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HEY! Couldn't find a way to send you note, since your comments are turned off on your blog, but wanted to say thanks for the shout out on your GEMSTONES blog!

Thanks . You mean RG Beefcake and Boyfriends? Comments should be up on that blog , but I don’t get many of them , maybe one a week

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Gideon Gemstone's Secret Life, Chapter 1: Jimmy Olsen visits the Gemstones

Rev. Jesse Gemstone: Do It Big

Jimmy was prepared for a mansion rivaling Bruce Wayne’s – after all, the Gemstone motto was “Do It Big!”  But he still wasn’t prepared for the Gemstone Lake House, on Lake Murray, South Carolina’s biggest reservoir.  Tudor-style, with three round towers, four decks, eight bedrooms, two swimming pools, two boat launches, and a gazebo decorated with statues of the Greek gods Aphrodite and Apollo. 

Jesse Gemstone himself met him at the door, casually dressed in a red silk shirt and cargo pants. He shook Jimmy's hand and said “Praise be to He,” as if it was a standard greeting.   Jimmy had interviewed presidents and superheroes, but he was still in awe.  Rev. Gemstone was not only one of the three heads of the most successful Evangelical organization in the world, he was constantly in the news for everything from a mismanaged Prayer Pod debacle to numerous attempts on his life.

“Thank you for agreeing to the interviews,” Jimmy said. 

“It’s a visit,” he corrected.  “You’re our guest for the weekend.  Think of yourself as family – a long lost cousin.  You want anything, just ask.”  Then he flashed The Look – everybody did, Jimmy should have expected it, but he was still taken aback.  This was Jesse Gemstone!

Since he was about 15 years old, everybody who saw Jimmy Olsen, except for kids and the very old, fell in love with him.  Man, woman, gay, straight, single, married – it made no difference.  Usually they weren’t really aware of what was happening, they just knew that they liked Jimmy and wanted to do things for him – he got a free dessert almost every time he ate in a restaurant, he was bumped to first class almost every time he flew, and he had never been turned down for a date or a hookup, except by Clark Kent – but sometimes they knew exactly what they wanted, and got a little aggressive.  God, he hoped that Jesse Gemstone wouldn’t get aggressive.

But all Rev. Gemstone did was take Jimmy’s arm, caress it a little, and lead him into the foyer and…the library!  He recognized the photos from the news stories. 

“I’m surprised that you want to spend time at this place, when you and your brother and sister were shot and almost died here.”

He chuckled.  “So, if I stayed away from every place where someone tried to kill me, I’d never go anywhere.”  Then he hesitated.  “This isn’t going to be one of those smear pieces, is it?   Frankly, I agreed to the visit because  I like some of your articles in the Daily Planet.  You’ve got heart, not like that Lois Lane and her muckraking interviews with Superman."

“It's going to be about the Gemstone Miracle, surviving and thriving after adversity.  I get you – I grew up in the South. In an Evangelical family”

“But you’re not Evangelical anymore?”  Uh-oh, Jimmy felt soul-winning coming on.

“I’m a gay ally – my sister is trans.  And I just couldnt’t stand the homophobia in my home church.”

“Believe me, that’s not a problem here.”  Next they moved into parlor where they held talent contests, and Corey Milsap did a Michael Jackson routine – before trying to murder his friends.  “Is there going to be a talent show this weekend?”

“Why, do you have a piece in mind?”

As Jesse showed him the dining room, kitchen, sun room, and game room, Jimmy wrote his introduction in his head:

A cross between Elvis Presley and Conway Twitty, with the Van Buren sideburns and rings on every finger, Jesse Gemstone lives the Gemstone motto of “Do it big!”  He has been kidnapped by his uncle, threatened by a close friend, and shot by another close friend, yet he doesn’t hesitate to open his home and his heart to a complete stranger.  

“My brother and sister and their spouses will be coming up for dinner, and my oldest, Gideon, will be arriving tomorrow.  Right now it’s just my wife and I, our other two kids, and their boyfriends.”

Wait – boyfriends?  Didn’t Jesse and Amber Gemstone have three sons?  Jimmy would have to check his notes.

Mrs. Amber Gemstone: The Preacher’s Wife

Mrs. Gemstone was in the kitchen, elegantly dressed, all in white as she brought a pastry – peach cobbler? – from the oven.   She wiped her hands on a towel to shake Jimmy’s hand.

“You must think I’m an old fashioned Evangelical housewife, subservient to her husband,” she said, pausing as she gave him The Look.

“No, I don’t think that at….”

She caressed his arm.  “But we don’t have full time staff at the lake house.  The service goes home after making lunch, so we have to either eat out or cook dinner ourselves.  But coming all the way from Metropolis, I thought you’d appreciate some real Southern cooking rather than the Root Cellar or Thai Thai.”

Jimmy pulled away.  “I’d appreciate that, Ma’am.”

“Open!”  She popped a spoonful of cobbler into his mouth – a big spoonful, and still steaming hot!  He cried out in pain.

“Oh, I’m so sorry!  Jesse, get a glass of milk for our guest!”

Amber Gemstone, resplendent in white, the picture of the elegant Southern woman, is expertly hiding some insecurity.  She longs to be a traditional Evangelical housewife, following St. Paul’s admonition to “be submissive to your husband,” but the three-time sharpshooting champion of Charleston doesn’t take kindly to being submissive.

The full story is on Archive of Our Own

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Gavin Munn's New Headshots

Ready for a modeling career.

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Spoke-Art Gemstones

The Gemstones depicted are Jesse, Judy, Amber, BJ, Baby Billy, Keefe, Kelvin, and Eli

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"I'm Not in Love"

I'm not in love, and don't forget it It's just a silly phase I'm going through

And just because I call you up Don't get me wrong, don't think you've got it made

I'm not in love. I'd like to see you, but then again That doesn't mean you mean that much to me

So if I call you, don't make a fuss Don't tell your friends about the two of us. I'm not in love.

Be quiet, big boys don't cry.

Big boys don't cry.

Big boys don't cry.

-- 10cc, "I'm Not in Love" (1975)

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Gratuitous Tony Cavalero

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Miles Burris: footballer, bodybuilder, family man, God Squad rebel

Former football player Miles Burris broke into acting with roles as football players in Starwood and Safety, and a lot of buffed guys: Rip Hardcore in The Really Loud House,  Triple H in Young Rock, Huge Guy #1 in Gym Rat and Mr. America in Federation.

He played Lucifer's dudebro brother Jophiel in a 3-episode story arc on Lucifer.

In Season 2 of The Righteous Gemstones, he plays, God Squad bodybuilder Titus, who begins the decline and fall of the God Squad cult started by Kelvin Gemstone (Adam Devine).  He'd rather exercise than listen to a Bible story. When he is sentenced to a week in the tiger cage as punishment for his disobedience, he exclaims: "Retribution will come upon you, and I'll..."

Miles discusses how he prepared for the role: by watching a lot of youtube videos about Christian muscle groups.  "They would lift their brothers and rip phone books."

Miles' instagram features lots of humorous reels poking fun at the buffed-guy experience.  They tend to be entirely heterosexist, assuming that the only reason guys work out is to get girls, but some of them are funny.

More photos, including a few nudes, on RG Beefcake and Boyfriends

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Don't forget that straight guys always kiss when they hug

This is from Episode 2.1, when Kelvin returns from a trip and Keefe meets him at the private air field. They can't figure out how to do a non-romantic hug.

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Somebody write a fan story where Jimmy Olsen interviews the Gemstones for a Daily Planet article, hits it off with Gideon, and...

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Gratuitous Skyler Gisondo

I've been spelling Jimmy Olsen "Olson" for the last million years.

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Tony has an enormous...um... rooster

I swear, I have never heard any other term for it.

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Adam does his podcast shirtless

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Luxembourgian Men

Cowboys

Chef

Gym

Swim team

Juggler

Medieval costume

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Just ask him out

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"My Three Gay Sons and...ugh...Vance Simkins: A Jesse Gemstone Adventure, with Guest Star Karl Montgomery

When Jesse walked into the media room, he saw Priscilla, Queen of the Desert on the big tv -- drag queens in the Australian outback -- and Pontius with his arms wrapped around someone.  They were kissing.  For a moment he thought it was a girl, proving that this "bi" stuff was just a phase.  But no, it was Stacy, the long-haired femme boy who was shot and almost killed at the Gator Farm Massacre last month.  How did he and Pontius manage to find each other?

Sure, Stacy was a nice guy -- maybe too nice for his asshole son.  But after Kelvin coming out, then Cousin Karl, then his friend Levi, plus both Daddy and Uncle Baby Billy mentioning gay romances in their past, and now Pontius. Who was next,  BJ?  Aunt May-May?  Jesse was getting a little tired of being an ally.

“Hey, cool off," he called down.  "Give your tongues a rest.  Is that all you ever do?”

Pontius raised his head.  “Of course not," he said with an evil grin.  "We do a lot of stuff. Wanna see?”

"Don't be a smartass.  You gonna go to the Queer Youth Game Night at Kelvin's house, or you gonna stay here and make out?"

"Stay here and make out?" Pontius asked, looking expectantly at Stacy.

"No, we're going. It's important for us to socialize with other queer youth."  He stood, took Pontius' hand, and pulled him to his feet.

"You know you're always going to get your way," Pontius said, smiling. "If only you weren't so gosh-darned cute."

Gosh-darned?  Jesse thought.  Maybe Stacy is a good influence on him.  

"One more for the road," Stacy said, "And then we'd better get to that party."  He leaned up and kissed Pontius.

"Disgusting display!"  It was Vance Simkins, the megachurch pastor whose homophobic rants almost pushed Kelvin back into the closet, before he rallied, came out on national television, and won the Top Christ Following Man of the Year Award.  

 “Who let you in?” Jesse asked, frowning.  "I defeated you in that duel, remember? That means stay on your own side of the state."

“The security station was letting everybody through, if they said they were coming for the party.  What party?"

“Kelvin and Keefe's Game Night," Jesse said, omitting the "queer."

But Vance caught on anyhow.  "Good thing I dropped by.  Is this one of them decadent parties with little holes in the wall, so you can stick your stuff through for anybody who wants it? And guys hanging in leather stirrups, so anybody who wants can do stuff with them?”

“It’s just board games,” Stacy said.

"But the party you're planning sounds fun, too," Pontius added.  "Can Stace and I get an invitation?"

He grinned.  Well, if it’s perfectly innocent, you won’t mind if I come along.”

“It’s for queer youth and their allies under age 25," Jesse said.  "Now, you’re obviously queer, but you haven't been 25 since...The Battle of Fort Sumter?”

The full story is on Archive of Our Own

The illustrated version, with n*de photos, is on RG Beefcake and Boyfriends.

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Pontius Gemstone, the Boy Named Stacy, and the E*rotic Alphabet. With a special appearance by Gideon Gemstone

This time Pontius not only ran from the room when Stacy said "I love you," he made a silly joke. It shouldn't bother Stacy: he loved that giddy, goofy, effervescent joy. In six months, he had never seen Pontius sad, or angry, or annoyed by the everyday hassles of life, just bouncing with happiness. It made everything better -- except for today. Why was he afraid to say it? Was this real, or were they just buddies?

The full story, with explicit s*xual situations, is on Archive of Our Own.

The story with photos is on RG Beefcake and Boyfriends