In which Dante and Zephyr take over The Gay Recluse.

Friends! Let’s be perfectly clear: not every cat is a lolcat!

In which The Gay Recluse scores selected opinion pieces in The Times.
Maureen Dowd/Eggheads and Cheese Balls
The Short Version: Obama and Hillary are both floundering.
In her words: “At match points, when Hillary fights like a cornered raccoon, Obama retreats into law professor mode.”
Score: B- (Basic)
This column doesn’t break any new ground as Dowd trots out the usual reasons why [...]

In which The Gay Recluse looks forward to Beijing 2008.
Today we are pleased to introduce readers to our new women’s beach-volleyball correspondent, Robert Representative, who kicks off his Olympic coverage with the following report:
Any real commentary of this sport will have to wait until the summer,
but I did manage to find some awesome photos that [...]

In which The Gay Recluse holds a contest. Sort of.
Today reader Jason sent in the following note along with some pictures:
I don’t know why I never really noticed this before, but the statuary at Columbus Circle and Central Park West is really gay. There’s two seriously built guys who seem to be having a spat, [...]

In which The Gay Recluse becomes increasingly obsessed with the George Washington Bridge.
Date of Photographs: April 13, 2008

The clouds over the bridge were riveting today.

It made us remember: once we were in Vermont, on tour with the band.

We were eating dinner at a restaurant overlooking Lake Champlain.

(The sixth great lake.)

There was a beautiful sunset.

Some of [...]

In which The Gay Recluse disagrees with one reader and agrees with another.
Recently reader Wil sent in the following comment in response to our April 5th updated analysis of the Modern Love column in the New York Times, in which openly gay writers almost never appear, and even less frequently describe romantic relationships:
[I]t’s written [...]

In which The Gay Recluse provides a gay (but frankly, equally boring) alternative to this week’s Modern Love offering in The Times. Those looking for our quantitative analysis should click here.
The Plain, Unmarked Box Arrived
By LORI JAKIELA and THE GAY RECLUSE
Published: April 13, 2008
THE night we ordered the sex chair, we’d been drinking. Not a [...]

In which The Gay Recluse is graced by our most cantankerous correspondent, The Blind Architect.
Today, in response to our recent post on shipwrecks in Washington Heights, we received the following report from The Blind Architect:
[A]s usual, any noteworthy thing you can find in Washington Heights has already been done to death in the real Manhattan a few miles to the [...]

In which The Gay Recluse provides a gay alternative to this week’s Modern Love offering in The Times. Those looking for our quantitative analysis should click here.
When The Chutney’s Gone (or Before I Came Out as a Lesbian, I Was the Worst Kind of Scary Sadshaw)
By SUZANNE FINNAMORE and THE GAY RECLUSE
Published: April 5, 2008
As [...]

In which The Gay Recluse becomes increasingly obsessed with The George Washington Bridge.
Time and date of photographs: April 3, 2008, wheneverness.

Work was difficult this week.

It was hard to concentrate.

Life felt very distant.

We wished we could take a nap.

Somehow it never ends.
“I, too am obsessed with the George Washington Bridge, and have been ever since as stoned [...]

In which The Gay Recluse holds a contest. Sort of.
Today reader Will wrote with the following update:
I was just in New Orleans and got some more photos for your Hottest
Gay Statues contest. They’re from the Mardi Gras World museum
(http://www.mardigrasworld.com/).

Laissez les bons temps rouler! Let’s see what New Orleans has to offer:

This matador is pretty flamboyant [...]

In which The Gay Recluse rather quickly gets lung cancer.
Time and date of photographs: April 2, 2008, 7pm (ish)

Although the worst offender seems to have abated after we called 311 a few weeks ago, there are regular emissions of nasty-looking black smoke from almost all of the rooftops.

At least when it gets dark it’s [...]

In which Deirdre’s Terrain checks in with The Gay Recluse.
Today we received this startling news report and follow-up analysis from our Manhattan correspondent Deirdre’s Terrain:
ieeww I hate people who post picts & videos of their KIDS at the beach taking a bath etc etc… playing with their iPhone.. YUCK! why do parents post boring picts [...]

In which The Gay Recluse corresponds with Harry, an 80-year-old autistic gay man.
Herewith, for those who asked (and for those who did not):
March 24: It is none my business to know, but! My curiosity is tweaked. Who are you? Have you posted something somewhere to give a more detailed bio? or do I have [...]

In which The Gay Recluse makes a monthly report on traffic whoring to the Board of Directors.
I. Summary
A combination of organic growth, traffic whoring and links from Curbed, Gothamist, Towleroad, Slog and others contributed to record numbers of visitors and page views in March.
II. Traffic Whoring Metrix
WordPress
Total Views March: 15,033
Grand Total Number of Views: [...]

In which The Gay Recluse turns forty.
Today we received the following note from Harry, a reader in Washington Heights:
Subj: YOU
Mess: It is none my business to know, but! My curiosity is tweaked. Who are you? Have you posted something somewhere to give a more detailed bio? or do I have to continue to read between [...]

In which The Gay Recluse holds a contest. Sort of.
Last week our newest correspondent The Blind Architect filed this report:
You may be interested in this statue of George Washington I saw last week in Seattle. No musculature, but he does have a big sword. I have been watching the HBO John Adams series, and George [...]

In which The Gay Recluse scores selected opinion pieces in The Times.
Gail Collins/McCain Forecloses Early
The Short Version: Democrats need to relax. McCain is truly an idiot!
In her words: “Fortunately for the quivering Democrats, McCain has also felt compelled to speak about the mortgage crisis.”
Score: A (Awesome)
Collins delivers a much needed (and amusing!) perspective in the [...]

In which The Gay Recluse updates his informal but rather telling quantitative analysis of Modern Love, the weekly Style Section (of The Times) column in which openly gay writers almost never appear, and even less frequently describe a romantic relationship.
This week’s piece: How We Got from Grief to Pancakes
Subject: A woman finds a new [...]

In which The Gay Recluse provides a gay alternative to this week’s Modern Love offering in The Times. Those looking for our quantitative analysis should click here.
How We Got From Grief to Pancakes
By PATTY DANN and THE GAY RECLUSE
Published: March 30, 2008
I WAS nervous about meeting my new partner’s parents, even though — omg! [...]