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Boston Sports Club closes gyms, fires staff then charges members

Due to COVID-19, Boston Sports Clubs were ordered to close. The company promptly fired all their staff (which is upsetting since many of their staff are friends), so when they charged Sergio and me our monthly fee I was both surprised and disappointed.  This practice runs counter to what other chains in Boston have done and has changed my perception of how I view the BSC brand.

Apparently others felt similar because Boston.com ran this article earlier this week, Boston Sports Clubs wouldn’t let memberships be canceled during the coronavirus outbreak. Then they charged them

If you’re a member of the BSC and have been charged a monthly membership fee, let me know by leaving a comment and contact our Attorney General’s Office to file a complaint with BSC / TSI. You can do that by calling 617.727.2200 to let them know that BSC charged you a monthly membership fee and you want a refund, or you can file a complaint online like I did. It takes less than five minutes and you can do it right from, here.

Scruffy Sunday

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Saturday morning coffee

handsome, hunk, guy in pajamasMuch thanks to Brian Moynihan for suggesting this rather suggestive photo for my weekly Saturday morning coffee post.

Saturday morning comics

ADAM & ANDY is set in the fictional New England town of Woodfield, CT. You can learn more about Adam and Andy and purchase a copy of “the definitive collection of Adam and Andy” by visiting, adamandandy.com.

Click on this week’s comic strip to enlargeClick here if you would like to see  the previous Adam & Andy

Furry Friday

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BosGuy brain teaser

riddle, exercise for your brainEach Friday morning I post a riddle to get you to think outside the box and exercise your brain. If you are stumped, share it with a friend or colleague and see if you can figure out the answer together.

I’ll confirm answers in the afternoon so don’t worry if you don’t see your comment posted right away. I want to give everyone a chance to guess.

This week’s brain teaser: What do the following words have in common?

IRISH  –  MASTER  –  ROUSE  –  VIOLENT

Here is a hint: April showers.

Like riddles? Check out past week’s brain teasers.

Ina Garten says it’s cocktail hour – Cheers!

For all of you at home with nothing to do or in dire need of a distraction, enjoy this Tweet from @barstoolsports of Ina Garten showing us how to make the perfect Cosmpolitan. This video may well be the best thing you see all day.

Much thanks to my brother Tim for sharing.

Vintage gay

Much thanks to Peter from NY for emailing me another great photo for my weekly vintage gay post.  This photo dates back to the 1880s/90s and it looks like quite the house party.

I dedicate this weekly post, featuring vintage gay photographs, to the men and women who lived in a more critical time where being true to yourself and loving who you want wasn’t always an option and came at a great price. Do you have a photo you would like to share? Email me at bosguymail@gmail.com.

Previous Vintage Gay Photos

This week on Instagram: jp_sampaio

joao pedro sampaio

Sergio first shared with me Joao Pedro’s Instagram account who is from Paraná, Brazil but now lives in the United States and calls San Francisco home.

In addition to his Instagram account he has a fairly active Youtube channel if you’d like to learn more about JP and follow him online.

You can follow this account on Instagram here, instagram.com/jp_sampaio/.

Do you like this weekly post? Check out previously featured IG accounts here.

Caption this photo

archer, man with bow and arrow, cupidHopefully the caption I’ve shared below inspires you to offer up a caption or two of your own. Leave a witty or funny caption as a comment for this post, and I’ll approve it for readers to enjoy.

“Ready, aim, I’m so distracted.”

Scenes from Boston & Provincetown’s Nightlife

“in love in provincetown, 1936” source: woolfandwilde.com

Boston’s History Project is hosting an interesting virtual event this Thursday at 7PM with a good friend of mine that you may find very interesting.

All are welcome to join local author and History Project board member Russ Lopez for a reading from his book The Hub of the Gay Universe: An LGBTQ History of Boston, Provincetown, and Beyond.  Russ will share fun stories about Provincetown and Boston nightlife through the years.

Thursday, April 2nd at 7:00PM
Register on Zoom

This is free but donations are always gratefully accepted. Click here to support The History Project’s mission to document, preserve, and share LGBTQ history.

Temptation Tuesday

muscular hunk, handsome guy, shirtless man, hairyPast Temptation Tuesday Posts

Men in kilts

I’ve never worn a kilt, but I have to admit that when I do eventually get around to trying one on, I’ll be tempted to give it a twirl – just like this guy.

Previous Men in Kilts Posts

Movies coming to Netflix, Hulu and Amazon Prime in April

How are you holding up? This is the third week that I’m suspending my weekly “What’s happening this week” post. While there have been some creative live streaming parties set up, there is not a critical mass of programs to share so in lieu of upcoming events this week, I’ve pulled together this list of movies that will be available for streaming later this week, starting in April from Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon Prime.

Make some popcorn and settle in to watch a few of these movies this month.

Bangkok Dangerous
Bend It Like Beckham
Blazing Saddles
Diary of a Hitman
Dr. Seuss’ Horton Hears a Who
Dr. T. and the Women
Free Birds
Fun in Acapulco
Gator
Get Smart
Gods and Monsters
Gorky Park
Hud
Kill Bill: Volume 1
Kill Bill: Volume 2
Let Me In
Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa
Misery
Moll Flanders
Phone Booth
Repentance
Risky Business
Romancing the Stone
Shirley Valentine
Spider-Man
The Ant Bully
The Book Of Eli
The Boost
The Chumscrubber
The Eternal
The Full Monty
The Jewel of the Nile
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
The Mexican
The Sender
The X-Files: I Want to Believe
Trapped: The Alex Cooper Story
Victoria Gotti: My Father’s Daughter
Who Let The Dogs Out
Zombieland
Parasite (April 8)
Little Joe (April 9)
Unlocked (April 14)
Vault (April 14)
A Teacher (April 15)
The Messenger (April 15)
Harry Benson: Shoot First (April 16)
A Kind of Murder (April 20)
Paranormal Activity 3 (April 20)
Cunningham (April 23)
Abominable (April 24)
Footloose (April 29)

You can also see what new television shows will be available for streaming if you visit Boston.com article from last week, All the movies and TV shows coming to Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime in April 2020.

Creative musical covers about Coronavirus

Since social distancing has become a standard practice, many people have turned to music to help stay connected and in this case inject some much needed humor into our current situation. Below are three different covers from songs originally sung by The Bee Gees, The Knack and Nirvana. Enjoy.

“Stayin’ Inside” (Bee Gees cover)

My Corona (The Knack cover)

 by Chris Mann

Stay Inside (Nirvana cover)

by Urian Hackney of Rough Francis