Quick update on this Oscar Sunday, regarding the Belgian gay couple whose surrogate son Samuel had been detained for two and a half years (since the child’s birth) in a Ukrainian orphanage (the child was born in the Ukraine because Belgium doesn’t allow gay surrogacy), kept from his parents because the Belgian government refused to [...]

As a Subscriber to Stay On Fountain, you have been auto-enrolled in the Husband of the Month Club.  Congratulations!  The man who is selected will be your husband for 30 days, so enjoy!  And for straight men and lesbians (or interested parties who simply don’t care for the man), you will still be sent the [...]

MARRIAGE IN THE UNITED STATES As I write this, courts and senate chambers in almost every state shake with marriage debate. In California… Prop 8 Repeal attorneys Ted Olson and David Boies have asked the 9th Circuit court to lift its stay on Judge Walker’s ruling, pending the resolve of the case. Basically, Judge Walker’s [...]

That’s right, another trip to RetroJunk.com has riddled me with a drive-by Melody Lane-ing.  Pizza Hut’s BookIt program, that’s awesome/awful little blue buttons that promoted reading/lying-about-reading in order to gain Pizza Points. Now, to be fair to myself, I did end up reading about 80% of the books I claimed to read, but that 5 [...]

William Schmidt wanted to be an individual. Hard for a man named William to be distinguishable, even in the 1890′s.  This is why William went by the moniker William “The Only William” Schmidt. This is just the kind of turn of the (other) century nonsense I love. Schmidt was a connoisseur of Lady Liquor, and [...]

I previously posted this month about Reagan’s impending Centennial, his reprehensible history with AIDS education and prevention, and just what the Hell are any of us going to do about it? Well, in case nobody’s noticed, HIV and AIDS are no longer death blows.  Thanks to drugs like AZT, and thanks to charity events like [...]

It’s a beautiful day again. Yesterday, I had reported that brilliant gay author of “Hero,” Perry Moore, had passed away from an Oxy-Contin overdose.  It was a horrible shock. That night, another story broke, that brilliant gay musician Rufus Wainwright had welcomed a baby daughter, Viva Katherine Wainwright Cohen.  Wainwright and his very German partner [...]

This is a terrible, terrible tragedy. Many people die.  There’s a hole in my heart to write that Perry Moore, producer of the “Narnia” films, and I believe more importantly, the author of “Hero,” a beautiful, groundbreaking book about a gay teenage superhero, has died at age 39. He was found yesterday by his partner [...]

My Radiohead has arrived, and a day early! “The King of Limbs,” Radiohead’s eighth (ish) album and second one that’s been available through their website.  Unlike “In Rainbows,” which boldly suggested that fans could pay whatever they want, even if it was 99 cents, “The King of Limbs” is more traditionally structured at $9 for [...]

TARGET GOES GAY AGAIN Did you boycott Target?  If you did, did you maintain it? If the above answers were ‘yes,’ I want to thank you.  Targets are very cheap, close-by and convenient, and stopping shopping there takes some concentration.  I greatly appreciate everyone who observed it. However, I believe the boycott can officially cool [...]

Just caught up on my beloved, short-lived, pie-themed quirky show today.  Not “Twin Peaks” this time.  It’s “Pushing Daisies,” an unironic, beautifully constructed love story that is impossible to watch without smiling.  The show will explain itself much better than I can, and it’s streaming on Netflix.  Make sure you catch it! Song selection today [...]

Happy Valentine’s Day!  Today is a big day because, being Monday, a day one typically goes back to work, State Senators and State Representatives across the country have found themselves passing the gay marriage pendulum back and forth.  Indiana, New Hampshire, Iowa, Hawaii, Maryland are all debating pro and anti-gay amendments to their state constitutions. [...]

I stumbled upon something extraordinary yesterday.  Walt Disney’s original plans for EPCOT Center. What was so different in the design? To start, it was called EPCOT City, and it wasn’t a theme park with rides or admission fees.  It was an actual city.  A city where people would work and live out their days in [...]

If you’re feeling uncool today… Listening to Lightnin’ Hopkins.  His blues makes you feel like the gutter is the place to be. “Once Was a Gambler.”  A man who loses his wife and his home to gambling addiction.  And he somehow makes it sound okay. Savor your day, everybody.

With so many people celebrating the Centennial of Ronald Reagan’s life, I thought it would be appropriate to put in my two cents as well. I want you all to do me a favor. While you do so, I want you to listen to a bit of music.  ”Hand Covers Bruise,” a track from the [...]