Here's a funny little video about "Coming Out Insurance". If that product becomes a hit, all the insurance companies will jump in the gay bandwagon. What's next, fisting insurance? If so, it'll probably be sold by Allstate, because, if you're going to get fisting insurance, you want to make sure "You're In Good Hands..."

Of all the models we've shot over the years, if there was one single model that completely embodied the term "muscle bear cub", I think it would be Tom Ass. He's a young not-quite bear with a furry chest, thick beard, tattooes, and a cute little belly. Everyone who's met him in person remembers him best for the sexy twinkle in his deep blue (or are they hazel?) eyes. The word "yummy" barely comes close. Okay, so he's not real muscley, but from good genetics, his body has a natural attractiveness that turns more heads than a lot of gymbots without going through all that trouble of lifitng weights. (So why do I even bother?) The shoot with Tom Ass went remarkably smoothly and we were all quite smitten by his looks and charms. After dressing him up in a couple different outfits, I had to get back on track by declaring, "Enough with the fashion show! Let's make some porn!" His dick is uncut with a nice, tight foreskin - no wrinkley turtlenecks like so many other uncut guys that stretch out their foreskins from overuse. He also has a nice piercing on the underside of his shaft, which I assume, gets really tingly when fluids pass over it. His cum shot came without a lot of hoopla, but the actual delivery was quite impressive. From a seated position, he shot streams of jizz straight up in mid air that landed in his eye and made soggy clumps of cum all over his beard. During cleanup, we spotted stains on the floor up to 3 feet behind him, too! If you like these sample pictures of Tom Ass, you can see the rest of the photo set and videos in the VIP Room of MuscleBearCub.com. But even if you don't pay the membership fee for the VIP Room, you can create a free profile just like the one Tom Ass created. Sign up for your free personal ad (and free video chat!) at Muscle Bear Cub to connect with other cubs. You might even hook up with THE muscle bear cub, Tom Ass! MuscleBearCub.com: VIP PHOTO AND VIDEO GALLERIES - FREE PERSONAL ADS

My friend Norb is a constant observer and critic of bleeding edge styles and trends. (He does, however, often need my help in choosing shirts...) Recently, he clued me into a hot underground trend of guys under 25 with beards. Hmm. The point was made during one of those stoner stream-of-consciousness conversations on a completely different topic, but somehow that phrase stuck with me. I suddenly started noticing an unusual number of really cute scruffy young guys with facial hair out on the streets. Where did this come from? Are they bear cubs in training? (Oh, I hope so! Did I tell you I am auditioning Muscle Bear Cubs?) Anyway, I got this item about Mustang's newest, "Trade", and right there on the front is the perfect example of what I was talking about! The young man's name is Duncan Stone, and just by adding that little chin fuzz (and chest hair), he totally sets himself apart from all the other gay pornbots. Yum, I can't wait to see Trade", and I can't wait to hear what Norb says about being mentioned on Lavender Lounge Blog. Did I blow your cover?

A few months ago I started writing a gay porn script based on "Ugly Betty" that I was going to pitch to Falcon and call it "Ugly Buddy". When you're juggling 10 plates of things you HAVE to do, there's not much time left over to spend on speculative ideas. (I didn't want to spend a lot of time writing something that could easily get nixed.) Fast forward to a few weeks ago and the press releases from Lucas Entertainment talked about their plans to write a similar script, but combining "Ugly Betty" with "Devil Wears Prada". Both are surefire gay camp classics with similar themes, so one or the other was a natural to end up with a gay porn version. Low and behold, Lucas exclusive Ben Andrews himself wrote the script, pitched it, named it "The Intern", and the studio moved ahead with it. And here I am with two pages of scribbles, a head full of plot twists, and an idea that is now worthless. It's just one more reminder to myself that I need to create my own movies, develop my own ideas and quit spending so much time promoting other people's movies and websites. But back to "The Intern", as a GayVN judge and porn movie reviewer, my only joy in that role is when I get to review porn comedies. I like how the PR for the movie makes the distinction that it is an "intentional" comedy. Lord knows there is so much crap put out in gay porn, I get plenty of UN-intentional laughs! Lucas' PR guy sent this picture out and said this about his boss, the guy everyone loves to hate, "Guys, I couldn't resist.... After one last 'dream sequence' dialogue scene yesterday between Ben Andrews and Michael Lucas that went out with a cream pie-filled bang, filming on The Intern is officially a wrap. Everyone in the office stopped what they were doing to watch that scene. I think some of us enjoyed it a lot more than we should have..." More details after the jump.

Yesterday I attended a publicity stunt for Kiki and Herb's upcoming shows at American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco (ACT-SF.org). The invitation was billed as "Kiki and Herb's Funeral" and it was held at a real, old school funeral home at Sutter and Polk. Bruce Vilanch was there to deliver the eulogy in the chapel with his rapid fire pun-rific style, but was interrupted by Kiki and Herb walking in from the back with a megaphone. I wish I could remember some of the jokes, but it all came at me like a steamroller. I was just happy to enjoy it and snap these exclusive photos. They're alive! They're alive! Oh, happy day! They sang a couple songs and gave us a taste of what to expect at their big show at a legitimate thee-ah-tuh. Fortunately, Kiki (Justin Bond) is completely comfortable performing his "act" at the corner of Sutter and Polk after have spent many years as a resident of this fair city before making it big in New York. I've known Justin Bond since he was just a club kid here in San Francisco. For while, he had a weekly column in the Bay Area Reporter, which can be regarded as one of the most memorable series of columns ever run in that paper. I also have some video footage stashed away somewhere of Kiki and Justin's very earliest days. I have footage of him competing in the Miss Uranus Pageant. When I had my TV show, I hired him (as in PAID him) to perform two numbers while Kiki was still a solo act. And I have some really poor quality footage of Kiki and Herb's first long-running cabaret show at a restaraunt called Eichelbergers. I better dig through my tapes, get them up on YouTube, and exploit their celebrity - and fast! In the meantime, go see the show.

While all the leather queens are on their way to Chicago for IML (International Mr. Leather) this weekend, nobody noticed that the poster for Folsom Street Fair has been leaked. A bit challenging, perhaps? As usual, I will be publishing my photos of Folsom Street Fair for VIP members of Lavender Lounge, as I have for the past several years. I am considering a renting booth this year and setting it up as a "casting couch", so VIP members may get an even hotter version of the Folsom leather festivities. More later. PS: Titan Media has announced a major financial committment to the charities involved in exchange for naming rights to the "Official Porn Video" (or somesuch title) of Folsom Street Fair. And I'm sure the video will be as sacreligious as that poster.

Karr sent me these amazing tattoo photos. Not sure if I am turned on or grossed out... I am proud to say that I am the ONLY adult male in San Francisco without a tattoo. I just never felt the need to get one. My daily To Do List has never had an entry like this: -groceries -dry cleaner -Post Office -get a giant dragon tattoo on my penis The artistry is beautiful, but I'm sure it would get really tiresome to have to explain it to every new person you meet for the rest of your life. It would be an introvert's worst nightmare. And how many comments would actually come from potential "tricks" that get turned on by a sexy tattoo as opposed to boring bozos that want to look at a freak show? I had a pair of deep blue contact lenses back in the 1980's when they first came out. In the back of my mind, I was hoping that little something "special" would help attract guys. I finally got rid of them when I realized the only people that commented on my colored contact lenses were tacky suburban Mexican girls at the Safeway checkout. If tattoos are a fetish or turn on for you, there are some gay porn movies available with that in mind. "Telltale Tattoos", "Tattooed Flesh", "A Tattooed Trucker Jacks Off", and "Seduced, Tattooed Staright Guys 2" are all available at Naked Sword. More about tattooes: UGLY TATTOOS - NERDY TATTOOS

Everything old is new again! Athletic Model Guild has some "old" VHS tapes of Tico Patterson that they want to move out to make room for new titles. So if you're into old fashioned rough trade, they're offering 20% off on all Tico Patterson titles (VHS only). See some sample images of the hairy chested tough guy after the jump. They also released a "new" DVD of rare, historical footage of Forrester Millard posing and flexing in "Story Film Classics: Slave Market". It promises 50 classic beefcake men in 20 AMG "shorts" with campy titles like "Pharoah's New Slave", "Lonely Artists", "Wizard of Azz", and my favorite title of the day, "Go Go Sailor". (I think we're due for a remake of THAT one!) As soon as I saw this press release for a Forrester Millard movie, I dug into my own archive of photos and added an entire "new" gallery of Forrester Millard to Lavender Lounge VIP Room! Millard is another one of those classic beauties that is absolutely timeless, and many of the images I am presenting here were originally shot by Athletic Model Guild. I'm giving you a little taste of Forrester Millard below, but VIP Members, just go to the GROOVY GUYS section and start the slideshow. While I am on the subject of "new" and "old" gay porn, a friend clued me in to a "new" website caled "Handbook Men". They publish a zine (similar to Butt Magazine) and a website that claims, "Each pictorial is shot in black and white as to maintain a vintage aethetic. By recreating the days of amateur beefcake from years past and bringing it into the modern era we think that you will agree that mixing our past with the present can be very arousing." I'll say! They have some smoking hot young, modern primitives with tattoos and piercings that were never imagined in AMG days. (see above) I'm going to contact these guys soon and report back to you! VINTAGE GAY PORN: LAVENDER LOUNGE - ATHLETIC MODEL GUILD

The launch of MuscleBearCub.com garnered a bit of pubicity as GayVN featured it on the front page of their website. Click here to read the details.

I've been flirty friends with Amahl for a long time, and I was thrilled to get the opportunity to photograph him two years ago. He's got a great body, he's lots of fun to work with, and he's a real ham in front of the camera. I put one of his videos on Xtube, and it's been viewed an amazing 18,000 times, so he must be popular. When Amahl called me out of the blue recently to do another shoot, I set it up immediately. It also gave me the oportunity to work with Justin and Randal as the crew. What a relief to have a crew! Especially when Amahl got frisky and needed "a little help". It started with just innocently spraying his back with oil, and next thing you know, I was right in the thick of it. (So to speak...) At first I thought, "Oh, I'd diddle him a bit off-camera," but then it started getting hot, so I told the guys, "Go ahead and shoot this." Granted, I don't look like a porn model, especially next to Amahl, a title-holding bodybuilder with an eight inch cock. I tried sucking in my gut as best I could, but finally just stood behind him and dry-humped him from the back so I wouldn't be seen. By unexpectedly being in a porn shoot, a lot went through my mind at that moment, and I still don't know what to say about it here on the blog. Should I hide the incriminating photos? Should I downplay it? Should I trumpet my courage as, um, a breakthrough for average-looking people in porn? I guess the truth is nobody cares. I'm not running for office and I won't subject my members to whole galleries of me showing my naughty bits. Retardo will wait for just the right moment to embarrass me in front of friends, but fuck 'em. I got to play with a big, hot muscle stud on camera and you didn't. Nyah, nyah. But back to Amahl, the aforementioned big, hot muscle stud. He's 5'8" and 190 pounds of solid muscle and an 8 or 9 inch dick. I love dressing him up in "outfits" cause he looks great in everything. He mostly went for the thug look, which is completely opposite his real character. He claims to be the whitest black guy in the world, and I suggested he switch places with Justin Timberlake. I added the first of three photo galleries of Amahl in the HUNKS section of the Lavender Lounge VIP Room, with the remaining galleries debuting later in June. Join now to see Amahl, and if you look closely, you'll see a few embarrassing shots of yours truly.