Secret Santas + Stocking Stuffers
GIFs > Gifts
To all who celebrate, Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah!
If you’re not familiar with the “tragic singer, horrible dancer, and surreal raconteur” Dina Martina, I highly recommend visiting her official website or searching for her on YouTube. Trust me, Dina’s a GIF that keeps on giving!
If you happen to be in Southern California for the holidays, you’re in for a rare treat! The Dina Martina Christmas Show is running December 26-30 in Los Angeles.
Having seen Ms. Martina live several times over the years, I can safely say hers is a show you won’t forget anytime soon. No thanks needed….
But speaking of giving thanks, I owe my Secret Santa a big one. Before bed, I got a notification from Ko-Fi that someone—”M” is for Mystery—sent a generous donation my way. I have a couple of guesses who it might be. But whoever the kind guy or doll is, I hope they know how incredibly grateful I am. Thank you!
Another shoutout goes to the subscribers who’ve asked for my Amazon affiliate links.
Since I didn’t know anyone would care what products and services I liked and used, so I didn’t have any. But since a few fine folks asked, I looked into setting up a few affiliate links and am now part of Amazon’s Influencer Program.
Turns out my relative success on YouTube makes me an “influencer.”
At least according to Amazon.
These days, the struggle to make ends meet is real….but so are the deals!
If you’re interested, feel free to check out my new Storefront on Amazon.
To celebrate the holidays, I’m making some of my most popular posts—all NSFW videos—free and available for everyone. For a limited time only:
SUBSTACK STOCKING STUFFERS
Man Crushes In Color (NSFW)
Easy Does It #3 (NSFW)
K.I.S.S #3 (NSFW)
Works Of Art #1 (NSFW)
Mélange D'Hommes #3 (NSFW)
While I’m celebrating “Homo Alono”—as I’m want to do—I am definitely counting my blessings and gifts today. This time last year, I hadn’t yet started posting on Substack and my YouTube channel had fewer than 20 subscribers.
What a difference a year makes! That difference is you, boo. Thank YOU.
Happy Holidaze, y’all!
Clint
ON THIS DAY = DECEMBER 25
BIRTHDAYS
1642 = Isaac Newton = English physicist and mathematician
1843 = Albert Cashier = Irish-American trans Union Army soldier 🌈
1878 = Joseph M. Schenck = Russian-American film producer
1887 = Conrad Hilton = American entrepreneur
1889 = Lila Bell Wallace = American publisher and Reader's Digest co-founder
1899 = Humphrey Bogart = American actor
1908 = Quentin Crisp = English author and illustrator 🌈
1911 = Louise Bourgeois = French-American artist
1924 = Rod Serling = American writer, producer, and The Twilight Zone creator
1932 = Mabel King = American actor and singer
1936 = Ismail Merchant = Indian-English director and producer 🌈
1937 = O'Kelly Isley Jr. = American R&B/soul singer-songwriter
1946 = Jimmy Buffett = American singer-songwriter and producer
1948 = Barbara Mandrell = American singer-songwriter and actor
1949 = Sissy Spacek = American actor
1952 = CCH Pounder = Guyanese-American actor
1954 = Annie Lennox = Scottish singer-songwriter
1958 = Alannah Myles = Canadian singer-songwriter and actor
1968 = Helena Christensen = Danish model and actor
1971 = Dido = English singer-songwriter
1978 = Jeremy Strong = American actor
HOLIDAYS + OBSERVANCES
EVENTS
1724 = J. S. Bach leads the first performance of Gelobet seist du, Jesu Christ, BWV 91, in Leipzig, based on Luther's 1524 Christmas hymn.
1758 = Halley's Comet is sighted by Johann Georg Palitzsch, confirming Edmund Halley's prediction of its passage.
1815 = The Handel and Haydn Society, oldest continually performing arts organization in the United States, gives its first performance.
1826 = The Eggnog Riot at the United States Military Academy concludes after beginning the previous evening.
1950 = Time magazine runs its first article on homosexuality, saying that homosexuals shouldn’t work in government jobs because they’re a security risk. This op-ed is part of what’s now known as the “Lavender Scare.”
1962 = To Kill a Mockingbird, based on the novel by Harper Lee and starring Gregory Peck, is released in theaters.
1973 = The 1969 Swedish/German film Pippi Longstocking is released in theaters in the US.
1987 = Empire of the Sun, directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Christian Bale in his first film, is released in theaters.
1989 = Leonard Bernstein conducts Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 in East Berlin’s Schauspielhaus as part of the country’s celebration of the fall of the Berlin Wall. He had conducted the same piece in West Berlin the previous day.
1991 = Mikhail Gorbachev resigns as President of the Soviet Union (the union itself is dissolved the next day). Ukraine's referendum is finalized and Ukraine officially leaves the Soviet Union.
1996 = The body of American child beauty queen JonBenét Ramsey was found in her family's Boulder, Colorado, home.
2016 = George Michael dies in South Oxfordshire, England, at the age of 53.
PHOTO + QUOTE OF THE DAY
“I feel very proud that we have managed to stay together.
In these forty years we have made forty-six films.”
Ismail Merchant
NEW + FEATURED
A Very Special Xmas (NSFW)
Naughty Is Nice (NSFW)
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Merry Christmas and many thanks for the wonderful gifts you've given us all through the year. Personally, I'm not surprised at the growth of your followers. Quality attracts quality:-)
There's another notable event of Christmas of 1989. Nicolae & Elena Ceausescu were arrested and disposed of. Genocide was at the top of a rather long list of charges. This might sound a bit macabre to some people. However, those of us with friends families behind the then Iron Curtain view it as closer to the demise of a junior Hitler.
Fun fact: There're older people in eastern Europe who'll tell you that WWII lasted 50 years. Soviet troops started arriving in 1939 and the last didn't leave until 1989.
Cool Amazon page!