TOO MUCH RED BULL?: Brahim refers to Madonna as his "wife."

Grooms-to-be given red-carpet treatment by JetBlue.

Blade Runner notes: "gets worse every screening."

Sarah Palin, a small mind for Big Gulps.

Insanely hot Helios by Kemuel Valdes.

Ian Buchanan barks about Old Dogs & New Tricks.

Alan Ilagan's "birthday suit post" is: (Work Unfriendly)

Steubenville rapists are GUILTY.

Anderson Cooper & Madonna on Access Hollywood.

Madonna vs. the Boy Scouts.

Greek footballer banned for life over Nazi salute.

Gay boxer Orlando Cruz is really, really out.

Rand Paul 2016: Vote early and often!

Gossip girl Beth Ditto jailed for boozy Obama rant.

"My Gay Roommate" gets an official music video:

Download Video as MP4

Kelly Clarkson has returned to her hometown (it sounds so quaint when you refer to Dallas that way) for the first time in over a year to headline a benefit for TD Ameritrade found Joe Ricketts's Opportunity Education Foundation. The foundation focuses on helping children in Africa and Asia get an education. From a press release:

"My mother is a teacher and I come from a long line of teachers and we're all about education, so I was really, really excited to be a part of this. You know, we in America, we are the Land of Opportunity. And one of the reasons we enjoy so much opportunity is the education that is bestowed upon us and granted to us. "

I'm not sure Ron Paul would agree with any sentences that contain the words "bestowed upon" or "granted to," but the girl eventually supported Obama so we'll let that slide. Sounds like a great charity.

I've read plenty of her books and you can definitely judge them by this cover, as seen on Facebook.

Neither Democrat nor Republican but simply "other," Scientologist Juliette Lewis is another star who thinks Ron Paul rocks, telling her Facebook fans that she likes how he is for "preserving the constitution [sic] and basic human rights which are slowly being dismantled with last couple presidents and then some."

Kelly Clarkson's "love" for Ron Paul caused quite a Twitfit last week, backlashed by media reports that her declaration led to a 600% increase in sales of her CD at Amazon. (Nobody bothered to figure out that translated to probably a few hundred CDs.)

But just in case you didn't get the memo this self-proclaimed Republican is really skewing Libertarian, check out who she IDs as an ideal man in the new People (January 16, 2012) after the jump...

Two visuals that reflect where I stand on Occupy Wall Street. Above, Stephanie Sautter. Below, an image courtesy of Joseph Mora.

I feel like Elaine on that Seinfeld episode where she finds out her dream man is anti-choice—in Us (September 5, 2011), Joe Manganiello's "25 Things You Don't Know About Me" contains the info that his fave book is Ayn Rand's The Fountainhead. Boo.

I'm sick of otherwise reasonable-sounding people saying they like Ron Paul. The latest reason for my disbelief? He says he would have voted against the '64 Civil Rights Act which, you know, created really unfair conditions for businesses.

He's also pro-DOMA despite thinking the government should be out of our lives. (Everyone thinks the government should be out of their lives until they desperately need justice or an education or a fucking road to drive on.)

I've been sooo disappointed with NBC for promoting Community at the expense of Parks and Recreation (and don't even get me started on the atrosh Outsourced), but now that they're going for a three-hour block of comedies on Thursdays, P&R returns—I received a screener of the first six episodes! So far so good.

This "Swanson Pyramid of Greatness" factors into the first ep. In case you're unfamiliar, Swanson is the epitome of a government-despising Libertarian—which is funny because he works in local government. His pyramid—click the image to read—is, as Leslie Knope (Amy Poehler) would say, a "hoot," as was the Shepard Fairey-inspired "KNOPE" poster of Leslie that I spotted in the same installment.

As of midnight tonight, it will be exactly five years since my first post. It's hard to imagine it's been that long, and a lot's changed—the tone and subject matter are different, how often I post, my limits (no nudity in a couple of years due to ad constraints). I've devoted a crazy amount of time and money and energy to this blog for a very small financial return (you couldn't guess low enough), but it's always rewarding to have this forum with which to express myself, keep my writing ability fluid, perhaps influence a couple of people here and there, share obsessions with strangers (in both senses of the word) and learn new things.

Take That's Howard...can you believe this happened onstage at a pop concert?

Here are some of the posts that were most important to Boy Culture's history. For the uninitiated, some of the oldest ones refer to Boy Culture, the movie made of my novel; I started the blog at the time Boy Culture was being filmed as a way to keep people informed of the progress...and it all snowballed from there.

Subtle

Some of these posts are milestones when it comes to the hits they provided but most are filled with original writing and/or photography and video and are just the posts of which I'm proudest. I hope you'll take some time to click on them and send their links around to others—and some time is what you'll need...

MY ART

Boy-crazy

FROM BOY TO MAN: BC B.C. (2007): The entire history of my novella, novel and movie Boy Culture; might be my ultimate post.

From '07, one of my faves. Old iPhones were better because they were worse.

"Your pictures suck" (2008): An art critic attacks me, but not without sustaining some hits in return.

GUYDAR (since at least January 17, 2008) & ENDS OF THE WORLD (since at least January 13, 2008): Attractive men of the world—I got your backs. Your fronts, too.

i-i-i (phone)

TriBeCa is for Boy lovers...

BOY ON FILM (2006): An account of the NYC launch party for Boy Culture as it played the TriBeCa Film Fest.

I was left "Reeling" by the experience

FRIENDS AND "FAMILY" (2006): The movie version of Boy Culture hits Chicago.

RAPT PUPIL (2006): The final night of Outfest with Boy Culture; I was fat but on the other hand got to meet Bryan Singer.

Let's call it a draw

DRAWN TOGETHER (2008): How my desire to draw related to my secret desire. One of my absolute favorite posts.

ME

Death of the party—Jeff in high school, already halfway through his life

BURNING MAN (2007): Tribute to my late high school friend and first romance.

I had the Fever for Jon-Erik Hexum

AN OBSESSION IS BORN (2009): One of my best posts about my obsession with...obsession.

Death becomes here

ILLINOIS DEATH TRIP (2007): Ruminations on death while revisiting a past home, and the past.

Life is short and meaningful

PASSING BY (2008): Mourning the loss of a person I only met once.

I was given the red-carpet treatment

HAVEN'T WE MET? (2010): Celebrating my time with someone I've only met once—Madonna.