Ranting Out Loud: An LGBTQ+ perspective on life, love, politics and chaos

Imagine gay men talking about Taylor Swift! Besides accepting a nomination for a much-needed House Speaker, what hasn't she done? And what can't this superstar touch and not turn it into gold? Girl power will not be eclipsed in this episode. Oh yea, there was a pending eclipse sometime during this recording.

October is all wrapped up and November begins with conversations about ghosts, naturally. But how can you tell if you're being haunted by a gay ghost? We also find out who's in the Munsters or the Addams Family camp. And the boys do their best to guess who will have won the World Series by the time their recording airs.

Shows are shifting their focus to older audiences as young people have real lives to tend to and the actors are still in walk-out mode. So move over Tiger King and welcome Golden Bachelor! But it's only an hour because, you know, nap time. What about naked dating? The Max streaming network has you covered there ... sort of. Willies, jigglies, cropped and well manicured junction boxes abound as the Brits go naked and unafraid.

Well, here we are without a government again, but who cares as long as there's a circus in town! I think we're going to run out of popcorn. If you ran into your priest at a gay bar, would he be sporting gear as an assless chap-lain? What about phone sex? Are you old enough to remember what that was?

This time Lee is missing in action but we took care of that with the grace and care of prisoners on parole. Bet you didn't know that we didn't always have adult birthday parties and you'll never guess who started it all. And the Hollywood sign turns 100 years old. Guess how it all started?

If it's not one thing, it's another. The boys had to scramble schedules to record this week but we managed to push out another show without Chadrick. We had a solution, though: AI Chadrick is in the house!

What movies about the future would you like to live through today? Rethinking time travel when movies about it really suck. Are small town gay bars still a thing? Where to escape if "Gilead" actually happens.

Congrats boys, you've managed to soil the memories of some lovable cartoon characters! So, what's the best candy to have in your mouth if you're going to ... you know?

If you want real clowns, go to a real circus, they say. But you have to admit that the deluge of indictments over our political overlord-wanna-be's sure makes things entertaining.

The latest streaming interest involves a political rom-com which brings up the question: should gay characters only be played by gay actors? There's a lawsuit involving the real-life folks featured in the movie The Blindside and the guys try to play judge and jury already.

Chadrick is still out "gorge-ing" so Lee and Mike carry the load and somehow wind up talking about a size to body ratio that might surprise you. Also, what part of the animal kingdom would you include in gay culture and why?