The Gaiety Of The West Village Is Gradually Going, Going, GONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

                         Darlings, with my schedule these days, I simply have no time to get down to this neighborhood that I frequented so much during my youth, it now has come to represent it.  But now, even those representations are fast disappearing.

                          I found this out, on Friday, when I had a free day.  I got my flu shot, then took the train down to the Village to see what was up. Or wasn't.

                           I am sure most of my girls recognize the facade of this building.  It was once Manatus, one of the two all-night venues one could go to, so one could sober up, or recover from a quickie lay.  I am told, before it was Manatus, it was known as Clyde's, but that was before I hit town!

                            Standing in front of this facade made me feel like Gloria Swanson  in that iconic photo of her, standing in the Roxy's rubble, which inspired "Follies."  I knew a picture of me here would not inspire anything, so I decided to take a little walk to see what else is gone.

                            Well, the big news is Christopher Street is not the gay mecca it once was.  Now, I am not sure this city has a gay mecca anymore.  Some used to say Chelsea, but have you been there lately, darlings???????  Are you kidding???????????????

                              Imagine my shock when I saw the windows of what used to be Boots And Saddles all papered up.  The sign naming the bar was gone, but, hell I knew that place for years; I'd been in there, during my time.  As far as I am concerned, it is gone!

                              But Rag And Bone is still there; can you believe it?  And that Havana food place that had the temerity to replace David's Pot Belly?  Oh, and that other all-night eatery around the corner, the Tiffany Diner, has been gone for years, replaced by a bank!!!!!!!!!!!

                               The Village just isn't the Village anymore.  I had to wonder why.  Economics?  Well, partly!  Age; that is, the fact I am getting older?  Maybe, though I am not infirm enough yet to not enjoy a stroll down Christopher Street--if there was anything worth strolling for.  But there  is not.

                                 What has happened is, as the Baby Boomers age up and out, the succeeding generations of gays are going to become--if they haven't already--so dangerously homogenized they will not be able to be distinguished from their straight counterparts.  Which means the notion of a gay community becomes questionable, and then, at least not in my time, vanishes altogether.

                                   It bothers me to think what, if anything will be left.  The specificity of gay culture was what made us such a viable presence.  Sure, anti-gay violence and bullying should end, but there is no reason to water down style and attitude, just to fit in.  Being gay should be about celebrating your differences, not blending in.

                                   So I thought, as I walked through the Village of my youth, seeing what it was flash before my eyes, confronted with what is there now.  How sad.  I could not wait to leave.

                                   But, thank God for Three Lives Bookstore!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This Guy Is More Than Bitch....He Is Scum!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

                        Cindy Karlsen, second wife of Karl, was smart to get herself and daughters Erin and Katie away from this man.  It wouldn't be long before they became collateral damage, the source of a gravy train that Karl could ride to more money.

                          Which he did. back in 1991, in California, when his first wife, Christina, died in a fire, deemed to be accidental.  But was it???????

                             Karl and the kids left California, shortly after the fire.  He remarried Cindy.  What was not known, at the time, was that, days before the fire, Karl had taken out a life insurance policy on Christina, for over t hundred thousand dollars.  And guess who was the prime beneficiary?  Karl!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

                              Karl relocated to his hometown in upstate New York, not far from Syracuse.  But what no one knew was what an egotist, ne'er do well and pipe dreamer Karl was.  He had dreams of fame and glory, from a high end duck farm, to being featured as a star on the Food Network.  What a narcissistic piece of shit!

                                Christina was just 30, when she died.  I have to wonder about Karl.  He does not strike me as the literary or cultural type, but he sure lived by the philosophy of Vera Donovan, so brilliantly played by Judy Parfitt, in the 1995 (OMG!  20 years ago!!!!!!!!!!) film of "Dolores Claiborne"--"Sometimes, an accident can be an unhappy woman's best friend."  Of course, one could almost sympathize with Vera; she was unhappy, and with good reason.  Karl was not unhappy; he was just greedy!!!!!!!!!!!!

                                But, wait, it gets better!  Karl's eldest son, Levi, was a sweet, quirky young man.  Of course, when adolescence set in, Levi and Karl clashed; a teenager and control freak narcissist are just not going to get along.  So, Levi moved out, to start his own life, which included marriage, and two sweet daughters.

                                Karl needed money, so he got it from Levi.  How??? By going with the son to draw up a seven hundred thousand dollar life insurance policy, from which Karl benefited, of course, and 17 days later, Levi, in 2008, just 23, died.  The policy was purchased on November 3, and Levi died on the 20th.  Fast work, huh?
                                 You know how this scum killed his son???? By deliberately crushing a truck on his chest, and leaving him there to die!  Can you imagine?????????  At first, no one questioned a thing, though accidents seemed to happen, when Karl was around. If I had been Levi, I would have asked dad why he was naming himself the beneficiary, when it should have been Levi's daughters!!!!!!!!  Who, I hope, now with this bastard put away,  get that money.

                                    Smart Cindy started putting the pieces together, and got the kids outta there!  Fast!
Because, before long, Karl would come up with some need for money, and another cash cow would have to be done in!!!!!!!!!!

                                       Well, surprise Karl!  You won yourself a lifetime policy of imprisonment, where you belong!

                                         What a sick fuck!  A word to his inmates--don't get close with this guy?  Because you could be collateral!  I wouldn't put it past Karl to try and pull something off, from prison walls!!!!!!!!!!!

                                              Burn, baby, burn, Karl!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

When A Torture Chamber Can Be A Fun House!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

                     The word is out on the street, girls--the Hotel Cortez on "American Horror Story was actually built as a torture chamber, by its owner James March.  He was brilliantly executed--no pun, darlings!!!!!!--by Evan Peters, in a role that clearly channeled  H.H. Holmes, said to be America's first serial killer.  I wonder about that.

                         I think Lady Gaga's Countess was, at one time, the wife who turned March in to the police.  She was born in 1904, and the Hotel was built in the Twenties (I think!!!!!!!!) so she could have been in on whole thing. Her favorite time was the late Seventies. Hmmmm............

                         When the episode started with her and the "Bell Song" from "Lakme" that we all know from British Airways commercials, I had hope, but once again, it was Sarah, Kathy, Denis, and now Peter, who came through.  I am getting tired of Lady Gaga's act fast!!!!!!!!!

                           Holden's sister found him with the other Blood Children; I want to know more about that.  Like how Holden got there, why, and who did it. I still say the guy operating the carousel was really Addiction Demon!!!!!!

                            And where was he, darlings??????????  Off finding fresh blood, I guess!!!!!!!  Speaking of fresh, what a pleasure to see Finn Wittrock as Tristan, who gets turned into a vampire , by the Countess.  Yes, he was in his underwear, but this time it was colored.  Ryan Murphy needs to know his fans like Finn in tightie whities.  And don't tell me they weren't around, back then!!!!!!!!!!

                            I am embarrassed that I, as a raised Catholic, have not connected aspects of the story to the Ten Commandments, which seems to be one of the show's gimmicks,  However, its biggest gimmick, Lady Gaga is not working, so they better bring on Jessica, or Christine Pedi, as Liza Minnelli, fast!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

                          Wouldn't it be fun to visit this torture chamber, darlings??????????  As long as we are the ones NOT being tortured!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Darlings, You Have GOT To See This!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

                             When it comes right down to it, girls, you know I like happy, fun posts!  So, I wanted to end  the day, with one.  To look at this photo, you would think this is just some Hare Krishna soliciting for funds.  But, if you look closely, you will see that that is actually Andrea McArdle!  Yes, darlings, Broadway's original "Annie," thirty-eight years ago.

                              I think this is actually a segment from "Newsical," which is still playing, though I don't know if Andrea is performing it now.  The kicker is the segment is "Terrie--The Mother Teresa Musical!, and, girls you have to see it, it is a hoot!  Even Mother Teresa herself would get a kick out of it!

                               Andrea brings to this role the same professionalism she bought to "Annie."  If this is still going on, I just have to see it.

                                  But let me show you, girls!   See for yourselves!

                                  Like I have always said, nuns sell tickets!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Declan Is The Father Of Amanda's Baby!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

                          Noah was obviously away at boarding school, last night, as he did not put in an appearance.  Olivia looked glum as usual, with Mariska looking so haggard I could not figure out whether this is how she was playing it--it's not like she is Meryl Streep, darlings!!!!!--or if she is just fed up with the way the writers are writing Olivia.  If the latter, I do not blame her.

                           Thank God for the pop-up surprise of Donal Logue, as Declan Murphy.  Turns out he is the father of Amanda's baby!  Thank God it's from such a hottie, and not that wimp Nick, played by Danny Pino.  Amanda certainly gets around, darlings!  And just wait till her trash mom and sis come to town; she thinks she has trouble now; the circus is just about to begin!!!!!!!!!!

                           But, at least it will liven things up; the drama last night was a stale rip-off of Ferguson and Staten Island.  Why couldn't they have gotten the Rev. Al Sharpton to guest star???  He's probably tired of the whole thing, too!  Thank God for that other hottie, Robert John Burke,as Police Commissioner Ed Tucker!  Uhmmmmmmm! Uhmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!  Girls just wanna have fun, with him!

                           So, there were a few tweaks of excitement last night, thank God!

                           And with Amanda and Declan as parents, that should be one cute baby!!!!!!!!!!!!!

"Law And Oder" Is Starting To Veer From Fiction To Reality, Thanks To These Bitches!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

                      The show's tag line used to say "ripped from the headlines."  Now, it looks like the headlines are ripping off "Law And Order," especially with these two winner of of The Raving Queen Bitch Of The Week Award.

                      When that no good bitch, Lori Ann Dufoy was found guilty of child murder and covering it up with a church ritual, in "Careless." that was fiction.  As was Frances Conroy's brilliant turn as Sister Rosa Halsey, who beats a child to death during an exorcism she was technically not allowed to perform, that was fiction.

                      But with this week's winner, Bruce and Deborah Leonard, this becomes all too real.  It seems that the Leonards took their two teenage sons, Lucas, 19, and Christopher, 17, to the Word Of God--uh huh!!!!!!--Church in New Hartford, New York, where the two boys were subjected to several hours of intense physical punishment by at least half a dozen church members, in  order to become better behaved and pray for forgiveness.  While being pummeled in their abdomens, genitals, backs, and thighs, from which Lucas died, while Christopher was hospitalized in serious condition.  And those involved arrested and arraigned.  Uh huh.  And some call Catholics crazy.  This is not religion; this is an excuse to use murder to get rid of troubled children.

                        Or maybe the children were troubled, due to their parents' religious fervor.  It is cases like this that call into question separation of Church and State, and argue just how much freedom religion allows. Or should allow.

                        What bothers me here is not just the depravity inflicted by the Leonards on their own offspring, under the alleged name of God, but that there will be advocates out there who will flock around them, in their support.  Don't forget Kim Davis.

                          The Leonards are sick. poisonous people, hiding behind self-righteousness.  They are the worst form of bitch out there, so they win the covered honor of both being Bitch Of The Week!!!!!!!!!!!!!

                            This is NOT what Jacinta and Fatima was about.  And I have a feeling Sister Camille would look askance.

                             Life imitates art, indeed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Halloween Last Night On "Scream Queens" Just Was Not As Fun As It Should Have Been!!!!!!!!!!

                            I guess I am just not going to cotton at all, to Scream Queens," because last night's episode was tedious to watch, though it did offer the good news that Zadie is till alive, and just look at that Lea Michele!  With that brace off, which made her interesting, she is turning into just another bitch.  But, hey she is honest!  Where Emma and company are acting, Lea is simply showing her true self!  I know, I am a bitch, too!  She must be some piece of work, to wok with!!!!!!!

                           Once again, the Red Devil (who I still think is Jamie Lee Curtis!!!!!) stole the show.  I loved his lair!  And the set design and art direction on this show is more varied than the writing.  I mean, I love Emma as a bitch, I agree with Chanel Oberlin that not all laws apply (like social conformity, dolls. but then you know me!!!!!!!!!!!) but, aside from all this, who cares?  And that tramp Gigi?  A psychotic bisexual?  In league with the Red Devil?  It all points to Jamie Lee, I am telling you!

                             Darlings, this show just isn't the fun it should be.  It is work to watch it!  Great to look at, but can we amp up the storyline aspect???  Huh??????????

                              Maybe things will improve next week!  But I am not keen, so far, on "Scream Queens!"