Canadian Gothic

"Scott Brison describes it as 'Canadian Gothic.' ... 'Just a couple of guys and their dog standing in a field,' he says about his Christmas card this year.

But there are others, the Nova Scotia Liberal MP says, who are describing it as 'The Brokeback Brisons' – an homage to the Ang Lee movie about two gay cowboys and their love affair on a Wyoming mountain. This is the first time, meanwhile, the couple has posed together for a Christmas card and it is likely the first same-sex married-couple MP Christmas card...

It was sent to about 5,000 friends and constituents.

Spock beams up to Alberta

Mr. Spock would never admit to any emotion, but the actor who portrayed the very logical character on Star Trek is peeved the premiere of the new movie based on the popular sci-fi series won't be shown in the southern Alberta town of Vulcan.

Leonard Nimoy thinks Star Trek XI should go where no film has gone before.

A mission by the town with the same name as Spock's birthplace (Vulcan, Alberta) on the television show to beam in the movie on opening day, May 8, appeared to have failed this week when Paramount Pictures said it couldn't work out the details.

Village Person Takes It Off For Playgirl

Randy, the original cowboy of the Village People is making a splash in one of the last issues of Playgirl.* Get your copy today to find out what you were missing in the 80's!

* Playgirl Calls It Quits
Established 35 years ago as a feminist response to Playboy and Penthouse (Playboy sued Playgirl in 1973 for trademark infringement but settled amicably), the magazine could never seem to quite figure out who its audience was: women or gay men, a dilemma, it seems, that followed Playgirl to its grave.
The magazine’s final editor Nicole Caldwell worked to take the magazine back to its roots, interspersing shots of naked hotties with articles on issues like abortion and equal rights. Publisher Blue Horizon Media wanted fewer articles and more naked hotties, preferably ones that would appeal more to gay men. The schizophrenic focus has resulted in the January/February 2009 issue being its last. The Playgirl website will continue, but the graphic content is geared more toward gay men. For $19.55 a month, you can have all the “100% Man Juice” you want.

Everything for a Cowboy/girl

Kilakitu is a swahili saying meaning "everything". And these Africanized cowboy shirts make interesting one-of-a-kind gifts.

The depths of Nairobi's [Kenya] sprawling secondhand clothing markets provide the finest and most inspiring preloved fabrics from the four corners of the world.

This project not only reuses, remixes and renews these materials to create one-of-a-kind garments, it also provides work to local tailors and provides a portion of the proceeds to a lunch feeding program for school children.