Robert Bruegmann joins us to share his first fiction book: Roman Ivory - A Novel. We discuss men loving men in the 19th century. It leads to a discussion of coded signals, generational dis...
2025-02-26 16:30:03 +0000 UTC View PostThe violation of Josefina (in the last episode) hit Baz and Albert hard. We're still sorta reeling from the fallout that situation. Too many of our fellow women in the Mexican culture have this sor...
2025-02-19 21:33:54 +0000 UTC View PostChaos spirals around all of our main characters trying to keep their heads above the fray.
While the story is dark, for sure, both Baz and Albert are starting to see come holes in the plot a...
2025-02-19 20:35:37 +0000 UTC View PostThe plot thickens, the mystery deepens. And man, are we ever in a dark hole of a mystery!
All of the horrors of the Japanese and German fascist regimes are on full display for us to cringe an...
2025-02-19 01:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostIt's 1963. In what is left of the United States after WWII.
We begin a dark sci-fi series. One where the allies LOST WWII. The US was split between the main Axis powers of Japan taking posses...
2025-02-19 00:29:09 +0000 UTC View PostWell, we're finally here. Midge has hit the big time. And, as usual, it's sort of a stumble, recover, gracefully compose and then write some comedy from it. Y'know... life. For Midge.
This st...
2025-02-19 00:26:24 +0000 UTC View PostEverything seems to be moving in a more positive manner. Fingers crossed this isn't the end of our favorite British students. But, if it is, it leaves us with hope that all will work out in their c...
2025-02-17 05:45:50 +0000 UTC View PostPenelope is having thoughts of venturing out as a single woman again in the dating pool. Will she sink or swim or maybe, just maybe, she chooses not to dive in at all?
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A common theme in latino families: religion. Even for those of us who are atheist, we still have to deal with those family members who are fervently religious. And Penelope and her mother (Lydia) a...
2025-02-17 05:34:25 +0000 UTC View PostMothers and daughters often collide in family dynamics. Add latino passion and opinions into the mix and the results are often volatile in be best comedic way.
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The penultimate episode. Will we get a fourth season? The jury is still out as of this posting. Fingers crossed, eh? Anywho... things seem to be sorting itself out except with the end of the school...
2025-02-17 05:13:54 +0000 UTC View PostMaybe light is starting to form at the end of this dark tunnel of a season? M-a-y-b-e?
Well, we can hope, can't we?
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Sooooo many things going wrong lead up to this fiasco of a dinner get together with the newly out gay dads. All their ("adult") children seem to have several opinions about it. And we are totally h...
2025-02-17 05:02:59 +0000 UTC View PostBaz couldn't wait to put this one in front of Albert (isn't that usually the case?). This was for two reasons:
1) Rita Moreno (that Puerto Rican goddess of an actress/songstress/comedian) is ...
2025-02-17 04:57:07 +0000 UTC View PostLet's face it. Divorce is hard. No matter who goes through it. It's just the pits.
But then we have Grace and Frankie going through a divorce. THAT is a completely different but entirely rela...
2025-02-17 04:53:04 +0000 UTC View PostTugging at our heartstrings, this one was a brilliantly written and acted episode. We enjoyed it not only as audience and fans, but also the writing of the episode.
How did you all feel about...
2025-02-17 04:46:15 +0000 UTC View PostThe series isn't pulling many punches with this season. And we're a bit fearful of where it's all going to go. Fingers crossed it'll all pan out.
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So, the premise of showing Albert 9 to 5 was to prepare him for this series. In it we have two of our gay holy trio, Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin (though Dolly eventually joins them later in the seri...
2025-02-15 06:21:48 +0000 UTC View PostThis is a series that Baz has been carrying on about with both Vance and Albert. It is brilliant ensemble series out of the UK with Russell T Davies (of Doctor Who/Torchwood/Queer As Folk fame) at ...
2025-02-15 06:10:55 +0000 UTC View PostWe close in on two important threads with Jack and Danny. Our bromance deepens as we learn some more in each of their pasts. All the while still providing those awkward AF moments that have us crin...
2025-02-15 05:38:25 +0000 UTC View Post
Rob Osler returns to share the first book in his Harriet Morrow Investigates series: The Case of the Missing Maid. We discuss the parallels between the Progressive Era (1890-1920) and curr...
2025-01-29 15:40:01 +0000 UTC View Post
MW Lindberg shares their book: Black Hole Recess. We discuss writing children for adults, as well as children facing violence, non-binary characters in fiction, and finding one's self in a...
2025-01-29 15:36:43 +0000 UTC View Post
Scott Hightower shares his book: Imperative to Spare. We discuss oral storytelling and poetry, touching on topics of grief journeys and rebuilding ones life after loss, and expanding your ...
2025-01-14 20:00:14 +0000 UTC View Post
Zachary Pace shares their book: I Sing to Use the Waiting. We discuss how the turning points in the careers of several women singers informed and shaped the author's life through topics li...
2025-01-08 16:18:26 +0000 UTC View Post
J.M. Frey helps us ring in the New Year by sharing her recent novel: Time & Tide. We discuss time travel and time slip stories, the Regency/Georgian era, and lesbian/bi romances, all w...
2025-01-01 16:05:58 +0000 UTC View PostAlbert had NO IDEA what he was in for when Baz told him this would be our New Year's reaction!
For the first twenty minutes or so, he was flabbergasted. Totally sideswiped by the bullet train...
2024-12-31 08:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostWe start a new series. 30 minute bops going on here from across the pond. A dramedy based on the creator's real-life journey as an ordinary gay man.
Baz has been wanting to show this to Alb...
2024-12-30 14:00:13 +0000 UTC View PostStraight (pun intended) outta Baz's era - this is one he couldn't wait to have Albert react to. It's one of Baz's favorite films of all time. Though filmed at the end of the 20th century (1998), th...
2024-12-20 16:00:13 +0000 UTC View PostSo...
This one needs a bit of context. It's a generational thing. Albert has grown up in an era where trigger warnings, gender norms and other cultural issues have varied widely from when Baz...
2024-12-20 03:05:33 +0000 UTC View PostSo, since Albert loved reacting to The House Sitter gay-themed Christmas movie - mostly due to Baz's bah-humbug snarky comments during the reaction - we thought, why not do another.
This tim...
2024-12-20 01:29:35 +0000 UTC View Post