In which The Gay Recluse becomes increasingly obsessed with The George Washington Bridge.
Time and Date of photograph: February 26, 2008, 7:56am.
Notes: The morning light — not unlike our mood — is not so much blue as tinged with blue.

“The George Washington Bridge over the Hudson is the most beautiful bridge in the world. Made of [...]

In which The Gay Recluse contemplates four uncommissioned masterpieces from the walls of an uptown subway station and finds evidence of paranoia, conspiracy and entropy.

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: [...]

In which The Gay Recluse celebrates The New Dark Ages.
Last night Gawker posted a piece about Chris Crocker, who has released a new video in which he responds to YouTube comments such as the following:
–Next time you are walking in the street I hope you get run over by cancer
–I WANNA KILL YOU! GIMME UR [...]

In which The Gay Recluse posts a photograph of a two-headed cat.
Dear readers: We invite you to submit photographs of two-headed cats to us at thegayrecluse@gmail.com.
 

In which The Gay Recluse ponders the transformation of the monumental into the mundane (and vice versa).
Date of Incident: February 6, 2008
Time: 7:14 am
Causes of Disaster: Undetected crack in containment vessel.
Remarks: A crack in the single-hulled design of the containment vessel went undetected overnight, leading to nasty seepage all over the shelves of the refrigerator. [...]

In which The Gay Recluse live-blogs the Super Bowl.
5:58. Our friend T___ arrives to give us haircuts. He tells us that his mother, who is only 64 years old, has just been diagnosed with an inoperable form of brain cancer. She has just begun chemotherapy, and to give him encouragement, we tell him about another [...]

In which The Gay Recluse reports to the Board of Directors.
Summary
Results for January 2008 surpassed budgeted forecasts and represented significant growth for The Gay Recluse. It is expected that as editorial and production capacity of the site continues to expand, traffic will continue to trend upward, justifying additional capital investment into the operation.
Traffic Metrix
Technorati: As [...]

In which The Gay Recluse ponders the transformation of the monumental into the mundane (and vice versa).
Date of Incident: January 31, 2008
Time: 7:23 pm
Causes of Disaster: Sprawling development in dwindling reserves of space.
Remarks: Unplanned and haphazard growth has resulted in dangerous towers of material. Falling debris has already made the area dangerous and unpredictable, [...]

In which The Gay Recluse ponders the transformation of the monumental into the mundane (and vice versa).
Date of Incident: January 28, 2008
Time: 5:39 pm.
Causes of Disaster: Careless and possibly blatant disregard of invaluable records; ongoing acts of civil disobedience.
Remarks: After a long and exhaustive search, an historic document of invaluable worth and strategic importance was [...]

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: disaster + january [...]

In which The Gay Recluse ponders the transformation of the monumental into the mundane (and vice versa).
Date of Incident: January 26, 2008
Time: 4:38 pm.
Causes of Disaster: Failure to follow implemented routines; boredom, malaise.
Remarks: Clean-up of the disaster area had already begun when workers were attacked by a savage, rampaging beast. There were no survivors. One [...]

As we watch the first few minutes of The Rainmaker (some fifty years after its release, in 1956), we are impatient and judgmental; the set is generic Hollywood Western, while the men in the family — a father and his two sons — come off as caricatures (stern older brother, mischievous younger, wise dad). Even [...]

In which The Gay Recluse ponders the transformation of the monumental into the mundane (and vice versa).
Date of Incident: January 21, 2008
Time: 1:35am.
Causes of Disaster: Failure to implement long-term planning procedures; budget overruns; bureaucratic miscommunication.
Remarks: It was long ago noted that the tube in question was reaching dangerously low and unsustainable levels; procurement requests were [...]

In which The Gay Recluse ponders the role of technology in the transformation of the monumental into the mundane (and vice versa).
Date of Incident: January 15, 2008
Time: 6:34pm.
Causes of Disaster: Narrow countertop; careless placement of container; fatigue; needless “multi-tasking.”
Remarks: After much debate about whether to even supplement the salad in question — upon which it [...]