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		<title>Dear Madonna: I Have A Confession</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Madonna: I have a confession to make. It is a two-parter. First, I am gay. This is not much of a confession, since you probably already know that. I think all the world knows that. It might have something to do with that &#8220;Richard Is A Big Homo&#8221; ad campaign I ran that one [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why Isn&#8217;t New Orleans&#8217; Mayor Supporting Marriage Equality?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 16:30:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[At last week&#8217;s U.S. Conference of Mayors, nearly 80 of those in attendance voiced their support for marriage equality. In that number: mayors of places like Lima, Ohio and Hallandale Beach, Florida. New Orleans didn&#8217;t make the cut. Now, I like Mitch Landrieu. I like him a lot. He&#8217;s one of the smartest men I&#8217;ve [...]]]></description>
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		<title>So, A Gay Guy Walks Into The Detroit Auto Show&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 16:20:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you had told me four or five years ago that I&#8217;d soon be writing about cars, I would have laughed in your face. I would&#8217;ve taken your temperature. I might&#8217;ve even offered to buy you another drink. Growing up, cars intimidated me. I was your stereotypical gay kid &#8212; the kind who preferred tennis, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Project: &#8220;The French Quarter 100: A Drinking Companion to America’s Most Eccentric Neighborhood&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 16:31:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I was a kid, I wanted to be a novelist. Forget cowboys and doctors and lawyers and such: I wanted to be the Madeleine L&#8217;Engle of my generation. This did not happen. This did not happen because eventually I realized that I can do short stories and essays and the occasional one-act play, but I probably [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Year&#8217;s Day, 2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jan 2012 16:35:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I conk out on the sofa at 2:00am, watching an obscure, animated film by Hayao Miyazaki on my laptop. The sound&#8217;s a little off, and the drawing is clunky, but the story is amazing. It just goes to show how far a good plot will get you. A hundred yards away, at the bar on the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Scientific Analysis Proves That New Year&#8217;s Eve Is The Worst Holiday Of All</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Dec 2011 16:30:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For years, I have secretly conducted field tests on holiday celebrations, maintaining detailed notes on their good points and bad. Based on extensive surveys of exactly one person &#8212; me &#8212; I&#8217;ve devised this completely accurate ranking of the holidays, from best to worst: #1. Carnival/Mardi Gras Why? There are parties and balls from January [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Problem With Skyrim, Or, When I Have To Search Online Walkthroughs To See If I&#8217;ve Finished Your Game, Something Is Wrong</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Dec 2011 16:30:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[All cards on the table: I'm a huge fan of the Elder Scrolls series. I spent months playing Morrowind and even longer on Oblivion. When it comes to sandbox games, few can top these for the breadth of possibilities they offer.

However, the Elder Scrolls series isn't without its problems, and although Skyrim has received loads of accolades, I think it may be the worst of the bunch. Here's why:]]></description>
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		<title>Celebrate LGBT Rights (And Gay Porn) By Supporting Michael Stabile&#8217;s Documentary, SEED MONEY</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 16:30:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[UPDATE: You did it! Michael &#38; Co. surpassed their fundraising goal with hours to spare. Give yourselves a hand(job). I&#8217;ll make this quick: Michael Stabile is putting together a documentary on Chuck Holmes, an important figure in the gay rights movement &#8212; not to mention gay porn. Michael&#8217;s running a Kickstarter campaign to fund the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Just A Reminder That The Salvation Army Are A Bunch Of Dicks</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 16:27:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In case you haven&#8217;t read the Salvation Army&#8217;s position statements, here&#8217;s a taste of what lies within: Scripture forbids sexual intimacy between members of the same sex. The Salvation Army believes, therefore, that Christians whose sexual orientation is primarily or exclusively same-sex are called upon to embrace celibacy as a way of life. There is no scriptural [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Grenadine McGunkle&#8217; is back for a bawdy, trailer park Christmas</title>
		<link>http://www.sturtle.com/index.php/2011/12/grenadine-mcgunkle-is-back-for-a-bawdy-trailer-park-christmas/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 18:30:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Woo-hoo! Ted Mahne gave us a great review in the Times-Picayune. (Even Jonno got a mention: &#8220;MYSTERIOUS&#8221;.) I hope those of y&#8217;all who are in New Orleans can come out and enjoy the show. Get your tickets right over here! Tweet]]></description>
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		<title>World AIDS Day 2011: Here Are Five Things You Can Do</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 17:25:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Scientists first became aware of AIDS 30 years ago. At the time, I was too young to fully understand what was going on, but as a kid who knew he was attracted to other boys, it was a terrifying development. There was so much uncertainty surrounding the disease, so much finger-pointing, so much name-calling and blame and moral outrage that it was impossible to see the facts.
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		<title>Would You Like To Eat Dinner Off A Leather Daddy? Of Course You Would</title>
		<link>http://www.sturtle.com/index.php/2011/11/would-you-like-to-eat-dinner-off-a-leather-daddy-of-course-you-would-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sturtle.com/index.php/2011/11/would-you-like-to-eat-dinner-off-a-leather-daddy-of-course-you-would-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2011 16:29:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My sister has never been a slouch. In the ten years I&#8217;ve known her, Tiff has managed to juggle half a dozen careers, creating her own music, designing custom animations, editing videos, DJing, and on and on and on. Now, she&#8217;s added another job to the mix: housewares designer. And she&#8217;s done it while completely [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gay Media Seems To Have Forgotten That Teenagers Are Terrible People</title>
		<link>http://www.sturtle.com/index.php/2011/11/gay-media-seems-to-have-forgotten-that-teenagers-are-terrible-people/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sturtle.com/index.php/2011/11/gay-media-seems-to-have-forgotten-that-teenagers-are-terrible-people/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2011 17:32:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Members of the LGBT community usually get a pass when they discuss the problems associated with coming out. For example, when Scott Thompson talked about how tough high school can be for gay teens, he encouraged them to &#8220;grow a pair&#8221;. Few in the LGBT media batted an eye. Straight people, however, don&#8217;t get that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kika: December 1, 1998 &#8211; October 14, 2011</title>
		<link>http://www.sturtle.com/index.php/2011/10/kika-december-1-1998-october-14-2011/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sturtle.com/index.php/2011/10/kika-december-1-1998-october-14-2011/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Oct 2011 15:30:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You can&#8217;t talk about Romeo without mentioning Juliet, too. In our house &#8212; or in our heads, at least &#8211;Kika was Juliet to Gaston&#8217;s Romeo. She passed away last week. Gaston arrived first. My ex-boyfriend, Kyan, found him wandering around Frenchmen Street and insisted I adopt him. Because I was smitten with both of them, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Things I&#8217;d Like To Say To Teenage Homophobes, Or, The Wit Of The Staircase</title>
		<link>http://www.sturtle.com/index.php/2011/10/things-id-like-to-say-to-teenage-homophobes/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sturtle.com/index.php/2011/10/things-id-like-to-say-to-teenage-homophobes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Oct 2011 15:18:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week, there was a news story about an uppity little closet case in Texas named Dakota Ary who, according to initial reports, had the audacity to pick a verbal fight with his teacher in the middle of class. Though Ary and the instructor, Kristopher Franks, have differing versions of what went down, it&#8217;s pretty clear that Ary [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Willow Smith, Will Smith, The Smiths: In Their Own Words</title>
		<link>http://www.sturtle.com/index.php/2011/09/willow-smith-will-smith-the-smiths-in-their-own-words/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sturtle.com/index.php/2011/09/willow-smith-will-smith-the-smiths-in-their-own-words/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Sep 2011 15:23:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Willow Smith, &#8220;Whip My Hair&#8221; single + b-side (2010) Will Smith, Big Willie Style (1997) The Smiths, The Smiths (1984) Tweet]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Night Mother, The Sitcom</title>
		<link>http://www.sturtle.com/index.php/2011/09/night-mother-the-sitcom/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sturtle.com/index.php/2011/09/night-mother-the-sitcom/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Sep 2011 19:35:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In high school, I couldn&#8217;t go to a forensics competition without hearing someone perform a Dramatic Interp of Marsha Norman&#8217;s play called &#8216;night Mother. It was an easy trick, like shooting fish in a sappy barrel: contemporary dialogue, only two characters, a mother and daughter, neither of whom is crazy. Plus, there&#8217;s a movie with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Poetry Break: My New Asshole</title>
		<link>http://www.sturtle.com/index.php/2011/09/poetry-break-my-new-asshole/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sturtle.com/index.php/2011/09/poetry-break-my-new-asshole/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Sep 2011 19:30:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My New Asshole by Michael Robbins My new asshole’s official candy is cola-flavored, fish-shaped. I sexually harass it. It puckers with distaste. My new asshole could be your friend, if you had any friends. My new asshole is making a name for itself. It is a way of looking at the world. It tilts at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My Sister&#8217;s Beautiful Funeral</title>
		<link>http://www.sturtle.com/index.php/2011/09/my-sisters-beautiful-funeral/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sturtle.com/index.php/2011/09/my-sisters-beautiful-funeral/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Sep 2011 15:28:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I first met my sister ten years ago, I knew Tiff had a flair for the dramatic. I knew it from her friends (many of whom we had in common), and I knew it from her photos, but most of all, I knew it from her music. Around the time we met, Tiff had adopted [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Much Of America Still Hates Louisiana (And Our Congressional Delegation Isn&#8217;t Helping)</title>
		<link>http://www.sturtle.com/index.php/2011/09/much-of-america-still-hates-us-and-our-congressional-delegation-isnt-helping/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sturtle.com/index.php/2011/09/much-of-america-still-hates-us-and-our-congressional-delegation-isnt-helping/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Sep 2011 16:47:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many of us bitch and moan about the commenters on NOLA.com. To the site&#8217;s credit, it&#8217;s doing a better job of moderating these days, but it&#8217;s still pretty easy to find racist, homophobic, inflammatory remarks lurking below the fold. I mean, I&#8217;m not asking anyone to curtail her right to free speech &#8212; if you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hurricane Katrina, Or, Enough Already, Lady</title>
		<link>http://www.sturtle.com/index.php/2011/08/hurricane-katrina-or-enough-already-lady/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sturtle.com/index.php/2011/08/hurricane-katrina-or-enough-already-lady/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Aug 2011 20:03:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Six years after the fact, you&#8217;d think that most of us in New Orleans would be tired of talking about Hurricane Katrina. We are. That&#8217;s not to say that everything&#8217;s as it was. That&#8217;s not to say that everyone has come home. And that&#8217;s certainly not to say that people, communities, and the city we [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hurricane Irene: Be Prepared (And Please Don&#8217;t Blame The Gays)</title>
		<link>http://www.sturtle.com/index.php/2011/08/hurricane-irene-be-prepared-and-please-dont-blame-the-gays/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sturtle.com/index.php/2011/08/hurricane-irene-be-prepared-and-please-dont-blame-the-gays/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Aug 2011 15:23:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Since New Orleans isn&#8217;t directly in the path of Hurricane Irene, I haven&#8217;t heard as much discussion about the storm and all that she threatens to disrupt as I normally would. But of course, Irene is likely to cause a lot of damage, and at the very least, she&#8217;ll put a serious damper on people&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>In Case You Missed It&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.sturtle.com/index.php/2011/08/in-case-you-missed-it/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sturtle.com/index.php/2011/08/in-case-you-missed-it/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Aug 2011 15:13:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8230;here&#8217;s a link to my latest post at Lurid Digs, which is obviously NSFW: &#8220;Minimalist Chic Destroyed by Cracker Barrel&#8220;. &#160; Tweet]]></description>
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		<title>WTF, Spongebob? Jazzland/Six Flags Needs Another Buyer</title>
		<link>http://www.sturtle.com/index.php/2011/08/wtf-spongebob-jazzlandsix-flags-needs-another-buyer/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sturtle.com/index.php/2011/08/wtf-spongebob-jazzlandsix-flags-needs-another-buyer/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Aug 2011 15:30:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two years ago &#8212; nearly two years ago to the day &#8212; a certain cueball-headed mayor of New Orleans announced that Jazzland/Six Flags was coming back. The theme park where so many of my friends had worked before the storm, performing to crowds of dozens (on a good day), has done nothing but gather mold [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Facebook Helps You Forget Your Friends</title>
		<link>http://www.sturtle.com/index.php/2011/08/facebook-helps-you-forget-your-friends/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sturtle.com/index.php/2011/08/facebook-helps-you-forget-your-friends/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Aug 2011 15:30:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My skill set may be limited, but I&#8217;m a monster when it comes to filing. I&#8217;ve wasted hours &#8212; days, weeks, even &#8212; sifting through my collection of photos and music files, organizing them into directories, assigning tags. As a kid, I did the same with books, arranging my sci-fi, fantasy, and young adult novels [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sex Crimes &amp; Other Offenses That Become Louisiana Law Today</title>
		<link>http://www.sturtle.com/index.php/2011/08/sex-crimes-other-offenses-that-become-louisiana-law-today/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sturtle.com/index.php/2011/08/sex-crimes-other-offenses-that-become-louisiana-law-today/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Aug 2011 15:31:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[At the moment, Louisiana is run by Republicans: we have a Republican governor (a terrible one, IMHO) and the party holds a majority in both the House and the Senate. As elsewhere, many of these GOP legislators are first-timers, and they&#8217;re pissing off the elders with their arrogance, their Tea Party-naivete, and their frequent ineptitude*. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Suddenly, Storm Season</title>
		<link>http://www.sturtle.com/index.php/2011/08/suddenly-storm-season/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sturtle.com/index.php/2011/08/suddenly-storm-season/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Aug 2011 16:20:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Four storms in the Atlantic? When did this happen? Ack. Also: for those keeping track at home, we&#8217;re just four weeks away from the peak of the North Atlantic hurricane season, which is generally considered to be September 10. Fingers crossed, bags packed&#8230;. Tweet]]></description>
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		<title>In Defense Of Pete Burns &amp; His Pillow-Soft Crazy Lips*</title>
		<link>http://www.sturtle.com/index.php/2011/08/in-defense-of-pete-burns-his-pillow-soft-crazy-lips/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sturtle.com/index.php/2011/08/in-defense-of-pete-burns-his-pillow-soft-crazy-lips/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Aug 2011 20:06:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is Pete Burns. Remember, from Dead or Alive? Much has been made of Burns&#8217; love affair with plastic surgery &#8212; in fact Pete himself complained about it in court and received a tidy sum in return. But despite all that, despite the critics and Burns&#8217; own grumblings, it looks like he&#8217;s still going full-silicone-ahead. And you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Louis Marinelli: NOM Traitor Or Trojan Horse?</title>
		<link>http://www.sturtle.com/index.php/2011/08/louis-marinelli-nom-traitor-or-trojan-horse/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sturtle.com/index.php/2011/08/louis-marinelli-nom-traitor-or-trojan-horse/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Aug 2011 15:30:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You&#8217;ve probably heard about Louis Marinelli. He was on the National Organization for Marriage&#8217;s marketing team until April of this year, when he experienced a sudden and complete transformation: he awoke one morning, kicked Maggie Gallagher and her hate-filled cohorts to the curb, and stomped off with NOM&#8217;s 290,000 Facebook fans in tow. Which is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Did A Nude Photo Of OJ Simpson Guarantee His Acquittal? [NSFW]</title>
		<link>http://www.sturtle.com/index.php/2011/07/did-a-nude-photo-of-oj-simpson-guarantee-his-acquittal-nsfw/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sturtle.com/index.php/2011/07/did-a-nude-photo-of-oj-simpson-guarantee-his-acquittal-nsfw/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jul 2011 15:30:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week, I stumbled across a nude photo of OJ Simpson. It was taken decades ago, back when he was still playing football and doing TV commercials and not stabbing people and trying on men&#8217;s accessories for juries of peers. (Sorry: allegedly stabbing people.) I&#8217;d seen the nude shot before and wanted to use it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Board Minutes From The July Meeting Of The Esteemed Nancys Of The Nine</title>
		<link>http://www.sturtle.com/index.php/2011/07/board-minutes-from-the-july-meeting-of-the-esteemed-nancys-of-the-nine/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sturtle.com/index.php/2011/07/board-minutes-from-the-july-meeting-of-the-esteemed-nancys-of-the-nine/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jul 2011 15:30:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nancy Pelosi: Hear ye, hear ye! The July meeting of the Esteemed Nancys of the Nine will now come to order. Secretary Nancy, did you distribute the documents from our last meeting? &#160; &#160; Nancy Kulp: Sure did, Chief Nancy! &#160; &#160; Nancy Pelosi: All right, then I&#8217;ll entertain a motion from the Nancies to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Things That Taylor Lautner Might Be Discussing With Gus Van Sant &amp; Dustin Lance Black</title>
		<link>http://www.sturtle.com/index.php/2011/07/things-that-taylor-lautner-might-be-discussing-with-gus-van-sant-dustin-lance-black/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sturtle.com/index.php/2011/07/things-that-taylor-lautner-might-be-discussing-with-gus-van-sant-dustin-lance-black/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jul 2011 15:30:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week, tweets were flying over a not-so-clandestine meet-up between director Gus Van Sant, screenwriter Dustin Lance Black, and actor Taylor Lautner. Since the three were spotted leaving an LA eatery on Wednesday night, there&#8217;s been plenty of rumor and speculation about what the three might&#8217;ve been up to (apart from not eating). If the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Remembering Ed Norton (Shirtless)</title>
		<link>http://www.sturtle.com/index.php/2011/07/remembering-ed-norton-shirtless/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sturtle.com/index.php/2011/07/remembering-ed-norton-shirtless/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jul 2011 15:21:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In my humble opinion, ladies and gentlemen, we have been deprived of Ed Norton for too long. We have shunned him, and it is time to right past wrongs. Did he skirt the fringes of douchebaggery early in his career? He certainly did. Did he skim the accretion disk surrounding the black hole of Courtney Love? [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Quick Apology (Feat. Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall)</title>
		<link>http://www.sturtle.com/index.php/2011/07/a-quick-apology-feat-camilla-duchess-of-cornwall/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sturtle.com/index.php/2011/07/a-quick-apology-feat-camilla-duchess-of-cornwall/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jul 2011 17:27:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A quick apology to anyone who might&#8217;ve tried to stop by yesterday. I decided I&#8217;d get all fancy and switch to a new webhost, and in doing so, I managed to flub the WordPress install/import big time. Ugh, Tuesdays. I still plan on going through with the change &#8212; that is, if I don&#8217;t give [...]]]></description>
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		<title>And Now: Jamie Bamber, Mostly Naked</title>
		<link>http://www.sturtle.com/index.php/2011/07/and-now-jamie-bamber-mostly-naked/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sturtle.com/index.php/2011/07/and-now-jamie-bamber-mostly-naked/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jul 2011 15:33:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve spent the last couple of posts being analytical and thoughtful and stuff. I think it&#8217;s time for something lighter. Saucier. Beefier. And so, since I&#8217;ve been watching a lot of Battlestar Galactica recently, I present Mr. Jamie Bamber. I missed out on BSG the first go-round. When it launched in 2003, we hadn&#8217;t had cable [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hyundai Has Played Gay At Least Twice &#8212; But Is It A Convincing Act?</title>
		<link>http://www.sturtle.com/index.php/2011/07/hyundai-has-played-gay-at-least-twice-but-is-it-a-convincing-act/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sturtle.com/index.php/2011/07/hyundai-has-played-gay-at-least-twice-but-is-it-a-convincing-act/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jul 2011 15:30:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Weird: a few days ago, I posted a Hyundai ad that featured a lesbian plotline. At first, I found it confusing &#8212; not because the narrative was convoluted, but because Hyundai is one of the world&#8217;s few automakers that&#8217;s not gay-friendly. (Nor is its sister, Kia, FWIW.)  But as I said at the time, the spot [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Justin Theroux &amp; Terry Richardson Demonstrate The Bro-hug</title>
		<link>http://www.sturtle.com/index.php/2011/06/justin-theroux-terry-richardson-demonstrate-the-bro-hug/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sturtle.com/index.php/2011/06/justin-theroux-terry-richardson-demonstrate-the-bro-hug/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jun 2011 15:33:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gaydar. Pansyscope. Homosexory perception. Whatever you call it, many people believe they possess an innate ability to spot Gays at 20 paces. (Well, American Gays, anyway. In Europe, all bets are off.) In reality, however, there&#8217;s nothing mystical or innate about it. Anyone with at least one functioning eyeball and some fourth-grade analytic skills can separate Gay [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hyundai &amp; The Lesbian Shopper: Is This A Fake Ad, Or Just Misguided?</title>
		<link>http://www.sturtle.com/index.php/2011/06/hyundai-the-lesbian-shopper-is-this-a-fake-ad-or-just-misguided/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sturtle.com/index.php/2011/06/hyundai-the-lesbian-shopper-is-this-a-fake-ad-or-just-misguided/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jun 2011 15:44:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In my life as a &#8220;professional blogger&#8221; (and I use that term loosely), I write about cars. Much of my work focuses on vehicle technology, auto marketing, and LGBT-related news. Yesterday, a reader pointed me to this ad from Hyundai, which combines two of the three: From where I sit, that looks a little odd. Why? 1. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Newt Gingrich, Shirtless, On The Beach: 4 Haiku</title>
		<link>http://www.sturtle.com/index.php/2011/06/newt-gingrich-shirtless-on-the-beach-4-haiku/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sturtle.com/index.php/2011/06/newt-gingrich-shirtless-on-the-beach-4-haiku/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jun 2011 15:22:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The image above came from a  TMZ post (apparently removed) that allegedly came with the caption, &#8220;TMZ has obtained a photo of a glistening Presidential candidate Newt Gingrich laying topless on a beach in Greece &#8230; days before his campaign staff quit over the timing of his two-week vacation.&#8221; You seem much fatter When you&#8217;re [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sarah Palin, The Undefeated, And Chinese Propaganda Posters</title>
		<link>http://www.sturtle.com/index.php/2011/06/sarah-palin-the-undefeated-and-chinese-propaganda-posters/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sturtle.com/index.php/2011/06/sarah-palin-the-undefeated-and-chinese-propaganda-posters/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jun 2011 16:20:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new graphic hit the interwebs yesterday: a poster for the upcoming &#8220;documentary&#8221; about Sarah Palin called The Undefeated. I say &#8220;documentary&#8221; instead of documentary because by all accounts The Undefeated is a glossy, image-buffing story of Palin&#8217;s brief life in politics (made briefer when she voluntarily moved out of the governor&#8217;s mansion). Presumably the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Seriously: Fuck Target</title>
		<link>http://www.sturtle.com/index.php/2011/06/seriously-fuck-target/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jun 2011 15:30:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s CEO Gregg Steinhafel talking to shareholders yesterday about Target&#8217;s support of conservative political candidates and causes &#8212; including an upcoming ballot initiative for a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage in Minnesota: &#8220;Our position at this particular time is that we are going to be neutral on that particular issue, as we would be on other [...]]]></description>
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		<title>First Mention Of AIDS In Print: 30 Years Ago Today</title>
		<link>http://www.sturtle.com/index.php/2011/06/first-mention-of-aids-in-print-30-years-ago-today/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sturtle.com/index.php/2011/06/first-mention-of-aids-in-print-30-years-ago-today/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Jun 2011 15:30:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thirty years ago, on June 5, 1981, AIDS was first acknowledged in print. The article from the Centers for Disease Control wasn&#8217;t widely read, and it didn&#8217;t give a name to the disease. (It would be another year before scientists found one that fit, after giving several a try, including the terrible GRID, for &#8220;gay-related [...]]]></description>
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		<title>26 Names That Will Never Make It Onto The North Atlantic Hurricane List</title>
		<link>http://www.sturtle.com/index.php/2011/06/26-names-that-will-never-make-it-onto-the-north-atlantic-hurricane-list/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sturtle.com/index.php/2011/06/26-names-that-will-never-make-it-onto-the-north-atlantic-hurricane-list/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jun 2011 15:30:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In honor of the start of the 2011 North Atlantic Hurricane Season, here is a list of names that will (probably) never make it onto the World Meteorological Organization&#8217;s annual list: Airfoundia High school classmate. Wallflower type. Barely heard from before graduation, never heard from after. Boadicea Although it would be funny. Cicciolina Which would [...]]]></description>
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		<title>On Music, Time Travel, And Erik Satie</title>
		<link>http://www.sturtle.com/index.php/2011/05/on-music-time-travel-and-erik-satie/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sturtle.com/index.php/2011/05/on-music-time-travel-and-erik-satie/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 May 2011 15:30:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For Proust, taste and scent were like time machines: one bite of a madeleine, one whiff of perfume, and he&#8217;d jump back ten, twenty, thirty years. For me, it&#8217;s sound. I hear a friend&#8217;s voice, and I remember where we last saw each other. A few bars of a pop song, and I&#8217;m back in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>3 Recent Ads About Men And Their Junk (And 1 That&#8217;s Just Plain Weird)</title>
		<link>http://www.sturtle.com/index.php/2011/05/recent-ads-about-men-and-their-junk-and-one-thats-just-plain-weird/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sturtle.com/index.php/2011/05/recent-ads-about-men-and-their-junk-and-one-thats-just-plain-weird/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 May 2011 15:27:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The most unsettling part of this shot is the placement of the urinals so close to the door, which is terrible feng shui. &#8220;At least your feet won&#8217;t feel uncomfortable.&#8221; Advertising Agency: AJF Partnership, Melbourne, Australia Creative Director: Joshua Stephens Art Director: Michael Gagliardi Copywriter: Michael Skarbek Photographer: Chris Budgeon Published: April 2011 * * [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Pioneering Disney Animator Living In My Neighborhood: A Follow-Up</title>
		<link>http://www.sturtle.com/index.php/2011/05/pioneering-animator-eva-schneider-on-walt-disney-a-follow-up/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sturtle.com/index.php/2011/05/pioneering-animator-eva-schneider-on-walt-disney-a-follow-up/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 May 2011 15:26:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A year and a half ago, I had a handful of sidewalk conversations with one of the most interesting women the Marigny has to offer: Eva Schneider. In halting English &#8212; weirdly broken for someone who&#8217;s lived in the U.S. for most of her life &#8212; she told me about the years she spent working [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Coming In June: MILDRED, DEAREST! (Yeah, We&#8217;re Going There)</title>
		<link>http://www.sturtle.com/index.php/2011/04/coming-in-june-mildred-dearest-yeah-were-going-there/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sturtle.com/index.php/2011/04/coming-in-june-mildred-dearest-yeah-were-going-there/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Apr 2011 18:48:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[About ten years ago, our theatre company was getting ready to tackle one of the few &#8220;straight&#8221; shows we&#8217;ve ever done &#8212; by which I mean a show that&#8217;s already written, with a proven track-record of production on stage. The show was Hedwig and the Angry Inch, and it was kind of a monster. It [...]]]></description>
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		<title>An Anniversary (The Real One, In My Book)</title>
		<link>http://www.sturtle.com/index.php/2011/04/an-anniversary-the-real-one-in-my-book/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sturtle.com/index.php/2011/04/an-anniversary-the-real-one-in-my-book/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Apr 2011 15:30:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently there was a story on NPR about why time flies, why the clock seems to move faster as we get older. The answer? Scientists think that the human brain pays less attention to established routines. So the first time you do something &#8212; drive a car, walk a dog, kiss your lover &#8212; you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>5 Simple Rules For Dating A (Gay) Southerner</title>
		<link>http://www.sturtle.com/index.php/2011/04/5-simple-rules-for-dating-a-gay-southerner/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sturtle.com/index.php/2011/04/5-simple-rules-for-dating-a-gay-southerner/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Apr 2011 15:31:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I don&#8217;t mean to draw dividing lines. I&#8217;m not trying to revive the Mason-Dixon. But its no secret that folks who grow up in the South* have their own traditions &#8212; some real, some imaginary, some copped straight from Gone with the Wind, which is a little of both. Occasionally, those traditions can be as charming [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obvious: I Would Rather See Robson Green Naked Than Watch LiLo Play Sharon Tate</title>
		<link>http://www.sturtle.com/index.php/2011/04/obvious-i-would-rather-see-robson-green-naked-than-watch-lilo-play-sharon-tate/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sturtle.com/index.php/2011/04/obvious-i-would-rather-see-robson-green-naked-than-watch-lilo-play-sharon-tate/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Apr 2011 15:35:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over the weekend, I learned two unpleasant things: A. Lindsay Lohan may play Sharon Tate in a new movie about Charles Manson. B. Robson Green doesn&#8217;t get enough airtime on BBC America. For the unfamiliar, here&#8217;s a screencap of him in Being Human: And another: And one from Wire in the Blood, which we do not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Asshats Of The Week: Bob Parsons, Rick Santorum, Montana&#8217;s Alan Hale</title>
		<link>http://www.sturtle.com/index.php/2011/04/asshats-of-the-week-bob-parsons-rick-santorum-montanas-alan-hale/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sturtle.com/index.php/2011/04/asshats-of-the-week-bob-parsons-rick-santorum-montanas-alan-hale/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Apr 2011 15:46:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s a quick list of April Fools &#8212; though their shenanigans all took place in March, and sadly, none of them were fooling: 1. Bob Parsons made headlines yesterday for posting a video of himself with an elephant he&#8217;d killed in Zimbabwe. Today, Parsons provides some backstory: &#8220;This farmer was desperate,&#8221; Parsons tells us of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Still Wanna Make That Sex Tape? A Few More Tips For Exhibitionists [With Video, NSFW]</title>
		<link>http://www.sturtle.com/index.php/2011/03/still-wanna-make-that-sex-tape-a-few-more-tips-for-would-be-exhibitionists-with-video-nsfw/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sturtle.com/index.php/2011/03/still-wanna-make-that-sex-tape-a-few-more-tips-for-would-be-exhibitionists-with-video-nsfw/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Mar 2011 15:30:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week, I shared a few suggestions for making a good self-vid. None of it was rocket science &#8212; just a bunch of simple, common-sense tips I&#8217;ve picked up over a lifetime of avid viewership. What can I say? I take notes. I was going to post the rest of my suggestions the following day, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>One More For Liz, For The Road</title>
		<link>http://www.sturtle.com/index.php/2011/03/one-more-for-liz-for-the-road/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sturtle.com/index.php/2011/03/one-more-for-liz-for-the-road/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Mar 2011 16:19:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I feel like all I&#8217;ve done the past 48 hours is write about Elizabeth Taylor &#8212; partially because it&#8217;s true &#8212; but I need to write just a little more. You see, Liz was fundamental to my college education &#8212; the social part of it, anyway. It was in college that I learned how to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Elizabeth Taylor&#8217;s Final (And Best) Fall</title>
		<link>http://www.sturtle.com/index.php/2011/03/elizabeth-taylors-final-and-best-fall/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sturtle.com/index.php/2011/03/elizabeth-taylors-final-and-best-fall/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Mar 2011 15:10:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today, I was meaning to post a follow-up to yesterday&#8217;s list of sex tape tips, but the news of Elizabeth Taylor&#8217;s death makes that seem even more trifling and insignificant than it already is. She was before my time, really &#8212; Ms. Taylor. When I discovered her, she was even past her White Diamonds phase. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Making Your Own Sex Tape? I Have Some Suggestions [With Video, NSFW]</title>
		<link>http://www.sturtle.com/index.php/2011/03/making-your-own-sex-tape-i-have-some-suggestions-with-video-nsfw/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sturtle.com/index.php/2011/03/making-your-own-sex-tape-i-have-some-suggestions-with-video-nsfw/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Mar 2011 15:30:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Self-pics are a bitch. To create the requisite combo of cool + interesting + saucy, you have to hold the camera at arm&#8217;s length and hope you frame the shot just right. More often than not, you crop off an eye, or you notice something hideous in the background that you hadn&#8217;t seen before, all [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Love Is A Terrible Thing (And A Lot Like Porn)</title>
		<link>http://www.sturtle.com/index.php/2011/03/love-is-a-terrible-thing-and-a-lot-like-porn/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sturtle.com/index.php/2011/03/love-is-a-terrible-thing-and-a-lot-like-porn/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Mar 2011 15:28:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just so you know: love is a terrible thing. It&#8217;s a distraction, like pornography. It&#8217;s all-consuming, also like pornography. In fact, love is a lot like pornography, except that love makes you worry, and porn doesn&#8217;t, unless you&#8217;re the sort of person who worries that you&#8217;re eating up too much space on your hard drive [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mardi Gras? Meh</title>
		<link>http://www.sturtle.com/index.php/2011/03/mardi-gras-meh/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sturtle.com/index.php/2011/03/mardi-gras-meh/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Mar 2011 15:00:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I think something&#8217;s wrong. By now, I should be covered in glittery residue, reeking of booze and sweat. I should have made a fool of myself at least once and, ideally, made a fool of someone else, too. At the very least, I should&#8217;ve paid homage to the corner of Bourbon and Dumaine, sneered at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Benefits Of Getting Drunk: A Manifesto</title>
		<link>http://www.sturtle.com/index.php/2011/03/the-benefits-of-getting-drunk-a-manifesto/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sturtle.com/index.php/2011/03/the-benefits-of-getting-drunk-a-manifesto/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Mar 2011 19:25:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Carnival officially begins on January 6 (aka Epiphany, aka the 12th Night of Xmas), but most of us in New Orleans don&#8217;t really get into the Carnival spirit until much later. For me, the trigger is usually the Krewe du Vieux parade, which happens about two-and-a-half weeks before Fat Tuesday (aka Mardi Gras). This year, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Loaded Question: Are Republican Wingnuts Pushing Centrists Into Obama&#8217;s Arms?</title>
		<link>http://www.sturtle.com/index.php/2011/02/loaded-question-are-republican-wingnuts-pushing-centrists-into-obamas-arms/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sturtle.com/index.php/2011/02/loaded-question-are-republican-wingnuts-pushing-centrists-into-obamas-arms/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Feb 2011 16:45:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gallup released some interesting poll numbers last week &#8212; state-by-state figures on President Obama&#8217;s approval rating, which averaged around 46.9% in 2010. It wasn&#8217;t the ratings themselves that I found surprising; it was the ups and downs they&#8217;ve seen over the past two years. The map at left shows where Obama has gained and lost [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The 83rd Academy Awards And The Year Of The Inside-The-Falling-Car Slow-Mo</title>
		<link>http://www.sturtle.com/index.php/2011/02/the-83rd-academy-awards-and-the-year-of-the-inside-the-falling-car-slow-mo/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sturtle.com/index.php/2011/02/the-83rd-academy-awards-and-the-year-of-the-inside-the-falling-car-slow-mo/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Feb 2011 16:32:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m not a movie person &#8212; I don&#8217;t often go to them, I don&#8217;t often make them &#8212; but it seems to me that something happened last year. Someone had a vision of gorgeous catastrophe: of people in cars falling off bridges, and of high-def cameras strapped to the dashboards, capturing the chaos. Someone had [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My Mother Is Officially A Blogger</title>
		<link>http://www.sturtle.com/index.php/2011/02/my-mother-is-officially-a-blogger/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sturtle.com/index.php/2011/02/my-mother-is-officially-a-blogger/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Feb 2011 16:27:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s a strange thing to see your mother blogging. Of course, I understand that &#8220;mommy bloggers&#8221; are a big deal now: influential media outlets that companies aggressively solicit for product endorsements. But if you knew my mother &#8212; my adoptive mother, that is &#8212; well, it would seem like a strange thing. Almost funny, like nuns [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Did This Commercial Change Your Life, Too?</title>
		<link>http://www.sturtle.com/index.php/2011/02/did-this-commercial-change-your-life-too/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sturtle.com/index.php/2011/02/did-this-commercial-change-your-life-too/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Feb 2011 16:30:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As a kid, when someone was talking to me and I was bored or uninterested or totally confused by what they were saying, I would sometimes interrupt them and blurt out, &#8220;But did you know that the original theme is from the Polovetsian Dance No. 2 by Borodin?&#8221; Thank you, John Williams. Thank you so [...]]]></description>
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		<title>[UPDATED] Was Target Trying To Win Back The Gays On Last Night&#8217;s Top Chef?</title>
		<link>http://www.sturtle.com/index.php/2011/02/was-target-trying-to-win-back-the-gays-on-last-nights-top-chef/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sturtle.com/index.php/2011/02/was-target-trying-to-win-back-the-gays-on-last-nights-top-chef/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Feb 2011 16:20:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[UPDATE: An hour after this went up, Towleroad posted news that Target had changed its political giving policies. (All because of me? Alas, probably not.) Don&#8217;t get too excited, though &#8212; from what I can tell, Target hasn&#8217;t actually changed its giving priorities, only the way in which gift recipients are identified. In other words, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Belated Valentine: Ex-Boyfriends New Video For &#8216;Uh-Oh!&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.sturtle.com/index.php/2011/02/a-belated-valentine-ex-boyfriends-new-video-for-uh-oh/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sturtle.com/index.php/2011/02/a-belated-valentine-ex-boyfriends-new-video-for-uh-oh/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Feb 2011 16:30:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just in time for Valentine&#8217;s Day, my friend Chriso and his band Ex-Boyfriends debuted the video for their new single, &#8220;Uh-Oh!&#8221; And of course, I&#8217;ve completely screwed up their thoughtful timing by coming to the party a day late. Boo. Anyway, indie rock fans, you have my permission for a belated VDay rock-out. Tweet]]></description>
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		<title>Open The Door, Richard</title>
		<link>http://www.sturtle.com/index.php/2011/02/open-the-door-richard/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sturtle.com/index.php/2011/02/open-the-door-richard/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Feb 2011 16:37:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My adoptive parents never really explained how I wound up with the name Richard. The most they&#8217;ve said was that mom wanted me to be called &#8220;Jason&#8221;, but dad put his foot down. (Which is fine: I have many friends named Jason, but I am also familiar with the Friday 13 franchise, so, you know, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Someone&#8217;s Missing From The List Of GOP Presidential Candidates</title>
		<link>http://www.sturtle.com/index.php/2011/02/someones-missing-from-the-list-of-gop-presidential-candidates/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sturtle.com/index.php/2011/02/someones-missing-from-the-list-of-gop-presidential-candidates/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Feb 2011 21:48:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Did anyone else notice a fairly major absence from the New York Times&#8216; &#8220;Graphical Overview of the 2012 Republican Field&#8221;? (Here&#8217;s a hint.) Either that&#8217;s a major oversight, or somebody at the Times knows something we don&#8217;t &#8212; which would mean that we&#8217;ve got the Exorcist all to ourselves for five more years. Yaaaay. Tweet]]></description>
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		<title>There Is A Problem With The Hubig&#8217;s King Cake</title>
		<link>http://www.sturtle.com/index.php/2011/01/there-is-a-problem-with-the-hubigs-king-cake/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sturtle.com/index.php/2011/01/there-is-a-problem-with-the-hubigs-king-cake/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Jan 2011 16:31:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yes, it&#8217;s true: there is a problem with Hubig&#8217;s mini king cake. It pains me to say it because (a) I love Hubig&#8217;s pies, and (b) I love the smell of the Hubig&#8217;s factory, which sits just around the corner from my house. But love and geographic proximity cannot mask the fact that something is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Unconditional Love</title>
		<link>http://www.sturtle.com/index.php/2011/01/unconditional-love/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sturtle.com/index.php/2011/01/unconditional-love/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Jan 2011 15:39:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is what I sing to our dogs in the morning. They seem to enjoy it &#8212; even the deaf one. It&#8217;s kind of sad that he can&#8217;t hear me, but given my singing voice, maybe that&#8217;s for the best. Tweet]]></description>
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		<title>Sarah Palin And The Stupid Things We Sometimes Say</title>
		<link>http://www.sturtle.com/index.php/2011/01/sarah-palin-and-the-stupid-things-we-sometimes-say/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sturtle.com/index.php/2011/01/sarah-palin-and-the-stupid-things-we-sometimes-say/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Jan 2011 18:22:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The shootings in Arizona: I&#8217;m still trying to process them. I have the luxury of being far enough away from the tragedy that I don&#8217;t have to deal with the emotional content, but the incident has still given me plenty to mull over, particularly where issues of free speech are concerned. Only problem is, as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My Christmas Gift To Mom, Or, My Life As A Ray Stevens Song</title>
		<link>http://www.sturtle.com/index.php/2011/01/my-christmas-gift-to-mom-or-my-life-as-a-ray-stevens-song/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sturtle.com/index.php/2011/01/my-christmas-gift-to-mom-or-my-life-as-a-ray-stevens-song/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Jan 2011 17:26:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My Christmas gift to mom is paying off her trailer. That&#8217;s not a joke: my life has become a novelty song played on country radio stations. (Not the first time that&#8217;s happened.) She hasn&#8217;t always lived in a trailer. My brothers and I grew up in conventional homes in what would normally be called suburbia, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Senate Repealed DADT, Not The Prejudice Behind It</title>
		<link>http://www.sturtle.com/index.php/2010/12/the-senate-repealed-dadt-not-the-prejudice-behind-it/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sturtle.com/index.php/2010/12/the-senate-repealed-dadt-not-the-prejudice-behind-it/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Dec 2010 17:15:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[To all the people who keep worrying about gays throwing circuit parties in foxholes: does that happen at Starbucks? Or Kinko&#8217;s? Or McDonald&#8217;s? Or any of the thousands of other places where gays and lesbians are currently employed? When it comes to work, we&#8217;re just like everyone else: we do the job we&#8217;re paid to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gracious Winners Are A Pain In The Ass</title>
		<link>http://www.sturtle.com/index.php/2010/12/gracious-winners-are-a-pain-in-the-ass/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sturtle.com/index.php/2010/12/gracious-winners-are-a-pain-in-the-ass/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Dec 2010 16:30:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The problem with me is that I don&#8217;t like saying &#8220;I told you so&#8221;. I don&#8217;t like rubbing it in people&#8217;s faces. I don&#8217;t like kicking people while they&#8217;re down. I want need to get past that. Because if Saturday&#8217;s vote on Don&#8217;t Ask, Don&#8217;t Tell had gone the other way, you can bet your [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tom Ford Sounds About As Internet-Savvy As John McCain</title>
		<link>http://www.sturtle.com/index.php/2010/12/tom-ford-sounds-about-as-internet-savvy-as-john-mccain/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sturtle.com/index.php/2010/12/tom-ford-sounds-about-as-internet-savvy-as-john-mccain/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Dec 2010 16:26:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;I watch straight porn all the time. If I go on my computer, there&#8217;s a button that can connect me to all the sites I look at most often, and they&#8217;re all porn &#8212; and 1stdibs.com. Porn and antiques!&#8221; [HarpersBazaar] &#8220;There&#8217;s a button.&#8221; It&#8217;s like, magic and shit. And something I hadn&#8217;t thought of: was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Johnnie Cochran&#8217;s Law Firm Has A Cake Wreck, I Think</title>
		<link>http://www.sturtle.com/index.php/2010/12/johnnie-cochrans-law-firm-has-a-cake-wreck-i-think/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sturtle.com/index.php/2010/12/johnnie-cochrans-law-firm-has-a-cake-wreck-i-think/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Dec 2010 17:40:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Can someone tell me what&#8217;s going on in the first two seconds of this commercial? Is that a disclaimer that these are stock images rather than real images of clients? Or is it a grand screw up, on par with something you&#8217;d find on Cake Wrecks: &#8220;Yeah, we&#8217;d like to start  the ad with stock [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Summer&#8217;s Eve Goes On A *Listening* Tour?</title>
		<link>http://www.sturtle.com/index.php/2010/12/summers-eve-goes-on-a-listening-tour/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sturtle.com/index.php/2010/12/summers-eve-goes-on-a-listening-tour/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Dec 2010 16:36:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Summer&#8217;s Eve feminine hygiene products has embarked on a multi-market &#8220;listening tour&#8221; to gain insight into women&#8217;s understanding of the role hygiene plays in their lives, both practically and emotionally. The effort, which involves conducting focus groups and holding conversations with women nationwide, comes on the heels of a proprietary quantitative study of how women [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Gayest Car Crash Ever Captured On Film</title>
		<link>http://www.sturtle.com/index.php/2010/12/the-gayest-car-crash-ever-captured-on-film/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sturtle.com/index.php/2010/12/the-gayest-car-crash-ever-captured-on-film/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Dec 2010 16:30:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week, I said that the car wreck in Mahogany was the gayest on record. (By &#8220;gayest&#8221;, obviously I meant &#8220;fabulous&#8221;.) But I have reconsidered: I think it&#8217;s actually the second gayest. And you can tell Miss Ross I said so. In BUtterfield 8, when Elizabeth Taylor&#8217;s Sunbeam Alpine sprints across the Tappan Zee Bridge, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Poetry Fragment: Wayne Koestenbaum</title>
		<link>http://www.sturtle.com/index.php/2010/12/poetry-fragment-wayne-koestenbaum/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sturtle.com/index.php/2010/12/poetry-fragment-wayne-koestenbaum/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Dec 2010 15:34:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Unfortunately, in a failed screen test for Rebecca, Vivien Leigh wore no makeup and revealed melancholy ordinariness- uncast Mrs. De Winter, vulnerable on Waterloo Bridge. [Yes, there's more. And still more.] Tweet]]></description>
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		<title>Two Quotes For Today</title>
		<link>http://www.sturtle.com/index.php/2010/12/two-quotes-for-today/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sturtle.com/index.php/2010/12/two-quotes-for-today/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Dec 2010 19:45:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We queers of Revelation Hill, tucking our skirts about us so as not to touch our Mormon neighbors, died of the greed of power, because we were expendable.  If you mean to visit any of us, it had better be to make you strong to fight that power. Take your languor and easy tears somewhere [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Today In Car Crashes Of The Silver Screen</title>
		<link>http://www.sturtle.com/index.php/2010/11/today-in-car-crashes-of-the-silver-screen/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sturtle.com/index.php/2010/11/today-in-car-crashes-of-the-silver-screen/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Nov 2010 16:30:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The gayest, most awesome car crash scene ever, courtesy of Diana Ross, Tony Perkins, and a little film called Mahogany (the fun begins early, right around the one-minute mark): Tweet]]></description>
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		<title>Running With Scissors&#8217; New Trailer For SNOW GIRLS (Opening Next Week!)</title>
		<link>http://www.sturtle.com/index.php/2010/11/running-with-scissors-new-trailer-for-snow-girls-opening-next-week/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sturtle.com/index.php/2010/11/running-with-scissors-new-trailer-for-snow-girls-opening-next-week/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Nov 2010 16:25:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I think I&#8217;ve already mentioned our upcoming production of SNOW GIRLS, but just in case: we have an upcoming production of SNOW GIRLS. It&#8217;s so upcoming that it opens next week. We suggest ordering tickets now and also watching this lovely video: Running With Scissors presents&#8230;SNOW GIRLS: A Holiday Parody of Life on the Pole! [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gays And Advertising: A Field Guide (Abridged)</title>
		<link>http://www.sturtle.com/index.php/2010/11/gays-and-advertising-a-field-guide-abridged/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sturtle.com/index.php/2010/11/gays-and-advertising-a-field-guide-abridged/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Nov 2010 16:30:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Patently Offensive So, Toyota needed to promote four-wheel-drive vehicles in Country Australia, which most of the world knows as Outback Australia. And because the folks who live in that part of the world pride themselves on being rough and tough pioneer types who express a lot of disdain for city life and, you know, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Barbie Dolls, Global Destruction, And My Upper-Body Workout</title>
		<link>http://www.sturtle.com/index.php/2010/11/barbie-dolls-global-destruction-and-my-upper-body-workout/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sturtle.com/index.php/2010/11/barbie-dolls-global-destruction-and-my-upper-body-workout/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Nov 2010 16:30:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I never played much with action figures when I was a kid. I had them, just like I had Fisher Price Little People and Weebles and a Barbie or two. But I never really knew what to do with any of it. My friends used to come over, and once the shock of the Barbie [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sissybounce + Cracked-Out Drag Queens + Booty-Poppin Bears = ONE EPIC PARTY</title>
		<link>http://www.sturtle.com/index.php/2010/11/sissybounce-cracked-out-drag-queens-booty-poppin-bears-one-epic-party/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sturtle.com/index.php/2010/11/sissybounce-cracked-out-drag-queens-booty-poppin-bears-one-epic-party/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Nov 2010 16:30:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I don&#8217;t go out much these days because I am often sleepy and easily disappointed. Between my work schedule (I get up at 5am) and my hard-to-shake-off, been-there/done-that jadedness, nightlife doesn&#8217;t usually keep me awake. Usually. But Saturday night&#8217;s party at the New Orleans Candle Factory &#8212; hosted by New Orleans Airlift &#8212; was EPIC. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Today In Videogames: Fable 3 Blows</title>
		<link>http://www.sturtle.com/index.php/2010/11/today-in-videogames-fable-3-blows/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sturtle.com/index.php/2010/11/today-in-videogames-fable-3-blows/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Nov 2010 16:33:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Non-gamers, please bear with me. I have to get this off my chest: Fable 3 freaking blows. I am not a hardcore gamer. My life is full of one husband, four dogs, three jobs, and a time-consuming hobby (i.e. putting on shows and stuff). I don&#8217;t have the time, energy, or interest to spend hours [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Clearly, Zach Galifianakis Is Going To The Wrong Gay Bars</title>
		<link>http://www.sturtle.com/index.php/2010/11/clearly-zach-galifianakis-is-going-to-the-wrong-gay-bars/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sturtle.com/index.php/2010/11/clearly-zach-galifianakis-is-going-to-the-wrong-gay-bars/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Nov 2010 16:41:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;There&#8217;s a bar around here that I used to go to, Roosterfish. It&#8217;s a gay bar,&#8221; Galifianakis said. &#8220;I used to go because I liked to get hit on, even though I&#8217;m a straight guy. And now it never happens anymore!&#8221; &#8220;I mean, because of me gaining 25 pounds? Really frustrating.&#8221; [LATimes] Tweet]]></description>
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		<title>Who Collects Art?</title>
		<link>http://www.sturtle.com/index.php/2010/11/who-collects-art/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sturtle.com/index.php/2010/11/who-collects-art/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Nov 2010 16:12:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[America&#8217;s top ten markets for art collectors: 1. Denver, Colorado 2. Colorado Springs-Pueblo, Colorado 3. Portland, Oregon 4. San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, California 5. Atlanta, Georgia 6. Mobile-Pensacola (Ft. Walton Beach), Alabama-Florida 7. Memphis, Tennessee 8. Spokane, Washington 9. Seattle-Tacoma, Washington 10. West Palm Beach-Ft. Pierce, Florida I assume that&#8217;s collectors per capita rather the total [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cruising Chicago Half-Naked In A Bentley</title>
		<link>http://www.sturtle.com/index.php/2010/11/cruising-chicago-half-naked-in-a-bentley/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sturtle.com/index.php/2010/11/cruising-chicago-half-naked-in-a-bentley/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Nov 2010 17:20:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I think we all know what this was about: [A] Chicago car dealer was found in his Bentley with a loaded gun and his pants missing&#8230; When police found him, Bernshtam was apparently trying to cover himself with a sweater because his pants were in the back seat. When asked why he was naked from the waist [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I Suppose This Makes New Orleans And The Gulf Coast A Diaper?</title>
		<link>http://www.sturtle.com/index.php/2010/11/i-suppose-this-makes-new-orleans-and-the-gulf-coast-a-diaper/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sturtle.com/index.php/2010/11/i-suppose-this-makes-new-orleans-and-the-gulf-coast-a-diaper/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Nov 2010 16:50:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[And Katrina was a tornado, I guess. Oh, Italy: you&#8217;re so adorable when you&#8217;re confused. Advertising Agency: JWT/RMG Connect, Milan, Italy Executive Creative Director: Daniela Radice Associate Creative Director &#38; Copywriter: Davide Boscacci Copywriter: Jack Blanga Art Director: Giulio Nadotti Illustrator: Giulio Nadotti [via Copyranter] Tweet]]></description>
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		<title>Debating Climate-Change Deniers Is So Easy, Even A Bot Can Do It</title>
		<link>http://www.sturtle.com/index.php/2010/11/debating-climate-change-deniers-is-so-easy-even-a-bot-can-do-it/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sturtle.com/index.php/2010/11/debating-climate-change-deniers-is-so-easy-even-a-bot-can-do-it/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Nov 2010 15:32:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[Nigel Leck] got tired of arguing on Twitter with people who believe climate change is not occurring, so he built a bot that scrapes Twitter for certain strings of words then responds to the author of the offending tweet with a pre-packaged link containing a science-based counter-argument. The dialog (or should we say rhetoric?) between [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Quite Possibly The Best Thing That Cher Has Ever Said&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.sturtle.com/index.php/2010/11/quite-possibly-the-best-thing-that-cher-has-ever-said/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sturtle.com/index.php/2010/11/quite-possibly-the-best-thing-that-cher-has-ever-said/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Nov 2010 18:57:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8230;apart from &#8220;Chastity, get in here!&#8221;, of course: &#8220;If you’re not worrying about how to put food on your table, you [should be] worrying about why other people don’t have food on their table.&#8221; [VanityFair via Towleroad] I hope more people are having those thoughts as they go to the polls today. Which reminds me: PLEASE VOTE, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Notes On Katy Perry&#8217;s &#8216;Firework&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.sturtle.com/index.php/2010/10/notes-on-katy-perrys-firework/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sturtle.com/index.php/2010/10/notes-on-katy-perrys-firework/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Oct 2010 15:19:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So Katy Perry&#8217;s video for &#8220;Firework&#8221; is out. I have some problems with this. For starters: &#8220;Firework&#8221;? Unless we&#8217;re talking about a gutter punk working a set of flaming hula-hoops at Burning Man, I have no idea what &#8220;firework&#8221; is. Like &#8220;pants&#8221; or &#8220;grits&#8221;, &#8220;firework&#8221; is always plural. Why didn&#8217;t she just call the song [...]]]></description>
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		<title>David Mixner: Right Idea, Wrong Message</title>
		<link>http://www.sturtle.com/index.php/2010/10/david-mixner-right-idea-wrong-message/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sturtle.com/index.php/2010/10/david-mixner-right-idea-wrong-message/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Oct 2010 15:16:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I like David Mixner. He&#8217;s smart, he&#8217;s driven, and he seems passionate about doing the right thing (whatever that thing may be). But his blog post from yesterday left me cold. Here&#8217;s an excerpt: If the House and Senate fall into Republican Tea Party hands on November 2nd, the LGBT community will be facing the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Seven Things That Gross Me Out</title>
		<link>http://www.sturtle.com/index.php/2010/10/seven-things-that-gross-me-out/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sturtle.com/index.php/2010/10/seven-things-that-gross-me-out/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Oct 2010 15:30:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[1. Using a knife to stir my coffee, as I did this morning, because all the clean spoons were still in the dishwasher, and I was lazy and weak and backsliding. Using anything other than a spoon to stir coffee makes me feel like a construction worker, but not in a good way. More like, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Most Hilarity You Can Have On A Friday Evening</title>
		<link>http://www.sturtle.com/index.php/2010/10/the-most-hilarity-you-can-have-on-a-friday-evening/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sturtle.com/index.php/2010/10/the-most-hilarity-you-can-have-on-a-friday-evening/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Oct 2010 00:22:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So I&#8217;m sitting here transcribing Show Girls, because that&#8217;s the basis of our next show, and for reasons that I have yet to fully understand, there&#8217;s no copy of the script online. Annoying. Anyway, I&#8217;m typing along, making slow progress, when I remember that YouTube began transcribing videos a while back, and I&#8217;ve never made [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NSFW: Christeene&#8217;s Latest Video, BUSTIN BROWN</title>
		<link>http://www.sturtle.com/index.php/2010/10/nsfw-christeenes-latest-video-bustin-brown/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sturtle.com/index.php/2010/10/nsfw-christeenes-latest-video-bustin-brown/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Oct 2010 15:08:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So my dearclosepersonalfriend has gotten even skankier. (I mean that in a totally good way.) Precious Moments ought to watch her back if she wants to hold onto the title of &#8220;Filthiest Drag Queen Alive&#8221;. Tweet]]></description>
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		<title>Underwear: Evil Or Necessary Evil? Discuss.</title>
		<link>http://www.sturtle.com/index.php/2010/10/underwear-evil-or-necessary-evil-discuss/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sturtle.com/index.php/2010/10/underwear-evil-or-necessary-evil-discuss/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Oct 2010 15:30:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I wore underwear as a child, and I assumed everyone else did, too. Like kids who grow up speaking three languages or practicing cannibalism, it seemed normal, the thing to do. Thanks to our maid, Marsha (née Marshalene Ducksworth), my Hanes briefs were kept as white as Sean Hannity&#8217;s teeth and as tight as Olivia [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kim Kardashian Got The Barbara Kruger Treatment, And All I Got Was This Lousy T-Shirt</title>
		<link>http://www.sturtle.com/index.php/2010/10/kim-kardashian-got-the-barbara-kruger-treatment-and-all-i-got-was-this-lousy-t-shirt/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sturtle.com/index.php/2010/10/kim-kardashian-got-the-barbara-kruger-treatment-and-all-i-got-was-this-lousy-t-shirt/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Oct 2010 15:40:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Then again, between the two of us, I&#8217;m the one who needs a cover-up. &#160; Tweet]]></description>
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		<title>Dan Savage&#8217;s &#8216;It Gets Better&#8217; Comes To New Orleans This Weekend</title>
		<link>http://www.sturtle.com/index.php/2010/10/dan-savages-it-gets-better-comes-to-new-orleans-this-weekend/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sturtle.com/index.php/2010/10/dan-savages-it-gets-better-comes-to-new-orleans-this-weekend/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Oct 2010 15:35:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By now, most of you have seen the video clips &#8212; the ones recorded as part of the &#8220;It Gets Better&#8221; campaign. On the off-chance that you haven&#8217;t: the campaign was begun by author Dan Savage in response to the recent spate of suicides by LGBT teens. Savage conceived it as a way of assuring [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Teabaggers Are Not Our Friends</title>
		<link>http://www.sturtle.com/index.php/2010/10/teabaggers-are-not-our-friends/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sturtle.com/index.php/2010/10/teabaggers-are-not-our-friends/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Oct 2010 15:33:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Gays: I don&#8217;t know if you&#8217;ve noticed, but there are a growing number of teabaggers trying to win our votes. It&#8217;s happening in dribs and drabs &#8212; at events like last month&#8217;s (mostly failed) Uni-Tea roundup and through the Libertarian Party&#8217;s half-assed attempt to play up something called &#8220;battered gay voter syndrome&#8220;. And what&#8217;s creepy [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Coming Out, Pre-Internet</title>
		<link>http://www.sturtle.com/index.php/2010/10/coming-out-pre-internet/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sturtle.com/index.php/2010/10/coming-out-pre-internet/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Oct 2010 17:17:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My final coming out &#8212; the real one, when I was 20 &#8211;  was gut-wrenching. I had a girlfriend at the time, but she lived in Texas. She&#8217;d come down with a semi-serious illness our sophomore year, and after she recovered, her parents withdrew her from Millsaps and moved her back home. I went to [...]]]></description>
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