It turns out that I have an entire month left on the membership site so sorry for jumping the gun last week. At least that gives me some breathing room. I finished my final update earlier in the week and it sort of sucked that the site was closing so soon after. Well, now there’s time again! I just love a second chance.
For Johnny’s birthday weekend Ma Hazzard is visiting West Hollywood again. She loves being in California almost as much as she loves being with her son so it’s really a double whammy for her. Johnny had to fly up to Toronto for a dance gig today so Ma Hazzard was left to amuse herself with Petey, but he’ll be back in time for birthday festivities tomorrow. The four of us went out briefly Friday night and we have plans for tomorrow as well. All I can say at the moment is that there will be plenty of stories and video for all of our readers very soon!
In honor of Johnny’s 31st birthday tomorrow I have finally updated Hazzard Radio. That’s right! Only two years later! I’ve been putting it off because there have been other things to do and I was sort of dreading the Flash work. Imagine my surprise when the update went very smoothly. Damn, sometimes I shock myself with my aptitude for making complex programming simple. Anyway, I hope you will all enjoy the new musical selections and stay tuned for some VERY interesting material in the near future.
As urban gay guys in a metro gay ghetto it is quite easy for us to lose perspective on what it means to be a homo in the real world. To make matters worse, we are bombarded with negative media regarding attitudes towards gays in, shall we say, less traveled areas of the country. Let’s face it, the last place I want to get my information is from the American media.
Dear readers in red, square states I want to hear about your experiences. Seeing things like 30 Days: A Straight Man In A Gay World and Big Eden make me believe that people in general are far more accepting of gay individuals than we are led to believe. It’s Pride month and I think it would be great to show how far we’ve come in the past 38 years.
Please leave comments or drop me an e-mail with a personal story demonstrating the good or bad about being gay beyond the bassinet of the nearest boys’ town.
Have a great weekend everybody!
On this date last year I posted this video of Johnny on You Tube to promote his new membership web site. Today I’m posting it here to showcase some new video features available thanks to the wonderful Jeroen Wijering media player. We’ve been using his player for some time here on Hazzard Ahead, but I didn’t keep up with the new versions. Big mistake… Huge! This video is larger than usual to prove a point so give it a chance to load and then check out the full screen feature. Nice! As Johnny would say.
In other news, several weeks ago the aforementioned You Tube page was visited by a woman set on spreading her misery around. I was mildly amused by her raging stupidity until she chose to go whole hog ig’nunt bigot on my ass. The rate of escalation was truly startling – obviously based on something deeper than a silly video page comment section.
I invite you to take a moment and see what charming things she has to say. You won’t be disappointed.
Addendum: Justice is served! That hateful bitch has been banned from You Tube for life. Sometimes it is worthwhile to write a quick, thoughtful note. 
Maybe you haven’t noticed, but things have been just a little dry here on Hazzard Ahead lately. I don’t know, I guess summer has taken a toll on me. The pace of life has slowed down a bit and I haven’t had any interest in the party thing or divulging my mysterious inner workings for the world at large to consume. Can you blame me? It’s been over 100 degrees most days and hiding out at work or in the dark confines of my pristine sanctuary there hasn’t been much writing fodder. So I’ve decided that I need your help in making my blog a more desirable destination. That’s right – I want my readers to take an interest and prime my writing pump. Now there’s a usage of the word “pump” you didn’t expect to find here!
This is my idea: I want you readers to tell me exactly what you’d like me to spout off about. People that know me realize I’m a soft-spoken guy, but I have my opinions and I’m ready to share them. Boy Wonder and I are going to collaborate on this project and respond to the best ideas put forth by my fans. Take a minute and leave a comment about what thoughts you’d like me to express. We’ll choose our favorite and go to town for your reading delight. Otherwise you might just have to settle for a mediocre recount of a lame night out on the town in the possibly distant future. Do you really want that to happen? I didn’t think so…
