On the Search for The Gay Recluse: February 15, 2008
In which The Gay Recluse ponders a sampling of recent search terms used to find the very pages you are now reading. Note: All search terms listed are in the exact form provided by WordPress.com, which is the host (at least for a while) of this blog. Hyperlinks to relevant posts included.
Search: two headed cat
Comment: We love ours very much.
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Comment: We too have used Washington Heights as a metaphor for hell.
Search: dress up a gay jesus
Comment: This is the best way to celebrate the holiday season.
Search: spacemen 3
Comment: Blow yourself away, and tell them we sent you.
Search: retirement pleasures
Comment: Wherever you are, Glitza Gardenia, we hope that you are happier now than you were then.
Search: gay edwardian
Comment: They existed. Some were named Henry James. Some were hot bears. (This is indisputable.)
Search: rapes in pittsburgh
Comment: At least the Super Bowl is over for now.
Search: cat shadows
Comment: We laugh at Zephyr even as we do the same thing ourselves.
Search: “valley of misery between peaks of joy“
Comment: It’s not a horrible metaphor, but Daniel Jones & Company have a way of taking the fun out of everything.
Search: ge monitor top fridge broken
Comment: Even the greatest of empires must eventually come to an end.
Search: photographing couples with pets
Comment: Science has proven that those who do it (photograph couples with pets) are almost always gay.
Search: grant hart
Comment: Someone on Gawker didn’t even know who/what/when Hüsker Dü was, which fills us with both pleasure and regret.
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Comment: We wanted Geraldine Ferraro but ultimately endorsed Barack Obama.

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