(Jesse on the Brink) Happy 'Straya Day!

 by Jesse Archer

The long weekend was meant to be all wet - and began with a biathlon at Boy Charlton pool. My swim club buddy Drew and I SURVIVED. This easy breezy biathlon is fast becoming a weekly habit.

After that, the weekend raced quickly downhill!

Hit a pool party at my former CEOs, and caught up with loads of friends including gorgeous Andrea.

(JESSE on the BRINK) Poppers are Dead; Long Live Poppers!

by Jesse Archer

Get a whiff of my latest essay in the Advocate. It's on one of my favorite topics - POPPERS. As some in the comments note, this is shocking. Appalling. We should be writing essays on gay child rearing! Thank you for proving my point.

(ester's VIEWS from a BROAD) ANIMAL MYSTIQUE!

by Ester Goldberg

Lifetime’s ‘Drop Dead Diva’ Cancelled After Four Seasons! KARDASHIAN curse again?

The network tried to shake things up last season with the casting of non-talent and professional fame whore and home porn Video performer Kim Kardashian in a recurring role. Bitch is TOXIC.. She sunk SEARS too!

Britney Spears May Be Headed to Vegas with a 100 million a year Deal!

(JESSE on the BRINK) What a FEAST!

by Jesse Archer
 
 "Life's a banquet and most poor sons of bitches are STARVING to death!" is Auntie Mame's most famous quote and her credo. Auntie Mame (one of my all time favorite films) is based on a bestselling book by Patrick Dennis, pseudonym Edward Everett "Pat" Tanner III. I just finished reading his biography, a very good one, UNCLE MAME.

Tanner was fun-loving and vastly entertaining (both in person and in print) married to a wonderful companion, Louise, and had two children. He essentially sheperded camp humor to the mainstream and was the first author to have 3 books on the bestseller list - at the same time.

Yet with the advent of 60s counterculture, what he did best - incisively skewer the snobbery of high society - quite suddenly was quaint and fell out of fashion. He attempted to become an arts dealer, and then - as he was a snob in his own right - found a final career as a butler. He excelled in this role, and ultimately butlered for Ray Kroc, owner of McDonalds, who never knew his clever and reliable servant was actually the famous former millionaire author of Auntie Mame.

(ester's VIEWS from a BROAD) 5 Weeks (IN 2012) of Scandal, Whores and WTF?!

In 2012,  International glamour puss of all media, Ester Goldberg became part of the OUTview Family and quickly garnered the most hits of any column and was voted  our #1 Column in 2012. Ester's Brash and call it like it is humor is what we all look forward to every Friday. This Year of Fame Whores, Scandal and WTF?! moments and Ester's take and images entertained us with a Scandalous look at the Trainwrecks in the world of Hollywood Gossip.  Here are Ester's View Top 5 Weeks, according to our Readers (Based on Page Views.).

5. a WEEK of....SCANDAL! 

4. a WEEK of....SIN! 

3. a WEEK of....MAN-WHORES! 

2. a WEEK of....WTF?!

(JESSE on the BRINK) Best of 2012!

In 2012, we  were thrilled that one our my Faves, Jesse Archer officially joined our team and is able to write his adventures. Here are  his Top 5 posts , according to our Readers (Based on Page Views.) 

5. Gay Pride Parade New York 2012 (6/27)

4. Fire Island Invasion 2012 (7/25)

3. Sexualising the Sea Cucumber! (4/25)

2. The Man Burns in 350 Days! (9/19)

(ester's 'VIEWS from a BROAD') XXX-Mas ALERT!

by Ester Goldberg

Looking at Porn Causes Short-Term Memory Loss? A new study out of Germany has found that looking at porn actually causes temporary short-term MEMORY LOSS. Men did significantly worse on memory tests after looking at porn than after looking at non-sexual images. The researchers say it could be an insight into why people addicted to porn skip things like work, sleep, appointments, and family responsibilities.

Sexual arousal interferes with working memory, an important facet of executive functioning,' said study author Christian Laier, a graduate student studying under psychologist Matthias Brand.

Because the current study focused solely on heterosexual men, it is impossible to say whether the findings would apply to gay men or to women.

(JESSE on the BRINK) Holiday Gift Ideas?

by Jesse Archer

Stuff your stocking with summer fun! Buy a DVD or download of my Fire Island comedy Half-Share for 20% off. With purchase this month, you'll be making a donation to help homeless youth in NYC.

 

Edge magazine writes, "What really makes Half-Share soar over the pabulum that substitutes for entertainment these days are the details... that, and the sweetness that lies just below the tartness."