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There's a new, uh, name at Salon Blogs : Hootenanny! The exclamation point isn't mine and if the title sounds like a Children's Album of Cowboy Songs, you could be right. Who knows, there's been nothing of note posted. I resist even calling it a Blog since blogs usually include things like, say, writing. Or pictures. Two things that Hootenanny! blatently lacks.

What it's devoid of in content, however, it makes up in Hits. As of this writing, Hootenanny! has gotten 271 hits today alone and from the Referrer's Rankings, most are obviously self-induced. I had added my comment to others that had also puzzled over this apparent oddity and received a terse reply from Someone calling themselves Doug Henessy and I vaguely wondered if it was the Old Magician which would have explained the Vanishing Act. This name is different than the one on the bottom of the page, so I'm assuming Hootenanny! is a collaborative effort. I've figured one guy clicks on the site to look at the unchanged page and then switches off so the other guy can click on the site for the next hour and do the same.

Their excuse is the page is "under construction" and will be "unveiled" in Early December. Whatever. I'm not exactly holding my breath for so many reasons, among them being the fact that if it's taken them several hundred hits to figure out how to Post anything, I can't imagine anything very intelligent emerging. Anyone with any experience with Blogging knows it's not exactly Brain Surgery and I had zero background in the whole area myself. Hootenanny! would have us believe it's Really Hard!and Complicated! but so far it just sounds Really Lame!.

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ABC and Steve Martin are supposedly teaming up to produce a new version of the old detective series Hart To Hart, the twist being this time the title characters are gay. Interior decorators, natch. I suppose the sleuthing possibilities of hairdressers and clothing designers are limited. Out Actor Alan Cummings is to play one of the leads with a Yet To Be Determined actor playing his Significant Other in Crime.

Should the series be a hit, you can be assured there will be a slew of Gay Series Revivals to follow. Following is my Short List of possible ideas. Remember, you heard it here first.

The Brady Brunch - Single Gay Man and his three friends team up with another Single Gay Man and his three friends to share a house on Fire Island. Alice will be played by Harvey Fierstein in drag. Pilot episode - John gets a nose job. Wacky shenanigans ensue.

Lavender Acres - Siegfried and Roy move to a suburb on the outskirts of Akron. Their flamboyant hair and White Tigers wreak havoc with the locals. Wacky shenanigans ensue.

Burburry, ASAP - Small town salesclerk juggles fashion problems of the locals while raising his French Bulldog, Opie. Aunt B. is played by Nathan Lane in drag. Wacky shenanigans ensue.

The Dick In Dyke Show - Comic escapades of a local Insemination Clinic headed by the lanky yet charming Dick Petri Dish. Wacky shenanigans ensue.

One Night Affair - Man about town juggles family life with his popular catering business helped by his Assistant, Mr. Greek. Pilot episode - Buffest loses his Billy Doll. Wacky shenanigans ensue.

My Three Clones - Getting ready for summer has never been so mischevious as our Gay Family juggles the gym, tight t-shirts and facial products. "Single Older Uncle" keeps them all in check. Wacky shenanigans ensue.

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