[Blog Action Day] The Power of We

Today is Blog Action Day, an annual event of sorts where bloggers around the world try to work together by raising awareness about one cause or subject. It's an interesting exercise that I've done my best to participate in over the years and thankfully I have that chance again today.

This year's theme is The Power of We, in reference to the ability of groups of like-minded individuals to come together for a single cause. While as individuals we don't seem to be able to do much, by working together we can achieve some very great things indeed.

We've seen the success of such groups in different avenues. Locally our HIV / AIDS awareness efforts are kept alive through community involvement. I'm glad that there are quite a number of groups who have committed their time and effort towards dispelling many of the misconceptions about AIDS and to promote responsible action and overall wellness.

We have also seen how the local community can come together for very important issues like the problems with RA 10175 - The Philippine Cybercrime Prevention Act and the threat it poses to freedom of speech. The formation of the Philippine Internet Freedom Alliance (PIFA) and the relative success of their Black Tuesday online protest really went a long way towards raising awareness about the issues with the bill. I don't think it's unfair to assume that PIFA's actions and the support of the community went a long way towards getting the TRO in place and to get lawmakers committed to at the very least amending the controversial law.

The Philippines, of all countries, is no stranger to the power of collective action. We helped coin  the term People Power in reference to peaceful revolutions in order to speak out against injustice. And while we don't always use this aspect of democracy well, but at the very least we know that people are always prepared to fight for causes that are important to them. It's really just a question of scale and relative importance.

If anythings today should be a reminder that we should remain both responsible and vigilant with respect to what People Power is for. Sometimes we want to take to the streets for the smallest of things or we end up setting undue expectations of our government as a whole. It is amusing to me how a lot of the usual US political rhetoric argues about the relative size and importance of government in the day-to-day lives of citizens. Here we seems to constantly expect the government to solve almost all of our problems with little regard for where the funding will come from or just what they're asking of our politicians.

People power and collective action in general is a powerful tool indeed. Just don't keep breaking the glass when  things don't go your way - save for true emergencies that threaten the greater good. Beyond that, there are more conventional channels outside of outright revolutions that include many NGOs and other volunteer groups.

[Gaming] Geek Trivia via Did You Know Gaming?

There's a new gamer geek trivia site called Did You Know Gaming? that features a wide variety of interesting tidbits about various games regardless of platform. I mean seriously, that have stuff for console games, PC games and even an Angry Birds factoid.

The Tumblr site is still relatively new (4 pages) but has been already making the rounds of various geek blogs (which is how I found out about it).

To get more of a taste for what the site covers, check out a few more interesting pieces of trivia after the cut...

[Blogosphere] Blog-rolling!

This week marked the launch of my new personal blog and domain, RockySunico.com, which marks my formal exit from LiveJournal after more than 8 years of blogging there. Given that, I find myself now open to building a new blogroll for the site given LJ used to limit you to about 15-20 links even on a good day.

If you're interested in getting on the blogrolls of any of the three blogs that I manage / write for, here's what you need to know:

The Geeky Guide to Nearly Everything

This blog features a more dynamic blog roll that rewards you more if you have new updates and sort of forgets you when you have nothing to say. I tried to focus on more conventional blogs and not so much the big names that have a gazillion updates a day - it gives everyone a better chance of getting featured.

Baduy Pride

This is the co-blog that I write with my partner, Tobie Abad. It's really meant to celebrate our relationship together so the blog naturally has an LGBT tone to it. Thus the blogroll on this site is more focused on listing other gay blogs of interest. I'm definitely open to adding you to the list even if I don't know you all that well - we have to support the LGBT community after all, right? The blogroll is a static page, accessible from the site's main navigation bar.

RockySunico.com

The blogroll here is more focused on site supported by people that I actually know in real life or have maintained some degree of a significant online friendship. I'm not quite up to solely marketing-driven link exchanges at this site since this site has no advertising and is not concerned with monetization at this time. The blog utilizes Blogger's new Dynamic Views template, thus readers have the option to change layouts when reading. The blogroll here is also a static page, accessible from the site's main navigation bar.

And of course in all cases, it's only polite that you link back.

[Blogosphere] Geek Blogs of Interest

For most days of the week, I have some fairly rigid rules about what I post here on the Geeky Guide. For example, book reviews come out of Tuesdays, TV-related posts on Thursdays and LGBT posts on Sundays. But Wednesdays, which started out as my day for tech, have sort of evolved into my free-for-all day. A day when I just talk about almost anything geek-related. Sure any video game reviews come out on Wednesdays alone, but I've also written about a bunch of other stuff.

So for today I thought it might be fun to spread some blog love around for sites that may interest you. And by this I assume that since you keep coming back here, you tend to like certain things. And these blogs are probably related to said things. Or something.

You get the general idea.

First up is a new blog my partner created called Tobie Abad Game Sessions (or TAG Sessions, which is an inside joke between the two of us).

Tobie Abad Game Sessions

The blog was initially an experiment with Blogger's new Dynamic Views, which I've always felt to be Blogger's attempt to appeal more to the Tumblr-loving segment of the blogging community. The views are nicely visual and lend themselves well to blogs like that (unlike the text-heavy Geeky Guide).

Now Tobie has been using the site to document the various games he's run whether they're one-shots, LARPs or full blown chronicles that can last for several months (or even years!) It's almost full history of his gaming activities as best as he can remember them and considering he's been gaming for most of his life, that's a LOT of history in one site.

It's a great place to visit in case you're already into gaming and looking for a GM to run a game for you (Tobie is open to requests) or if you're just curious about tabletop RPGs and want to learn more. Tobie is quite the advocate about tabletop RPGs - I suppose in the same way I'm a lifelong Transformers fan or a major Google nerd.


Another interesting blog to check out is Games and Geekery, which is written by a former classmate of mine and a friend of his.

Games and Geekery

This blog is more about conventional computer gaming, so you can expect a lot of discussions related to currently popular console games, MMORPGs and as of late, a lot of Skyrim.

The blog is more than just reviews though. It features a lot of personal insight on the games themselves and to some extent the culture that builds around the games as a whole. Beyond the fact that I know the primary blogger behind the site, I can honestly say that the site is very well-written and I can understand why he was used to work as an editor for a video games news site. Despite his moving on though, it's nice to see that he continues to write and share his insights on the community at large.

In addition to his blog, you can also follow him on Twitter via the username iamstillwater.


And last, there's AndroidTidBits, which is a quaint little Adroid-centric blog that another online contact of ours writes for.

Android TidBits

The site is pretty straight forward in its approach as an Android-focused news site. they do their best to post the latest news and reviews related to devices utilizing the Android OS, which is a pretty daunting challenge in itself. But it's clear they're pretty determined given how much content they've generated despite having started the site only recently.

So yeah, this is me showing a little support for a friend by posting a link and all. But if you are an Android user, then I'm sure the site will prove useful as part of your regular portfolio of Android news sites.



Do you want to get your site featured on the Geeky Guide? I might be open to that, but you need to have a geeky site first. Send me a link and we can see how things go or engage me in a conversation over on Twitter.

[Technicolor Musings] No Complaints For AJ (1982 - 2011)

Venus Raj and AJ Matela by AJ Matela via Flickr.

AJ Matela, the man behind Bakla Ako, May Reklamo? and many other blogs, died this week. In another day, September 10, he would have been 29 years old. It still feels almost surreal to consider that such a distinct voice in the local LGBT blogging community is gone, but it is indeed true. I still seem to be surprising contacts with this news as waves of grief and support explore out across the social web. It was only the other week when Migs sent out a call for support given his on-going health concerns and despite a stellar fight on AJ's part, he finally passed on to that better place we're all meant to go to some time.

It goes without saying that it feels like his passing had come far too soon. But then these things happen, of course, and there's no real way around things. This is not to say that things have been wasted in any way - those who knew AJ would acknowledge how he had always lived life to the fullest. And beyond living such a fantastic life, he has also had the opportunity to touch so many lives.

I had already written a short tribute for AJ over on my LiveJournal blog, but I thought it appropriate to write a bit more at length about him for this week's Technicolor Musings post. After wall, what better way to remember such a well-known blogger than with a modest photo blog post as well, right? And we all know how much AJ loved photos.

[Blogosphere] Announcing Baduy Pride!

Tobie and I have just started a new blogging venture together called Baduy Pride. The blog is all about celebrating love and the joys of our gay geeky relationship. So yes, it's going to be an ultra mushy, sappy blog with lots of geek references, LGBT themes and all that sort of good stuff.



We're really appreciate if you paid the site a visit every now and then to show your support. And if you really like it, then feel free to follow the blog and wear your baduy pride colors proudly!

[Blogosphere] Lessons From Gay Bars In Manila

I've only been to a gay bar (yes the sleazy kind) once thus far in my life. It was when my partner and I were on a vacation in Clark and we stumbled upon one come Saturday night. On a dare of sorts, we checked it out, stayed around for the first show and then returned to our hotel quickly thereafter.

I'm sure a lot of gay guys out there wonder what goes on at such locations. And I'm sure a lot of the curious have questions like "how do you table a guy?" or "what's allowed and what isn't" and all that, and I have to admit this is an area of expertise where this Geeky Guide can't provide much help. But I just found out that I actually have a friend who might be able to help out instead.




Enter my friend G.B. Goer, where GB stands for gay bar (obviously, hehe). He's he elusive blogger behind the blog Lessons from Gay Bars in Manila, a collection of his personal experiences as a regular gay bar patron. And we're talking the complete soup-to-nuts deal in terms of discussions of various bars, encounters with the dancers who work there (both at the bar and beyond) and whatever else might come to mind when it comes to gay bars of all sorts.

So I managed to get him to participate in a little interview-by-email activity as part of what I hope to be a regular series of features about various local blogs of interest. So let's learn more about GB Goer right after the cut

[Blogosphere] I Support Roger Ebert

While some might argue that it was in questionable taste for Roger Ebert to post the following Twitter message after news of Ryan's Death broke out, I still think he was fully entitled to his opinion. And he certainly didn't lack for merit in terms of the core argument here.




Quoting from his blog post:

What did I mean by that? I meant exactly what I wrote. I wasn't calling Ryan Dunn a jackass. In Twitter shorthand, I was referring to his association with 'Jackass.' I thought that was clear. I note that Bam Margera uses the word 'jackass' in the same way in his tweet. [Tuesday p.m.note: Of course there was a double meaning. I was implying that someone who drinks and drives is a jackass. Just as I was when I was drinking.]"

The guy had a history of drunk driving (including run-ins with the law) and with speeding, he posted a Twitter photo of him drinking just hours before his death and his entire career was built around him behaving inappropriately, or like a Jackass, if you will. We didn't even need the toxicology report to figure out that a man driving that fast and eventually driving headlong into trees was under the influence.

And today the news reports confirmed that he was drunk at the time of the incident. Heck, his blood alcohol content was well over twice the legal state limit. And he was driving close to 140mph - go figure.

So was it tactless and inappropriate for him to post that tweet so soon after his death? There's probably merit there. But was he right? Oh most definitely.

[Blogosphere] Guest Phone-In at MGG

A week before my post on The Importance of Coming Out, I agreed to participate in the first-ever phone-in Fabcast over at Manila Gay Guy. It really just consisted of me asking a question via a cellular phone call but it seemed like a fun activity and of course a way to get other opinions on relevant issues.



Given it's Pride Month, naturally my question was whether or not the Fabcasters felt it was still important to come out. Not just to yourself mind you, but to other people out there whether they're co-workers, family or friends. And given I had already asked the question, I eventually got around to posting last Sunday's Technicolor Musings post with my thoughts on the matter.

The Fabcast discussion was pretty interesting and I'm inviting everyone to listen and share your opinions. Given the quality of the call, you actually can't quite recognize my voice (at least for those who know what I sound like). But no worries, it was still fun to participate.

Maybe I should try participating in a full Fabcast in person sometimes. We'll see, haha - I have no idea if the Fabcasters would be open to that sort of thing.

For the full podcast, you can stream it or download a copy of it here:
http://manilagayguy.net/2011/06/20/the-qa-fabcast-rocky-the-blogger-on-coming-out/

An alternate link can also be found on McVie's blog here:
http://mcvie5.blogspot.com/2011/06/q-fabcast-part-2.html

[Blogosphere] My Brain's Backyard

It's always fun to feature fellow bloggers here at the Geeky Guide - with so many good sites out there, it's a wonder we don't do this more often. If I were to craft New Year's resolutions specific for the Geeky Guide, then the top of this list would definitely be writing more about other blogs and notable websites out there.





My Brain's Backyard is a new blog created by my good friend, Mahar Mangahas. While this isn't the first time Mahar's ventured into blogging, it is his first professional blog dedicated to his in the local theater industry. Mahar directed the Asian premiere of Pasek and Paul's Edges: A Song Cycle, which was a wonderful production as I mentioned in the linked review. The site is a clean and elegant Wordpress creation that hosts his various scripts, personal thoughts and other wonderful musical theater tidbits that any fan of Broadway or the arts is sure to enjoy.

Being a friend, I was able to pester Mahar for a quick Q&A about his new blogging venture.

[Blogosphere] Revisiting The Coconuter

More than four years ago I wrote a piece on the Coconuter, which is sort of a travel blog written by Filipino-American David Poarch. At the time his goal of finding his proverbial "golden coconut" seemed nicely idealistic and reminded me a lot about other internet successes such as The Million Dollar Homepage and One Red Paperclip.




I recently received an email from him - yes, I actually wrote to him back then - and it was a quick note about him being back in the country and all. I wasn't expecting it and thus I ended revisiting his site to see what's what.

This whole things has me wondering if I should try to get back in the habit of featuring and reviewing blogs again. I used to do a lot of them while writing for Pinoy Gay Blogs back in the day. It was an interesting experience and I got to meet a couple of new blogging friends although in hindsight I'm probably only really in touch with just one of them.

[Technicolor Musings] Getting Dragged Out Of The Closet

I normally save my Technicolor Musings posts for Sundays, but today marks the first theorgy blogging event. It seems theorgy is meant as an opportunity for local pink bloggers to write about a particular topic, similar to Blog Action Day and other such organized blogging events around the web.

And yes, your Geeky Guide is very much gay - and highly proudly so. And the topic for this first theorgy is all about coming out, which ironically is something I didn't quite officially do - at least not by choice. That makes it a bit more interesting and I've always been one to support the local LGBT blogging community.

So pull up a comfy seat, and put on some good mood music - this may take a while, should you be interested to hear the tale..

[Social Networking] My Evolving Relationship With Twitter

Image by notoriousxl via Flickr

I've been using Twitter for some years now - since when exactly, I can't quite remember. I wasn't necessarily an early adopter but I was using it fairly early on when most people just talked about what they were eating or something. In terms of buyout offers / rumors, I figure it's been at least 10-12 times that Twitter has been rumored to be on the brink of being sold to one company or another.

Yes, you can really measure Twitter's lifespan that way, hehe.

With the recent Twitter boom because of the added attention given to it by celebrities like Ashton Kutcher, networks like CNN and even countries like Iran, it's interesting to note how come things have come for me in terms of how I use Twitter although it's not exactly life-changing just yet.

I first joined Twitter because of it's potential as a micro-blogging service, which was a pretty cutting-edge concept as a time, and of course to provide another angle of interaction for the Geeky Guide, which was also pretty young at the time. And thus I mostly used Twitter as a broadcast service for new updates and to let readers know whenever new entries are published.

I didn't have many friends on Twitter initially since most folks didn't get the point of the service compared to IM and I also wasn't into following supposed celebrity Twitter feeds since (1) they were dubious in terms of authenticity and (2) I'm really not that into celebrities. That still holds true until today although I've finally started following some of the more famous geeks like Will Wheaton, Neil Gaiman and Gina Trapani (she rocks!) in more recent months.

Without many friends joining Twitter and given I'm not that into finding strangers to talk to via Twitter, this level of Twitter interaction went on for some time. I'd have a few "@reply" exchanges here and there but those were few and far between.

I continued to treat Twitter as a broadcast service well until Plurk came along and eventually Facebook statuses became the sort of "in" thing after yet another Facebook redesign (and a failed attempt to buy Twitter perhaps?). That eventually led me to unify my status update broadcasts to Ping.fm and thus Twitter continued to remain a secondary service. Heck, I was talking and interacting with more people on Plurk given it has a more forum-style approach to micro-blogging.

The recent celebrity boom for Twitter has caused a lot more of my friends to join the service ranging from the people I value hearing from to those who take the service to the extreme and update every single score, move or play in major sporting events. Suddenly everyone is into micro-blogging or perhaps playing at being news reporters or sports broadcasters. The Twittersphere has gotten rather crowded as of late and I'm not sure I appreciate it fully.

What is nice is that I have more people to interact with and I have had some pretty good @reply conversations as of late along with some pretty interesting answers and solutions to open questions or on-going technical issues. The web is a wonderful place. I still spend more time addressing all the conversations I have going on Plurk given the number of geek friends that I have over there.

Even my technical usages of Twitter has changed over time. Before I used to take the time to visit my Twitter homepage a lot in order to get updates and that changed to using remote services like TwitterMail, then using the Twitter app on Facebook and now updating via Ping.fm but tracking updates via TwitterFox, my third party extension / application of choice. I don't see the need for an entirely separate program like TweetDeck, Tweetie or anything like that - seriously, there's only so much you can do on the service and if you need to manage multiple accounts and the like, then maybe you're getting a little too Twitter obsessed, hehe. Ah well, to each his own.

So what's your Twitter story? Are you another longtime user like me who's surprised with the recent surge of interest and therefore users? Or are you one of those who just recently joined the bandwagon and still don't quite get it? Feel free to share your stories in the comments or just email me directly - I've love to hear your stories and swap ideas!

And for the curious, here's where you can find me on the micro-blogging world - just be sure to introduce yourselves!

• Twitter - rgsunico
  
• Plurk - rgsunico

[Blog Action Day] Poverty Perspective

Image via WikipediaToday is Blog Action Day, a day where all participating bloggers try to devote some of their blogging time to writing about one topic. This year, it's Poverty, and that's a pretty big topic to tackle all at once.

Coming from the Philippines, a country where majority of the population lives below the poverty line. Yeah, I think we're bound to have a fairly decent perspective on the world of poverty. It affects so many parts of our lives after all.

I think the biggest effect of living amidst so much poverty is how the political system has adapted to it and ultimately taken advantage of it as well. Instead of trying to focus its policies on addressing the issue directly or ensuring it no longer happens, more often than not we find our government playing to their ignorance and their needs in order to remain in power and perpetuate their own political legacy.

It's no wonder why we continue to live as we do.

I'm sure every politician enters the arena with some measure of good intentions. They might want to give back to their community or perhaps try to live up to the political legacy of their parents before them. However in order for someone to win in this country's political environment, one has to play the game.

In countries like the US, elections are largely issue-driven and people gravitate to one side or another based on their shared beliefs with the candidates. Here, politicians can win by playing to the hearts of the poor and less fortunate and do so very well.

They ensure small tokens are left around communities to remind them of their involvement - everything from community halls to basketball courts with politcal names plastered all over them. Political rallies draw crowds because of the celebrities they tap and the masses start to associate the traits and characteristics of these actors as drawn from the TV shows and movies they appear in and associate these traits with the political candidate in question. Heck, celebrities often go into politics here and do very well to succeed time and time again.

A lot of this stems from ignoring the issues that would really help address these concerns. Our education system remains in shambles and without strong support there, we continue to produce undereducated workers out of future generations. Wages remain low and the labor code theoretically supports the worker but at the same time promotes contractual hiring and non-regularization in favor of not giving government-mandated benefits and the like. The economy surges forward but we are stuck in the trap of the rich getting richer and the poor getting more and more destitute.

How do we fix a problem like that? I'd argue for the need to vote responsibly, but how does one conquer the overwhelming majority of voters who vote more with their hearts than their heads? I don't meant to belittle them in any way - it's just a natural consequence of the system at large.

Of course, the power to change thing starts with every individual making that choice to make a difference. Every vote done responsibly matters. Every time you make the right kind of financial decisions and not give in to overindulgence. Every time you choose to give away things you no longer need instead of greedily keeping them for no good reason. Every time you take the effort to care for someone else and really give a damn, then it matters.

[Blog Action Day] Fight Poverty Today!

Today, October 15, 2008, is Blog Action Day. If you have no idea what this is about, Blog Action Day is an attempt to get the global blogosphere all writing about one topic in order to increase awareness and generate discussion and new ideas. Last year it was about the Environment. This year it's about fighting Poverty.

I'm pretty busy from a real-life perspective so I may not be able to write as many entries as I had originally planned. Still, I will put in my time and effort to contribute to this global effort and perhaps you should too if you also maintain a blog.

Be sure to register at the organization's website to make sure your blog is counted!

[Google] Leaked Comic Heralds Google Browser

Looking at my recent entries, I realize that I haven't been writing all that much about Google. It's not that I don't love the search company, because you know I do, but more because given the large number of Google-following blogs out there, I didn't really see the need to add to the noise based on every little Google movement. I do save my efforts for the big stuff, though.

Things started with Google Blogoscoped announcing that they had received an email from Google with a 38-page comic book announcing their new open source browser, Google Chrome. Google Operating System eventually chimed in with their initial analysis.

Eventually Webware added in their own detailed analysis of Google Chrome's many promised features and by then pretty much the entire blogosphere (myself included) was really excited about this new product.

Were it not for the fact that actually had to work last night, I would have immediately drafted an entry for the Geeky Guide. Given my personal rules about not blogging from the office (although I'm okay with checking on my Google Reader feeds, hehe), I was pretty keen on getting home quickly to write about all this.

Now that the dust has settled, Google officially explained the comic and how it was a bit of a mistake but all that aside, they also announced that Tuesday marks the official launch of Google Chrome for everyone to download.

And who says people don't work on Labor Day, right?

[Geeky Guide] Two Years of Geeky Goodness

i luv geek from freakgirl's Flickr photostream.

Given everything else that has been keeping my busy day after day, it's with some irony that I almost forgot that today marks the 2nd anniversary of The Geeky Guide to Nearly Everything. Really, it is.

The exact date of birth for the Geeky Guide has always been a bit of an internal debate for me. While the very first post was created on this day, initially I think I was using US dates as my basis since I was blogging from the office and at the same time it was an alpha test post - one not necessarily meant for public consumption. While I didn't restrict access to the entry and you can dig all the way back to September 1, 2006 to find it, it was still part of my testing phase.

Then again, an alpha post is still an alpha post and I figure I'll stick to this being the anniversary of the Geeky Guide, as long as I do a better job of remembering it next year.

I have to thank everyone who continues to support the Geeky Guide, whether you're a silent reader or an active commenter. Because of your continuing geeky love, I've managed to post 1,041 entries to-date (including this one) and of course we now have our own domain - http://www.geeky-guide.com/. I've tried to keep the Geeky Guide more focused in terms of the content while at the same time returning to being a solo blog instead of a collaborative one (although I'm always open to interested bloggers wanting to help me geek out).

This may not be the biggest or most popular blog on the planet (or even in this country for that matter), but I feel we have a happy enough corner of the blogosphere and that's what matters more.

Hope you guys stick around for another year (at the very least) and in return I promise to continue to remain as geeky as possible.

Cheers!

rOckY

[Pink News] Ellen's Been Hitched!

Ever since the new first broke out that same-sex marriages were again legal in the state of California, I guess it was only a matter of time before we'd see some major celebrity couple tie the knot. And as promised on her show, Ellen DeGeneres did indeed tie the knot with her partner Portia de Rossi this past weekend, much to the delight of her fans around the work - this gay geek included.

Here's what she had to say about the blessed event on her official blog:

Image from Ellen's Website

Ellen has already started to share photos from the wedding on her website and I'm sure we're going to see more and more of the lovely couple in the weeks to come.

Ellen and Portia, the Geeky Guide wishes you all the best from the other side of the world!

[Blogosphere] Blog Action Day 2008 - Poverty

After last year's successful first run, the diverse group of volunteer bloggers and the staff of Envato have announced that October 15, 2008 is officially this year's Blog Action Day.

This is now officially an annual event (I saw "now" since this is only its second year) where the group tries to get the global blogosphere to blog about one topic for that day as a sort of meeting of the minds. This year's theme is Poverty and given that the Geeky Guide missed out on this even last year, this year we promise to definitely participate and add this geeky voice to the rest of the world's.

That just leaves one question for everyone...

[Blogs] Just Beautiful Men

If you're one of my straight readers, I don't suppose this entry is for you. You might want to stop reading right now (as if the image above wasn't enough to dissuade you)

Like any other gay man, I admit that I give into using the internet to look for guys to ogle - whether it's a gay-oriented social-networking site, one of the harsher hook-up sites, Google Images, or outright porn for that matter. Hey, I'm a guy and I'm only human and so we go back to that classic line, "The Internet is for Porn."

It's been a while since I last featured a blog and I should probably get back into the habit of doing precisely that. In this case, this is definitely not a blog known for the power of its writing given there's not much to write about - a picture is worth a thousand words after all, right?

Just Beautiful Men is a blog with a very simple purpose - to showcase amazing photos of beautiful men in all their glory. From time to time you might be lucky to catch glimpses of Eric, the young man behind this photo blog not in terms of pictures but words that reveal more about his personality, likes, interests, that sort of thing. Not that I'm complaining about the other stuff, LOL - I think he's doing plenty well with what his blog mainly presents.

The blog is hosted on the Blogger platform and is naturally image-heavy. Although I've yet to see any full frontal nudity, I'd still tag this blog as NSFW unless you normally have pictures of beautiful, half-naked (or almost naked) men swimming around your work desktop, then you should be cool. Think of this as a more Western-focused version of Manila Gay Guy, although pretty much just photos and not much else.

Then again, there's NOTHING at all wrong with that, eh?