How I learned to love the paddle RICH LOPEZ | Staff Writer Pain isn’t something I endure well — my threshold for it is quite low. Yes, I’m a pussy, but I’m cool with it. I opt not to engage in voluntarily painful experiences beyond weekly editorial meetings or family functions. But the power of the [...]
Couch Potato Adventure Journal returns to go all Jackie Chan on your ass! RICH LOPEZ | Staff Writer I don’t get the Chuck Norris thing. I laugh at the jokes about how he’s such a badass that he won American Idol using only sign language or that ghosts sit around the campfire and tell Chuck [...]
DECISIONS, DECISIONS Life coach Tim Kincaid helps with those needed a-ha moments when gay men can’t figure things out on their own. (Arnold Wayne Jones/Dallas Voice) The Gay Coaches Alliance isn’t what it sounds like — members like Tim Kincaid just want to make gay men more fabulous RICH LOPEZ | Staff Writer lopez@dallasvoice.com When I [...]
FOUR WHEELIN’ | Skate with caution to avoid this guy on the roller rink. Gay Skate Night returns every third Saturday at InterSkate in Lewisville. (Arnold Wayne Jones/Dallas Voice) With Gay Skate Night back, roller derby’s Trigger Mortis offers some tips on making the floor your own RICH LOPEZ | Staff Writer lopez@dallasvoice.com There was [...]
RICH LOPEZ | Staff Writer lopez@dallasvoice.com I like to think I’m pretty hilarious. I don’t boast about being funny, but I’ve teased some guffaws out of unlikely listeners, so I have some humor cred. Clearly, I could translate that into a stand-up comic career, right? Um, now that wasn’t supposed to make you laugh. Actually, [...]
A LEAGUE OF OUR OWN | Flirting can be used to your advantage when playing poker in a gay league. Just ask Pocket Rockets founder Jeff Teller. (Arnold Wayne Jones/Dallas Voice) Even with Lady Gaga’s advice, poker face does nothing to help the couch potato know when to hold ’em and fold ’em in gay traveling card tourney RICH [...]
‘A List Dallas’ casting stuts out one gay couch potato even before getting started. You might be luckier RICH LOPEZ | lopez@dallasvoice.com GETTING DOUCHEY WITH IT Wanna know how to go from d-bag to A-list? This writer may not know, but he’ll get you started. (Arnold Wayne Jones Dallas Voice) Using my connections, I could get [...]
MyStudio can make a singer out of anyone — even a couch potato RICH LOPEZ | Staff Writer lopez@dallasvoice.com If Lindsay Lohan can piss away a career of fame with no talent, then I should be able to do just the opposite, right? Forget going through the casting couches and reality TV shows to make [...]
Not everyone agrees what qualifies as a collectible car, but Classic Chassis has some ideas RICH LOPEZ | Staff Writer lopez@dallasvoice.com ALL MY FRIENDS LOVE A LOW-RIDER | The author disrespects a 1971 Eldorado owned by Classic Chassis Car Club member Paul J. Williams — although it does have bouncy hydraulics. (Arnold Wayne Jones/Dallas Voice) CLASSIC CAR SHOW Cedar Springs Road [...]
Thanks to some significant time in bars and living around my brother’s personal pool table, I’m not too shabby at sinking a ball in a corner pocket. Provided the angle is right and there are no balls in the way, I’d say I could guarantee it. Which made me wonder: Could I actually go from basement pastime to genuine shark in the new gay league.
