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BEFORE YOU WERE HOT.COM #followfriday

I like this site.. it's not a typical bitchy, let's make fun of people site, instead it actually celebrates the inner swan that you were when you were an ugly duckling... and there's something really rather neat and sweet in that. Plus there's some really attractive people's pictures on the site (always nice). This is of course an 'after' picture. :) Go to BeforeYouWereHot and see for yourself.

The Smoking Cocktail #followfriday #thesmokingcocktail

If it's Friday, we're following some blogs and this week I wanted to also highlight (in addition to my new best friend forever Tamara Manor) my new friend JD Salvatore who co-hosted the Brevity Fest in Los Angeles with a couple weeks ago. JD blogs all about the LGBT scene in Hollywood in a non Perez way (ie they look at the camera as though they like JD rather than afraid of Perez). It's fun to read another blog that celebrates the entertainment industry (particularly the queer film world) in a fun, upbeat positive way. Enjoy!

#followfriday Tamara Manor #tamaramanor

Welcome to Friday! An important event listing coming up later today (in Williamsburg of all places) so keep an eye on the blog but first, I want to point out a newish blog that I've only just discovered this past week - the blog of Tamara Manor who is the snarkiest snark who ever snarked ... and if you don't think the word 'fuck' is funny, then this may not be the site for you. Click on her RANTS category and read in depth her rant about slang.. it's for reals. :) (although apparently she doesn't quite understand the use of 'fail' and 'made of win' which was beyond my capabilities to explain because how does one describe such a stupid slang trend.. it's as bad as when, just a few years ago, everything would say "I'm getting my X on" like "I'm getting my breakfast on" rather than, say, "I'm having breakfast". You were around, you heard the lame-ness (ok so the lame use of the word lame to describe everything lame is just like well, lame, you know?) Anyway, check Tamara out, she puts me to shame in the rant department! ;)

FOLLOW FRIDAY: WHAT WOULD EMMA PILLSBURY WEAR? #followfriday

Well, this is certainly unique.. a website devoted to find the real life wardrobe of the Emma Pillsbury character from GLEE. Here's the blog description:

"When Emma Pillsbury appeared on Glee, I sat up and took notice. Who was this cardigan-clad darling with a penchant for plastic gloves and antiseptic wipes? That jewelry! Those shoes! In an instant, I was hooked on all things Emma. Join me as I scour the internet for her (and ultimately my) dream wardrobe"

Fashion challenges and giveaways abound so if you're female fashion conscious, give this campy and offbeat site a look over!

FOLLOW FRIDAY: THE SMOKING COCKTAIL #followfriday

I discovered The Smoking Cocktail recently, a LGBT entertainment and political site out of LA run by comic JD Salvatore ... it's a fun, kooky little site featuring the week's best and gayest clips of the week and all sorts of fun events taking place around the Los Angeles area (I almost wish I was going to be in LA this weekend rather than Montreal for the Coco Peru/Lily Tomlin talk at the Renberg Center. OK. Only "almost")

This reminds me, I realized yesterday that it's been five years since I've been to L.A... since the last Bad Boys Pool Party - in 2005. So it's a good thing that I'm planning a trip there for the first week of June.. more info to come soon although I don't anticipate doing any events there (like I'm doing in San Francisco at the end of April).

FOLLOW FRIDAY: NEXT MODEL MEN #followfriday

If ya like yer men model gorgeous (and admittedly not everyone does) then click on this link for today's Follow Friday website, Next Model Men. Frankly I haven't really explored the site but my eyeballs sure have.

There's not much text so you won't have to strain your eyes or your brain to enjoy it (because I know here at Will Clark World we're so entellecktuall <G> ) but you know, you can't beat a site that simply features some seriously gorgeous men. My boyfriend would think they're too skinny but I kinda dig that tight athletic build. Sure, I want to give this guy a muffin and a glass of Snapple but that would be after I did my laundry on his abs. :) (the 'laundry' being the cum towel I'd be using after we both - well, hopefully both- shot a load).

Yes, it's starting out to be that kind of weekend... !

FOLLOW FRIDAY: PINPOINTSX POINTS YOUR WAY TO PLEASURE

Now see if Roy Ashburn had subscribed to PinpointsX, he wouldn't be in the mess that he's in. Why? Because PinpointsX is a new ap for your iPhone or iPad Touch or it's even available on the web (for us old school folks who have sausage fingers and find pressing those tiny icons on the iPad really infuriating.. no I wanted PinpointsX, not the Weather!!) that lets you find the nearest sexy place -- or car service for those nights when you really don't need another DUI - to party on with your peeps.

Like, the closest gay bar, or straight bar or strip club or dance club or sexy upscale restaurant where you can take that special male friend on a 'business dinner' so no one will know you're fucking him after you sign important anti-gay legislation. But I digress of course. :)

A couple weeks ago I went to a fabulous art gallery in Soho for a cool media show of the new PinpointsX product. I love this kind of stuff and frankly would rather go to Vegas for the CES convention than the adult stuff because although I'm traditionally a late adapter on many things gadget-oriented, I do love my toys especially when you're looking at something that you know is going to be super big (like 3D television - the next big thing since color. Seriously. Not only are the prices now sorta kinda in the ballpark for buying but it'll be maybe two or three years tops before it's just a thing that people start to get en masse. naturally the trouble is that there isn't a lot of 3D programming which is why if you're an actor or a writer the next few years is going to be one hell of a great ride - because Hollywood will be scrambling to create mountains of entertainment in order to justify to people to ditch their just purchased - relatively speaking - flat screens and opt in for the 3D).

And of course wait til the porn industry gets a new lease on life by recreating the industry with 3D porn. Dominic Ford is the only one doing it now but not for long ......

Anyway, PinpointsX is sorta like Grindr in that it's a way for people to find each other for hook ups. Granted the ap is more pansexual leaning towards straight than strictly gay like the Grindr.

A quick aside, I'm not much into Grindr, partially because I have a boyfriend and in theory I'm not really looking for sex (leave that alone) and also because last year it was like the new meth - where folks were just addicted to it to the exclusion of all else. 'dude, I found someone ten feet away' accompanied by swiveling heads and desperate furtive looks to where 'ten feet away' is (it's New York so 'ten feet away' could be in a completely different business than the one we're in).

BTW when I approached the Grindr guys about cross promoting with Bingo, they sent me their promo package where it would cost me $400 to promote them. Uhm WHAT? Yeah, those Grindr parties that you see around town, they cost the promoter $400 to put on. And that's just to get the Grindr logo on the thing. I think it's a fun site but honey, nothing's that fun. And by the way that is one great GREAT scam - let's charge people to promote our business. Brilliant. And that people actually do it is hilarious!! My dad used to say that you could see those kinds of people coming a mile away.

Anyway, PinpointsX has really great graphics and a detailed map of the city you're in (it looks like Google Maps) dotted with icons for various erotic type of activities. The first step is to sign up on their website (maybe you can do it on your iPhone but geez, sitting at a real keyboard is just plain easier I think) and then it takes you through the steps pretty easily. It's a gay and straight site and I was impressed with how savvy the creators of the menus are giving a wide array of options - looking for escorts or groups or one on one.

If you're a business or a professional you can list on the site too. With one touch on the screen, the name of your business - restaurant, comedy club (Comix is on PinpointsX), massage place, dance club, etc, - will pop up and will lead to another screen with full details - location, website, phone number and so forth. And geez, I even found an all male strip club on there that I never knew existed - located on W. 28th Street. Gotta check THAT out soon!

Naturally this is one of those things that in the early stages can feel a little like 'where is everybody?" but it's an investment over time and as more and more people, straight and gay, join in, your options will expand rapidly.

FOLLOW FRIDAY: SERIAL DRAMA BLOG

I LOVE THIS SITE SO MUCH I want to snuggle up with it and perhaps even make love to it in the afternoon. Actually I love it so much I'd interrupt it's wedding to another site even if it meant flinging the doors open with a baby in tow just to get it to dump whomever it was betrothed. :)

Seriously, it's good snarky fun.. give it a looksee. The best tagline in the world: "We mock soaps out of love. And hate. But mostly love"

Sample commentary:

"And the end of Friday's episode? An extra delicious taste of honey. Come on, it was a wedding between the town's supervillain and a woman everybody thought was dead! Even the priest who officiated the ceremony was like, "This could not possibly rule any harder"."

Go on click here, you know you want to. :)