“I don’t know that I really want to do it, but I am
open to it.  Listen, I just did Special Forces. 
I could probably go on The View again.” 
– Candace Cameron Bure compares doing The View with a FOX show
where she competes against people like George Santos.  He typically
has more makeup on than all of The View co-hosts combined!

Picture it – Guayaquil, Ecuador.  Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church in the Central Vicariate. Father Patricio Alfredo Sanchez Molinari was leading the Mass.  One moment, he’s talking about the fleeting nature of life.  The next, BOOM!  The giant crucifix above the altar collapsed right on the priest, killing him instantly.  Whether you believe in signs or not, this sure seems like one.  I’m not quite sure what it was a sign of.  Certainly it’s a sign that there wasn’t any help (perpetual or otherwise).  People always look to God for answers.  But sometimes the answers might not be what they were expecting.  Somewhere, I bet Pete Hegseth was gleefully watching.

People often say they would give up parts of their body to look like someone they perceive as overly attractive.  Like I might say, “I’d give up my left testicle to look like Brad Pitt” – I opted for the left testicle because it’s the right one that usually is complimented.  But would I give up my large intestine to look like Joe Manganiello?  Because that’s part of his story.  Joe went public with his harrowing medical journey in a new memoir – because you have a lot of time on your hands when you’re recuperating from a life-threatening illness.  In Bloodlines, this is how he describes the 2016 operation: “In the days following the amputation of my large intestine, my weight began to plummet.  I would ultimately lose a total of 60 lbs. during the two weeks following surgery.”  He also reveals that a shaman told then-wife Sofia Vergara she was the cause of his maladies.  “Someone from your past is still in love with you.  He put a voodoo curse on your husband.” I’m not particularly superstitious, but if I were Joe, I’d be careful around any large, hanging religious objects!

I was friends with the talented musician Lucian Piane, who many of you know from RuPaul’s Drag Race.  He alienated many of his colleagues around 2016 with a number of erratic social media posts, which he later blamed on “marijuana psychosis”.  In more recent years, he was dealing with mental illness and substance abuse.  We last communicated on his birthday, which was two weeks ago.  In the days preceding his death, he posted increasingly disturbing messages and videos.  One of his last posts said, “Not a single person will help me.  I HATE YOU ALLLLLLLLLLLL.  When I’m sober and recovering, you ABANDON ME!!!!!!”  That was followed up with, “So now I’m homeless!  Horrible people”.  A day later, he was taken into custody by the Glendale Police Department after assaulting an officer.  And the next day, he was found dead on the side of a road suffering “blunt trauma” after being struck by a vehicle.  With all his years of struggle and pain, I hope he finally found peace.