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Friday Might: More Scott Herman

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In the July 2010 issue of Exercise For Men Only is the one and only Scott Herman who shared these pics with his Facebook friends. Scott will be at Love Out Loud on May 12th . Here is a link to Scott Herman Fitness on YouTube . Visit Scott Herman Fitness online .

Gay Thursday: Michael Lowry

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Well, it goes without saying that one does not have to be a gay man to be appreciated by gay men. Mr. Lowry became the subject of Gay Thursday when the entire Column of Life staff went into ecstatic frenzy when they found out that he was going to attend Love Out Loud . He is a man of many talents. He earned a dual degree in zoology and biology from Oregon State University. In 2006-2007 attended UCLA Center For Prehospital Care. He occasionally works as a certified EMT in the respected Central Park Medical Unit. If that weren't enough, in addition to acting he plays guitar in the successful NYC ACDC tribute band Done Dirt Cheap . Back when Liza Colby wanted Dr. Jake Martin to father her child on All My Children , there was no discussion regarding the wherefore. At the time the character inhabited the fetching frame of Michael Lowry. Every womb bearing individual would certainly have made the same choice. As a matter of fact many non-womb bearing types would have paid for the honor

The Wednesday Word: Scott Herman

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“I believe that a man is only as good as the people he surrounds himself with” is Scott Herman’s personal credo. An accomplished fitness expert, instructor, model and entrepreneur, Scott Herman constantly finds himself surrounded by not only success but new opportunities. At the young age of fourteen, Scott applied for his first job at Gold's Gym in Methuen, Massachusetts. By the age of fifteen he was performing gym maintenance, running the front desk, and selling memberships. When Gold's Gym was relocated to a new 65,000 sq. ft. facility, Scott was promoted to a manager's position. At eighteen he became a personal trainer and has been training men and women from the ages of twelve to eighty-three ever since. Before moving to Brooklyn to appear on The Real World, Scott not only managed the fitness department and sales department for "Answer Is Fitness" located in North Attleboro, MA, but he also developed and ran a highly successful DJ company called "Galaxy

Tuesday Talent: Matt Walton, A Small Price for Somethin' So Good Lookin'

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It is no secret that Matt Walton is one of the favorite people around here. Not only has he become a major heartthrob on One Life to Live as Elijah Clark, but he has created a new stir via his very entertaining advertisements for Old Navy. Visit his official website . It's no surprise that many are drawn to him, because his handsome stature is really only indicative of a good man with a great heart who works very hard. This great heart has motivated him to be part of Love Out Loud on May 12th at Prohibition to greet his many fans who will be supporting POZ 's effort for AIDS Walk New York . If you can't make it ... here are tee-shirts with the event logo and you can make a donation here .

Monday Music: Junior Walker

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One of Motown's hitmakers who did not get the same kind of spotlight his contemporaries did: Junior Walker was bom Autry DeWalt, Jr., in Blytheville, Arkansas, on June 14, 1931, though Motown always stated that he was born in 1942. As a teenager living in South Bend, Indiana, Walker received his first saxophone from an uncle. Inspired by the jump blues, jazz, and rhythm and blues bands of the 1950s and the playing style of Earl Bostie, who straddled the line between jazz and R&B, Walker took to the instrument right away, apprenticing with his high school band and various Midwest groups. While in his mid-teens, Walker formed his first instrumental band, the Jumping Jacks, adopting the moniker "Junior Walker" after a childhood nickname. Before long, Walker achieved a prominent reputation by playing gigs at local jazz and R&B clubs. Hoping to broaden his name throughout the Midwest, he subsequently moved to St. Louis, Missouri, then in the late-1950s to Battle Creek,

Your Sunday Stud: JP Calderon

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From his Facebook page: John Paul "J.P." Calderon (born September 5, 1975 in Santa Monica, California, U.S.) is a professional volleyball player, model and reality television participant. He first appeared on television as a contestant on the controversial racially segregated Survivor: Cook Islands , the 13th season of the CBS reality show. Later, he returned to television by appearing on several episodes to date of The Janice Dickinson Modeling Agency , and as part of his experience there he made an appearance in the February 2007 cover story in Instinct magazine. Calderon grew up in Marina del Rey, California and attended California State University, Long Beach, where he played for the school's nationally-ranked men's volleyball team. He graduated with a degree in speech communication in 2000. Calderon was an assistant coach for the Long Beach State University women's volleyball team for five years. He began his professional volleyball career in 2004 and became

Thanks and Goodnight Beefcake Lovers

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While the sun has set, we do know where it shines -- on Jerry East.

Having A Fine Saturday Beefcake Evening

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...with Dave Nelson neither Ozzie nor Harriet had anything to do with this one

Saturday Beefcake: Blito, Your Piece de Resistance

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Saturday Beefcake: Gnocchi With Morels

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From The James Beard Foundation: Gnocchi with Morels and Spring English Peas Thomas Keller, The French Laundry, Yountville, CA Yield:6 servings Ingredients: 2 pounds russet potatoes 1 1/4 to 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour 3 large egg yolks 1 tablespoon plus 1 teaspoon kosher salt, or to taste 1 1/2 cup English peas 24 morels 1/3 cup water 1 1/2 pound butter, cut into half-inch cubes Canola oil, to coat pan 3 tablespoons chicken stock Champagne vinegar, to taste 2 tablespoons morel butter Salt and pepper, to taste Pea shoots (optional) Preheat the oven to 350º F. Bake the potatoes for 1 hour, or until they are completely cooked and the flesh is dry. Split the potatoes, scoop out the flesh, and press it through a potato ricer. Place the hot potato flesh on a board or counter. Make a well in the center. Place a layer of about 1/2 cup flour in the well, add the egg yolks, then add about 1/2cup more flour and 1 tablespoon salt. Use a dough scraper to mix the potatoes into the flour and eggs.

AIDS Walk New York Donation

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Go here .

Well. Wake Up Already Saturday Beefcake

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If Simon Howard can't help you get up -- you have no blood.

Your Saturday Beefcake Good Morning Kiss

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Friday Might: Sean Strub

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One of the best-known AIDS activists in the country, Sean Strub delivered the keynote speech at the Campaign to End AIDS’ 5th Anniversary event this week in Washington, D.C. Strub gave a fiery call for today’s activists to tap into the power of the Denver Principles, the 1983 document that Strub calls the “Magna Carta” of health-related self-empowerment. The speech also details Strub’s plan to create a Denver Principles Empowerment Index to be available online that will hold AIDS groups accountable for their involvement of the people they serve. Go here for all of it .

Gay Thursday: Gay Softball World Series SUED: Bisexual Men Claim Discrimination

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What would Billy Bean say? SEATTLE — Three bisexual men from the San Francisco area have filed a lawsuit claiming they were discriminated against during the Gay Softball World Series in the Seattle area two years ago. The Seattle Times reports that the men filed the federal complaint Tuesday against the softball tournament's organizer, the North American Gay Amateur Athletic Alliance. It alleges that after another team complained, the alliance ruled the three men were "nongay," and took away the team's second-place finish. An attorney for the alliance says the three plaintiffs were not discriminated against illegally and the alliance is a private organization that can determine its membership. ___ Information from: The Seattle Times, http://www.seattletimes.com (via HuffingtonPost)

The Wednesday Word: Florencia Lozano--que linda!

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Florencia Lozano was born in Princeton, New Jersey, and grew up in Newton Centre, Massachusetts. She received her BA from Brown University, and moved to New York City to earn her MFA at NYU. Florencia's many theater credits include Yerma, Antigone, Hamlet, Widescreen Version of the World and Caucasian Chalk Circle. Florencia Lozano landed the role of tough-as-nails attorney Téa Delgado in December 1996 on the daytime drama One Life to Live , and first aired on January 27, 1997. The character became one of the show’s more popular creations,and earned Lozano a loyal following.” I so appreciate that love coming at me," she said. "The response to Téa still overwhelms me." During her first tenure on One Life to Live , Lozano was in an Off Broadway play called Lick in June 1999; from August to September 2000, she appeared in Love’s Labor Lost , a Shakespearean play produced out of Berkeley in Orinda, CA. In addition to her popularity with soap opera fans, Lozano was name

Tuesday Talent: Jesse Luttrell

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"We love to stare into the gorgeous eyes of cabaret cutie Jesse Luttrell... this lovechild of Liza and Liberace" ( Next magazine) At Trattoria Dopo Teatro last Saturday Jesse wowed the crowd with an impromptu "Rock-A-Bye Your Baby With A Dixie Melody" during open mic. In Jesse's hands it is more of a tribute to Judy at Carnegie Hall than it is to Dixie. Here is a tribute to Jesse's show Bawdy at The Triad: Luttrell cuts an impressive figure on the stage, with his legs, which reach from here to Montreal, clad in black fishnet stockings and red garters. He is an affable but mischievous host and is at his best when he struts through the crowd, improvising witty banter with the audience… While New York, even in hard times, promotes itself as a family-friendly theme park, it’s nice to know that a few blocks north, Bawdy packs in an appreciative audience. Bawdy is a most welcome and diverting theatrical event that deserves a long life in our fair city. Click her

Monday Music: Dee Dee Sharp

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Dee Dee’s best work at Cameo-Parkway was not of the top ten and rarely the top 40 but the woman can sing the grapes off the wallpaper. Like her contemporary Darlene Love, Ms. Sharp might have reached heights worthy of her talent had all the elements been set in motion. Furnished with gospel infused vocal talents her voice burns brightly on more than one noteworthy song from that era. One is a collaboration with her one time spouse Kenny Gamble, “I Really Love You,” another is a knock down version of “To Know Him Is To Love Him.” "Never Pick A Pretty Boy" has a melody from an Italian folk song. While “Mashed Potatoes,” “Do the Bird” and “Gravy (For My Mashed Potatoes)” are fun and cute, the true woman therein rocked out on subsequent less successful outings. In relatively recent PBS specials it is apparent that Ms. Sharp continues to sing sublimely. She’ll take you right back to Church. Eventually, billed as Dee Dee Sharp Gamble, on Philadelphia International Records in th

Your Sunday Stud: Aaron Savvy

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From his Facebook profile: A big thank you to all my fans and support network that has greatly helped me succeed in the prior months. I appreciate the continued support and thank each of you that have supported me in my endeavors. I grew up in Washington State and lived there nearly my whole life. I now live in Los Angeles, California where I pursue my endeavors in the entertainment and modeling industry! As my dreams are in the works, I use this time to inspire people wanting a healthier lifestyle by offering personal training services in person to people living in the Hollywood area, and also offering online fitness consulting to people around the world. If you are interested in my training services and reaching fitness and health goals, please visit my website at www.AaronSavvy.com. My training is centered around “old school” techniques with focus on resistance training (free weights/machines), coordination, stabilization, agility, cardio and stretching. A true trainer listens to hi