{"id":584,"date":"2014-07-24T21:51:21","date_gmt":"2014-07-25T05:51:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/biz141.inmotionhosting.com\/~akweko6\/sacollins.com\/wp\/?p=584"},"modified":"2014-07-24T21:51:38","modified_gmt":"2014-07-25T05:51:38","slug":"we-can-all-use-a-little-expert-advice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.sacollins.com\/blog-wp\/?p=584","title":{"rendered":"We can all use a little expert advice&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">31 Days of Brannan &#8211; Day 24<\/span><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>[embedplusvideo height=&#8221;329&#8243; width=&#8221;400&#8243; editlink=&#8221;http:\/\/bit.ly\/1mLCvT6&#8243; standard=&#8221;http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/elq1vCh1cno?fs=1&amp;vq=hd720&#8243; vars=&#8221;ytid=elq1vCh1cno&amp;width=400&amp;height=329&amp;start=&amp;stop=&amp;rs=w&amp;hd=1&amp;autoplay=0&amp;react=0&amp;chapters=&amp;notes=&#8221; id=&#8221;ep9189&#8243; \/]<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Today&#8217;s Playlist &#8211;\u00a0 <em>Relax your neck (and breathe through your nose)<\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve always wanted to play this video. I am a big Margaret Cho fan. So the idea of Brannan and Cho whooping it up together &#8211; no matter what they did, I just knew I&#8217;d be entertained, was beyond anything I could&#8217;ve hoped for.<\/p>\n<p>Seriously, it&#8217;d be the same thing if it was him and Sandra Bernhard &#8211; Now there&#8217;s a conversation I&#8217;d like to be a fly on the wall for&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Anywho&#8230; so Cho and Brannan. Or how about Cho and Jay? Yeah, they could be Jay-Cho (sorta riffing on J-Lo) &#8211; no? Just me? Okay.<\/p>\n<p>But doesn&#8217;t that just sound like the ultimate gay chat show moniker?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #ffcc00;\"><em>Groan every early morning with Jay-Cho!<\/em> <\/span><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>But just think of the solid life advice that would just pour forth from these two? It&#8217;d be a cult I&#8217;d be happy to join, I can tell you what.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Anyway &#8211; some sound solid cock sucking advice here and who doesn&#8217;t need that in life? I mean, we&#8217;ve all done it&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>This is advice you can actually do something with. Nothing like those vapid infomercials on TV. This shit would actually help a brother get <em>ahead <\/em>in life. Oh, brother, do I need to stop here.<\/p>\n<p>N-Joy!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">The Always, Then &amp; Now Tour&#8230;<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Please check out <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jaybrannan.com\">his site<\/a> with links for his upcoming shows. I am definitely a late comer to the Brannan bandwagon whenever he pulls through my city. But now that I am going this year, I am making it a goal never to miss when he swings through town. I hope you take advantage of the opportunity as well. Also be sure to check out his web store at the following <a href=\"http:\/\/hellomerch.com\/collections\/jay-brannan\">link<\/a>.<\/p>\n<dl id=\"attachment_363\" class=\"wp-caption  alignleft\">\n<dt class=\"wp-caption-dt\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biz141.inmotionhosting.com\/~akweko6\/sacollins.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/JBbanner.png\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"363\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/www.sacollins.com\/blog-wp\/?attachment_id=363\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sacollins.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/JBbanner.png?fit=350%2C291\" data-orig-size=\"350,291\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"JBbanner\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Jay&amp;#8217;s Website &amp;#8211; jaybrannan.com&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sacollins.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/JBbanner.png?fit=350%2C291\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-363\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biz141.inmotionhosting.com\/~akweko6\/sacollins.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/JBbanner-300x249.png?resize=300%2C249\" alt=\"Jay's Website - jaybrannan.com\" width=\"300\" height=\"249\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sacollins.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/JBbanner.png?resize=300%2C249 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sacollins.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/JBbanner.png?w=350 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/dt>\n<dd class=\"wp-caption-dd\">Jay&#8217;s Website &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jaybrannan.com\">jaybrannan.com<\/a><\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>31 Days of Brannan &#8211; Day 24 &nbsp; [embedplusvideo height=&#8221;329&#8243; width=&#8221;400&#8243; editlink=&#8221;http:\/\/bit.ly\/1mLCvT6&#8243; standard=&#8221;http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/elq1vCh1cno?fs=1&amp;vq=hd720&#8243; vars=&#8221;ytid=elq1vCh1cno&amp;width=400&amp;height=329&amp;start=&amp;stop=&amp;rs=w&amp;hd=1&amp;autoplay=0&amp;react=0&amp;chapters=&amp;notes=&#8221; id=&#8221;ep9189&#8243; \/] &nbsp; Today&#8217;s Playlist &#8211;\u00a0 Relax your neck (and breathe through your nose) &nbsp; I&#8217;ve always wanted to play this video. I am a big Margaret Cho fan. So the idea of Brannan and Cho whooping it up together &#8211; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[48,43,4,22,52,54,169,18],"tags":[26,138,224,223,227,27,228,153,226,225,728],"class_list":["post-584","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-giving-back","category-life-inserts-itself","category-homoerotica","category-music-that-inspires","category-not-safe-for-work","category-porn-vs-erotica","category-social-issues","category-writing","tag-artist-as-muse","tag-brannan-as-bard","tag-cocks","tag-cynacism-at-its-best","tag-deepthroating","tag-jay-brannan","tag-margaret-cho","tag-music-that-inspires-2","tag-sex-like-a-pornstar","tag-sucking","tag-writing"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75tPU-9q","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":578,"url":"http:\/\/www.sacollins.com\/blog-wp\/?p=578","url_meta":{"origin":584,"position":0},"title":"Journey to the Dead Sea","author":"S A Collins","date":"July 23, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"31 Days of Brannan - Day 23 \u00a0 [embedplusvideo height=\"329\" width=\"400\" editlink=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/1niR7P4\" standard=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/IpcIIaiyWlM?fs=1&vq=hd720\" vars=\"ytid=IpcIIaiyWlM&width=400&height=329&start=&stop=&rs=w&hd=1&autoplay=0&react=0&chapters=&notes=\" id=\"ep1767\" \/] Today's Playlist - The Eldan Song \u00a0 So after the dark and wanderlust thoughts I had in my last posting with Jay's (and my) past, separate as they may be, I wanted something a\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Journey&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Journey","link":"http:\/\/www.sacollins.com\/blog-wp\/?cat=216"},"img":{"alt_text":"Jay's Website - jaybrannan.com","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biz141.inmotionhosting.com\/~akweko6\/sacollins.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/JBbanner-300x249.png?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":590,"url":"http:\/\/www.sacollins.com\/blog-wp\/?p=590","url_meta":{"origin":584,"position":1},"title":"80 Days of Jay","author":"S A Collins","date":"July 26, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"31 Days of Brannan - Day 26 \u00a0 [embedplusvideo height=\"329\" width=\"400\" editlink=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/1nJqq5B\" standard=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/0KeeczV_1Q4?fs=1&vq=hd720\" vars=\"ytid=0KeeczV_1Q4&width=400&height=329&start=&stop=&rs=w&hd=1&autoplay=0&react=0&chapters=&notes=\" id=\"ep4101\" \/] \u00a0 Today's Playlist - Twee Vaders \u00a0- \u00a0in Dutch, no less... \u00a0 I like that Jay takes the time to find a way to connect with his international audiences. He may flub things up\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Giving Back&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Giving Back","link":"http:\/\/www.sacollins.com\/blog-wp\/?cat=48"},"img":{"alt_text":"Jay's Website - jaybrannan.com","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biz141.inmotionhosting.com\/~akweko6\/sacollins.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/JBbanner-300x249.png?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":595,"url":"http:\/\/www.sacollins.com\/blog-wp\/?p=595","url_meta":{"origin":584,"position":2},"title":"Using Both Hands","author":"S A Collins","date":"July 27, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"31 Days of Brannan - Day 27 \u00a0 [embedplusvideo height=\"329\" width=\"400\" editlink=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/1k38iEv\" standard=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/F2b6YDmR-Bg?fs=1&vq=hd720\" vars=\"ytid=F2b6YDmR-Bg&width=400&height=329&start=&stop=&rs=w&hd=1&autoplay=0&react=0&chapters=&notes=\" id=\"ep3080\" \/] \u00a0 Today's Playlist - \u00a0Both Hands (Ani DiFranco Cover) \u00a0 This is a song that Jay has recorded (quite brilliantly, I might add) on his 80 Days of Jay album. This is a rather\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;imitation as Flattery&quot;","block_context":{"text":"imitation as Flattery","link":"http:\/\/www.sacollins.com\/blog-wp\/?cat=229"},"img":{"alt_text":"Jay's Website - jaybrannan.com","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biz141.inmotionhosting.com\/~akweko6\/sacollins.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/JBbanner-300x249.png?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":539,"url":"http:\/\/www.sacollins.com\/blog-wp\/?p=539","url_meta":{"origin":584,"position":3},"title":"A Little JB @ the Soda Shop","author":"S A Collins","date":"July 18, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"31 Days of Brannan - Day 18 \u00a0 [embedplusvideo height=\"329\" width=\"400\" editlink=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/1qlsbJI\" standard=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/eVuhdIK2E7o?fs=1\" vars=\"ytid=eVuhdIK2E7o&width=400&height=329&start=&stop=&rs=w&hd=0&autoplay=0&react=0&chapters=&notes=\" id=\"ep1614\" \/] \u00a0 Today's Playlist - Soda Shop\u00a0 \u00a0 First off, I'll take Jay's video posts regardless of his level of dress or even undress. 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