Waitin' for the Weekend

"Love + Support" by Clint Collide:

You can save time by pausing the video and right-arrowing through the pics.

N. B. -- Strange to say, the two guys by the water keg in the thumbnail photo look just like my junior-high phys ed teachers.  But they were not friendly, and did no education.  They just handed out balls at the beginning of the period and told us to go play, while they sat in their air-conditioned office.  In my day, P.E. teaching was just a stepping stone on the way to becoming principals.  They took no notice of whether anyone did well or not.  

Your Head Trucker was one of the guys who was always last to be chosen for teams, and was routinely mocked and scorned by the other guys.  I hated it.

I'm sure many of my truckbuddies can relate.

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Growing Old as Gay Men

Is it okay to be gay and over 30?  A 2008 documentary explores gay attitudes to aging, featuring several notable gay writers and activists.  I may add my own thoughts later.

Warning:  contains some NSFW language.

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Old Gays Look Back

Apparently, the Old Gays were pretty famous on social media a few years back, but your Head Trucker was out of the loop - typical - and just came across some of their vids last week.  The first one below was made in January 2019 and has had over 9 million (!) views on YouTube.  Here are a few of their videos; I can relate to much of what they say.

Bonus:  The group appeared on the Today program in November 2023, plugging their new book:

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Sunday Drive: In the Bleak Midwinter

James Taylor sings the poignant Christmas carol writen by Christina Rossetti:

The Lessons Appointed for Use on the

Second Sunday of Advent

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Waitin' for the Weekend

"Timeless Whispers" by Clint Collide:

In a hurry? Just pause the video and right-arrow through the pics.

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Sunday Drive: Once in Royal David's City

The famuliar carol, as performed by the Choir of King's College, Cambridge:

The Lessons Appinted for Use on the 

First Sunday of Advent

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Waitin' for the Weekend

"Mates + Maybes #1" by Clint Collide:

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Thanksgiving Song

Here's wishing all my truckbuddies a happy Thanksgiving Day. M.P. hasn't felt well lately, so we are postponing our turkey dinner to Sunday.  This song by Mary Chapin Carpenter is a favorite of his.

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Balls

A couple weeks ago, I wrote that Mamdani has balls, but I was wrong.  Mamdani is a just a pretender.  Senator Mark Kelly is a MAN with bull balls.  Read this, and weep for the state of our country:

Mark Kelly To Hegseth: I Won’t Be “Silenced By Bullies” 

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Sunday Drive: Come, Ye Thankful People, Come

The beloved hymn of thanksgiving as performed by renowned organist Diane Bish:

Be still and know that I am God.  --Psalm 146

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Trump and Mamdani: Who's Fooling Whom?

Well, fellas, truth is certainly stranger than fiction in this deranged modern world.  Y'all remember last week, I predicted Mamdani would play David to Trump's Goliath.  Yesterday's meeting in the White House might have been a remake of Daniel in the lions' den.  But oh, was I ever wrong.  Turns out, it was Beauty and the Beast all over again. Love has bloomed, and life is beautiful.  Ain't that grand?

This is an invitation across the nation for dancing in the street!

I'm going to keep my predictions to myself in future. When you get two New Yorkers in a room together, there's no telling what the result will be -- love or murder, or who knows what. But I'll say this:  I don't believe a fucking word either of them said. There's a devil's game being played for the cameras, and it stinks. But I'll stop right there.

Put not your trust in princes . . . 

Bonus:  Republican Curtis Sliwa, who came in a distant third in the NYC mayoral race, agrees with your Head Trucker, saying "everyone got played" by these two fakers.  (Can't embed the short here.)

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