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Xmas Post-Mortem

 

Hope everyone had a great Christmas. Despite some serious health tumult in our families, we managed to have a nice holiday -- first visiting with Damian's familia in New Jersey and then hosting some of them at our new place. (My hubby made a red-wine beef stew that dazzled 'em all!) Here's hoping for some good news in the week ahead. xo 

Gift from Mom: My first Christmas (1967), with brothers Billy and Terence. She also sent me a box of ornaments from my childhood, some dating back to Hudson's in downtown Detroit in the early 1960s. 🌲❤️🌲

Harvey loved his catnip candy cane! 

Weekend Tennis Roundup

See how your favorite players celebrated Christmas as they prepared to head Down Under for the first major of the year BELOW.

Manspread Monday

 

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Song of the Day: 'Don't Mess With Bill' by the Marvelettes

From left, Gladys Horton, Katherine Anderson and Wanda Young of the Marvelettes.

This one's in remembrance of Wanda Young of the Marvelettes, who I was sad to read had died on Dec. 15 in her native Michigan. She was 78. While group leader Gladys Horton (1945-2011) sang lead on the Marvelettes' early hits like "Please Mr. Postman" (Motown's first No. 1!) and "Beechwood 4-5789," Young took center stage on later gems like "The Hunter Gets Captured by the Game," "I'll Keep Holding On," "My Baby Must Be a Magician" and today's song of the day. 

Young's daughter Meta Ventress told the New York Times the cause was complications of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Ventress said that her mother -- who lived off her royalties in the years after the Marvelettes broke up -- was sometimes surprised at the longevity of her music. 

“I told her constantly, ‘All these people love you,’” entress told the Times. “And she’d say, ‘Wow.’” She added, “She didn’t wake up every day thinking of the Marvelettes, but she never lost that glamour.”

Page 1 Roundup (12/27)

The Daily News: No good deed goes unpunished, homophobia edition 

 Mug Shot Monday: Someone looks like he's ready to PnP

SwimSwam: USA Swimming official quits over transgender swimmer Lia Thomas: ‘I can’t support this’

Daily Mail: It was not fair when I raced against doped-up East Germans and it is not fair for women to compete against transgender swimmer Lia Thomas, writes Olympic champion Nancy Hogshead-Makar

Defector: What did we get stuck in our rectums this year?

Hot Slut of the Day: Bob Dylan’s Christmas lights!

New York Post: Son who ‘shot parents’ at Long Island mansion on Christmas is NYC bodybuilder

Gabriel Mac: I didn’t need a penis to be a man. But I needed one to be me.

MetroWeekly: ‘Red Rocket’ is propelled by a dynamic Simon Rex

AP: First U.S. gay bishop remembers generosity and kindness of Desmond Tutu, who died Sunday at 90

SCS: 5 reasons Stevie Nicks is a gay icon

Socialite Life: Jason Momoa shows off his muscles in Hawaii

The New York Times: Willie Garson found a home playing the canonical 'gay best friend'

The Book Review’s art director picks his favorite covers from a year that reminded him of the joys of picking up a book and holding it in his hands.

Jennifer Finney Boylan: When do you know you’ve done your work here on Earth?

The Wall Street Journal: Borderline and multiple-personality disorders -- are we sure being 'nonbinary' isn't also contagious? 

As Omicron spreads, what It means to be fully vaccinated is changing

 Deadhead takes a strange, very long trip to solve a Jerry Garcia mystery

Hot Cat of the Day: I think we can all relate.