He’s Just Had Coffee

I’ve written previously about the Ian Roberts fan page I keep called “World Of Ian“. I didn’t mention in that post that, since February 2001 I’ve also moderated an online community at Yahoo Groups also called “World Of Ian”. I started the group because I kept getting email from people who liked the fan site […]

In ‘Father, can’t you see I’m burning?’ The death drive in X-Men: The Last Stand, k-punk exposes himself as, not only one of the few people of the planet who enjoyed X-Men 3 but also (correctly in my view) spots a shift from the realistic psychodrama of the previous two to the subtlety of myth. His […]

Oh, happy day.

I just returned from a visit to Brisbane to watch two good friends of mine, Woody and Liz get married. The wedding was a delightfully personal and idiosyncratic affair, exactly what we were all hoping for - an entrance archway covered in pink leopard skin, the groom in a chinese silk suit with odd socks, […]

Long ago, I used to have a great time using online personals to meet people for whatever, but you get bored - there’s something horrible about reducing people to statistics. So, I thought… what other things could a personal ad site ask you for as a way of enriching our picture of each other. Here’s some […]

Last Saturday the 6th International Gay Games opened in Sydney. Something like 14000 athletes converged on the place, rendering the street completely crazy (I should probably say: The Street, because I mostly mean Oxford St) - long queues every night of the week, crowds of happy queer folk wandering the streets wearing medals, it’s a […]

When I was a kid, my mum used to school me in the belief that the only person you had control or agency over was yourself. Other people’s heads were their own affair and there was really nothing you could do to affect them. Thus when someone did something that really annoyed you, all you […]

My electronic record-keeping is pretty rudimentary, so I have no real idea when I started a fan page for Ian Roberts, but I have a clear recollection of why. Contrary to popular assumption, it wasn’t a testament to my undying love for my “hero”, it wasn’t a way to attract his attention, it wasn’t a way […]

I admit it, I’m obsessed with gaydar. At first I thought it was just another way to score trade, like Pinkboard or Gay.com or Guystats. Then, after joining, I realised it was pretty cool - you can put up pics as usual, but they also prod you for a reasonable amount of profile information and they […]

Nearly a month since the last entry… In the interim, I’ve been to Brisbane for a week to work and catch up with friends and had a very confusing, though short-lived romance. It feels like it’s over, but I’m just not quite sure… The apple of my eye (let’s call him Mr Apple), started quite enthusiastically, started […]

Something that comes up from time to time is the odd belief, that many young men seem to harbour, that the other guy should approach them. This turns up when people talk about cruising guys in bars, at sex clubs and at saunas. Guys complain that they must be unattractive because the guys they look at […]

Phew - a big, work-filled week in Melbourne since last we spoke. Now, at last, I’m home in Sydney having avoided Sleaze in favour of a low-key evening at Phoenix last night. Worth reporting that my final night in Melbourne featured the compelling “Club Brucies”, an odd little venue with a whole lot of drag and […]