today's Random Hotness comes from photographer Kristopher Kelly, and goes some way to proving that I'm totally predictable... slender toned David Thomas, with a skateboard, in white underwear...

Yep, that's most of the boxes ticked off! If it has any kind of relevance to this week, it's that both David and I are experiencing something of a questionable hairstyle... fortunately mine is getting fixed tomorrow...

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Still in Collingwood

2010-03-11T09:29:00Z

Nay, not Collingwood, Abbotsford. Why can't I find the comment that explained why? Collingwood Town Hall was in the City of Collingwood until the area became City of Yarra. Collingwood Town Hall and Collingwood Station are in Abbotsford.

I am just reminded of one of Dad's workers who always bought Abbotsford Lager to take away. He said that because few people drank it, it was always the coldest from the hotel fridge.

While I took a very good guess, albeit with a little research, at 17 Stanton Street, Abbotsford I was puzzled big time by this building. I had many thoughts but none were coming to the fore. An RSL club was on my mind.

Jayne found the definitive answer for the Police Boys Club and Frank added some extra information that 17 Stanton Street is now used for boxing. But also the site Jayne directed me to solved the puzzle of this building. I quite like the building. Could it be put to use? It was a Sea Scouts club house.
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Member’s Area Update

2010-03-11T08:39:44Z

A big update for you guys, with over 300 photos from January and February – and aren’t there some stunning freaks in that lot. If you had your photo taken at Hellfire in the last two months, it is probably there. All that, and more, can be found in the Members Section.

Nude activism…

2010-03-11T08:36:04Z

There is a new facebook group, founded by a guy here in Sydney who clearly feels the same as I do about the current state of nude beaches here. There is a growing number of people not going nude on our nude beaches. Granted, my favourite one isn’t a legal nude beach and has even [...]

Dipping your toes in Helsinki

2010-03-11T08:21:26Z

Over the years I’ve heard some good things about Helsinki. Sadly it’s not somewhere I’ve managed to see yet, but given I haven’t travelled anywhere near as much as I would like, that’s no surprise. Wandering around the world wide web during my lunch today I stumbled across this gem, called Yrjonkadun Uimahalli from the [...]

Sometimes kids get it themselves

2010-03-11T08:21:25Z

I stumbled across this video today via Towleroad, one of the best gay blogs ever, and I couldn’t help but smile. According to the post the little boy in the video was going to wash his hands and in typical random child fashion, the random thought occurred to him that the two men looking after [...]

Spitting Directly into your Face: That’s My New Signature

2010-03-11T08:00:25Z

After moving house earlier this year, I noticed something very strange when I was updating my electoral enrolment details. The lengthy form concludes with a request that you leave your “signature or mark”. Eh? Mark? Now, I’m not completely certain what the government considers a “mark” – perhaps an official stamp of some sort? Imagine the delightful [...]

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2010-03-11T06:51:00Z

..................Corey Haim.............................. a tragic waste..............
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The Queen and I

2010-03-11T04:19:00Z

(Queen Mary 2 on an earlier visit to Sydney)
I don't why I did it. After all I have previously seen it come and go. But I did it again. And I did it late. Too late.

The Queen Mary 2 was in town earlier this week and was due to depart at midnight on Monday. I played bridge Monday night and was home shortly after 11pm so thought I might just watch it's departure from my ringside view looking down on the harbour.

Pretty well to the minute I observed QM2 start to pull back from it's berth, then slowly...ever so slowly...do a ninety degrees turn in the harbour to face east for it's departure. After what ...

Mumma, Mummy and Charlotte

2010-03-11T02:53:00Z

Press: SX Tama BBQ Coverage 8 March 2010

2010-03-11T01:40:00Z

Lifesavers' sizzling sausages make headlines in SX - picture perfect beach day of blue sky, crystal clear water and lifesavers galore!

Press: MX 26 Feb 2010

2010-03-11T00:30:00Z

Afternoon Free Paper MX Gives Sydney Commuters a Taste of What's to Come!

Waste

2010-03-10T23:39:02Z

Sorting through my socks today, I managed to muster 26 reasonably plausible pairs. And there are about as many (or do I mean twice as many?) odd socks again after that relegated to the “odd socks drawer”, as well as a few in the wash. In my 20s, I used to darn my socks. [...]

manMEAT292

2010-03-10T21:13:00Z

Sent in by a reader. Bless. Allan knows my taste.

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2010-03-10T20:10:00Z

Is It Thumbs Up For Non-Gritty Mark Brandon?

Now we've gone gritty with Lavi, can we ever go back to buffed and squeaky clean guys? That's the real question for today.

Let's check, using Mark Brandon.

Now the thing is to drop your jeans and jocks and, putting one hand on your dick, look at the image below ...

Any stirrings down ...

The Shows at Mardi Gras Party 2010

2010-03-10T13:48:09Z

We and our lovely friends joined the crowd of over ten thousands at Saturday night’s Mardi Gras Party. Here are videos of the amazing shows at this year’s Mardi Gras Party..

George Michael was the first to make an appearance at 1am performing "Outside", surrounded by a sexy troupe of Police officers.

Followed by Kelly Rowland and Adam Lambert.. check out the videos after the jump!

Kelly Rowland then kicked off David Guetta’s set at 3am with a performance of "When Love Takes Over."

Glam rocker Adam Lambert in leather outfit closed the party at 8am with his single "For Your Entertainment."

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lady luck

2010-03-10T12:28:00Z

Sometimes Lady Luck is a psychotic bipolar bitch...

I really feel like I'm currently paying for all the positive things from the last few weeks. I had a great time at the Fringe, I bought a bigass teevee... and now I have to pay the price.

Today was particular trying... I had to wait for the plumber (who solved the immediate problem, but may have caused another problem), spend the rest of the morning writing absolute crap for Performance Management crap, then had a meeting with the big boss this afternoon that was an absolute waste of time. I'm sure my body language probably reflected exactly what I was thinking and feeling ...

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2010-03-10T12:23:00Z

RT @PeterBlackQUT: 10 things you can do to show your support for an open internet against government censorship http://tinyurl.com/y9w34g4

Still No Porn

2010-03-10T12:17:00Z

It is the halfway mark for a Lent without porn, and I am doin' fine...

Although I have a desire to wax philosophical about how its not as bad as I thought. And how withholding something allows me to adjust the focus of an otherwise habitual obsession. And how my real life has more energy and life.

But it all sounds a little trite and predictable, and I do long for a revisit to porn, post Easter.

It is good to know that I have some self-control. ...

Disturbing, or what?

2010-03-10T12:06:00Z

My housemate watches So You Think You Can Dance, clapping at the bits he likes sitting in the lounge room on his own.
I find it disturbing.

Political wrecking

2010-03-10T11:08:44Z

"Stunned" is probably the best word to describe how LGBT Australians and many of their fellow citizens felt when, on Sunday night, Tony Abbott said he is threatened by homosexuality, and when he explained this sense of threat a day later by declaring homosexuality �challenges orthodox notions of...

Theatre Thoughts x 2

2010-03-10T10:49:00Z

I've seen four different shows since last Wednesday, and there's not even a festival on - just Melbourne being its usual creative self. Some brief thoughts about two of the four shows I've seen in the last week, with the remaining two productions to hopefully be blogged about tomorrow:

SELF TORTURE AND STRENUOUS EXERCISE
By Harry Kondoleon Directed by Ben Pfeiffer
Presented by The Artisan Collective

Presented in the loft of Guildford Lane Gallery in the CBD, Self Torture and Strenuous Exercise is a black comedy of middle class manners which unfolds over a single evening, and concerns two middle class American couples: the complacent and forgiving Alvin (Mick LoMonaco), and his wife Beth (Kristina Brew) a failed poet; and the suicidal Adele (Marissa Bennett) and her unfaithful husband Carl (Josh Price) a popular but unimaginative novelist.

Opening at a dinner party at ...

Mini Condoms

2010-03-10T10:15:00Z

Well, this had me saying WHAT to myself. I repeat the piece below. I am over the shock now and thinking that it is better that they stay safe and don't plant seed at their age. But even so, twelve years old? Then again, I read elsewhere that it was alleged a twelve year boy old raped an old lady here in Australia. Oh dear, I feel ever so old.

Extra small condoms for boys as young as 12 are going on sale in Switzerland, The Telegraph in London reports this morning.

The Hotshot was produced following government research which revealed that 12 to 14-year-olds did not use enough protection, with many going without protection because regular condoms are too large.

The study, conducted by the Federal Commission for Children and Youth, interviewed 1480 people aged 10 to 20, according to The Telegraph.

It showed that more 12 to 14-year-olds were having sex

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Up against a deadline

2010-03-10T10:14:12Z

For some time now I’ve been talking about wanting to have an exhibition of my photography but in my usual fashion, I’ve been talking more than I’ve been doing. That was until today. A friend who knew about the talk wanted to know when. I said 12 months. He wanted a more definitive time. So, [...]

God it was fun

2010-03-10T10:14:12Z

Watching this I can’t help but smile. The parade was so much fun.

Is this the Most 90’s Book Cover Ever?

2010-03-10T08:00:13Z

There’s a heaving pile of unread books by my bed, and it’s constantly a surprise to see what literary atrocities I forgot that I ever purchased. Here’s the problem. Around ten years ago, I rediscovered how awesome books were. The idiotic problem I created for myself was that I was accumulating new books at five times [...]

Passing a milestone

2010-03-10T07:59:10Z

Yesterday a fellow blogger posted that he’d just hit 300,000 visitors to his blog which for quite a new blogger is a great result. As time goes on, unless you are making money out of your blog, you stop counting hits and trying to work out what gets them higher. I’ve noted visitor number milestones [...]

Least surprising news ever

2010-03-10T07:44:40Z

In the new edition of Advocate magazine, Sean Hayes, who played Jack in Will & Grace, has offered up the least shocking tidbit of news ever. He’s Gay! Ever since he found fame playing uber camp Jack, Hayes has refused to answer questions on his sexuality, preferring that people focus on the roles he’s portraying. That [...]

Swim Meat

2010-03-10T05:14:51Z

This is a new movie that I’ve just added to SwimmerBoyz.com and I really think you should check it out. This is just one of the many full length movies that you can download on SwimmerBoyz and unlike many sites that make you watch the movie on their site – I’ve made it so you can [...]

Nice eye candy blog

2010-03-10T03:46:00Z

I am always fascinated by how different people make money for themselves, it's the entrepeneur in me I suppose.
I came across the picture above at Guys with iPhones and of course I followed the link in the picture. It turned out to be the blog of a 20 year old body builder in Florida who does 'private shows' for 'sponsors'.
Check out his blog for more hot pictures showing off his incredibly ripped body:
http://starhouston.blogspot.com/
I get the feeling that his private shows are all about flexing and showing off his body and not about doing sex acts, which is different LOL! ...

Shocker little shabby

2010-03-10T00:57:54Z

Last night to Opera Australia’s Tosca. Some news of Christopher Alden’s production has gone before it, so I can’t say I wasn’t forewarned, though I went without any particular preconceptions and didn’t really think of myself as warned at all. Perhaps I should have read the note printed on the back of the cast list more carefully [...]

Tram and taxi smash

2010-03-10T00:55:00Z

For Andrew.Trams and their operation were blamed for many accidents in Sydney’s narrow streets. In this case, traffic in Pitt Street was held up when a taxi pulled out from the curb and was struck by one of Sydney’s notorious ‘toast rack’ trams. Pedestrians have added to the confusion, creating a bottleneck. In 1921 regulations were passed which required motorists to signal their intention to stop or turn, but hand signals were not always given or seen.

Photograph by Sam Hood taken 25 June 1937 (State Library of NSW) ...

Sex in the City

2010-03-10T00:10:00Z

I’m fucked. Totally. I even got brusies. Do not know how. It was porn style sex. This one is going on the top 10 list. Hot. Sex in the City Samantha style. I know. TMI mum. But I have to share. And the front desk only speaks Portuguese. I have not learned how to say fuck in Portuguese yet.

They say that when you are about to leave a place, you finally start liking it…I’m starting to feel that way about Sao Paulo or Brazil for that matter. I’ve been seduced and abused. Yes. It is a work trip but the Brazilians have a way of growing on you. I had a farewell fuck with Alessandro ...

Mardi Gras Dinner at the Zoo - March 2010....more press

2010-03-09T22:49:11Z

manMEAT292

2010-03-09T20:29:00Z

Grizzly Adams! Heaven...

Sveriges största hemlighet

2010-03-09T19:19:08Z

Sweden’s biggest secret is just how beautiful the place is at this time of the year. A couple of weeks ago I was looking at the weather map and getting really worried. The temperatures had been below zero since the beginning of December. But since I’ve arrived, with one or two exceptions, the weather has been really wonderful. [...]

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2010-03-09T17:20:00Z

Window into the Past (2) -
An Innovative 'Cinderella' for 1899

Another look backwards guys - this time at a technically and narratively innovative early silent film by Frenchman George Méliès (1861-1938) - 'Cinderella'. The music I've added is from Sergei Prokofiev's score for the ballet of the same name.

As you probably know, much of Mélièss creativity was put to the service of science fiction and fantasy, such as his 1902 film of Jules Verne's 'Le voyage dans la Lune'. But his invention is also evident here, in the (partially) hand-painted footage, the dissolves, and ...

Ronan Keating Shirtless for Attitude Magazine

2010-03-09T11:37:26Z

Boyzone's Ronan Keating looks smoking hot on the cover of the latest issue of the gay magazine Attitude. The 33-year-old singer talked about how he’s become obsessed with staying fit as he gets older. “We realize we’re older, and you can let yourself go a little bit, so we try that little bit harder,” . “I get a bit addicted to it.”

One more photo after the jump...

Shy Child: Disconnected

2010-03-09T11:27:00Z

Mini think tanks

2010-03-09T11:14:40Z

Apologies for my absence. I�ve had some pressing deadlines to meet. I was also busy at the end of last week with LGBT community state election forums. There were forums in Hobart, Launceston and Burnie. All three major parties � Labor, Liberal and Greens � sent representatives. Unfortunately, LGBT community attendance was down from the 2006 state election when forums were packed to the rafters (as

Patrick Kafka for Lofficiel Hommes - Italia

2010-03-09T11:11:42Z

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seaman stuff

2010-03-09T10:53:00Z

And no, that title isn't dirty (okay, kinda, but not really)... these pieces are both by Gary Seaman from the Street Dreams ...

David Gandy by Greg Lotus

2010-03-09T10:52:36Z

Top model David Gandy heats up the new issue of German GQ Style magazine in this swimwear fashion editorial, photographed by Greg Lotus.

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Long weekend

2010-03-09T09:23:50Z

Four days off work is so nice. Not that I did a lot, but it was a good break. None of the places I looked at on Saturday really did it for me. One was very nice but the bedroom was just too small, just big enough for a small bed. I was so tempted to [...]

Mending the Highrise

2010-03-09T08:25:00Z

Finally the tv was repaired. The tech bloke came, unscrewed the back of the tv. Unscrewed the power supply, unplugged the power supply, plugged the new one in, screwed it back into the tv and put the back on. Two minutes flat and I could have done the same except I have lost confidence in my ability to repair things. Such is aging.

You can see from the photo why the balcony door failed to proceed properly. He was a big strong dude and just lifted the extremely heavy door off its tracks, unscrewed these old bearing and screwed in the new stainless steel ones that will see us out, and lifted the door back onto the tracks. He then kindly tightened the inside handle screws and suggested I needed to clean the outside aluminum handle of salt air often as it was corroding. The door now slides beautifully, better than it ever has since we have been here.

My father used to rant against nylon bearings. I agree with him. When I hear that nylon bearings are used ...