{"id":93314,"date":"2024-12-08T21:04:01","date_gmt":"2024-12-09T05:04:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/?p=93314"},"modified":"2024-12-09T04:01:20","modified_gmt":"2024-12-09T12:01:20","slug":"special-stocking-stuffers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/blog\/2024\/12\/08\/special-stocking-stuffers\/","title":{"rendered":"Special Stocking Stuffers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>And now, time for more of <strong><em>Billy\u2019s Holiday Gift Giving Suggestions<\/em><\/strong>.&nbsp; One of the first things I buy every year is the annual celebrity ornament from <em>Broadway Cares\/Equity Fights AIDS<\/em>.&nbsp; This year\u2019s diva is <strong>Betty Buckley<\/strong>, in her classic <em>Grizabella <\/em>guise.&nbsp; It could also be considered an homage to the homeless situation in Los Angeles \u2013 I love a socially conscious gift that also celebrates a <em>Broadway <\/em>belter!&nbsp; You can order it at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.BroadwayCares.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>BroadwayCares.org<\/u><\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Because we\u2019re all about balance, my calendar suggestion this week comes from the hot British diver <strong>Jack Laugher<\/strong>.&nbsp; You thought I was gonna mention another name, but it can\u2019t all be about <strong>Tom Daley <\/strong>and his needlework!&nbsp;&nbsp; And, sure, Laugher ain\u2019t gay \u2013 but since when did that stop us from appreciating the male physique?&nbsp; This is Jack\u2019s third calendar (who knew?) and the photos are really quite spectacular. Check out all his wares at <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jacklaugherstore.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">JackLaugherStore.com<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/colorbar1.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-568\" src=\"http:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/colorbar1.gif\" alt=\"colorbar1\" width=\"500\" height=\"1\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>When Laugher is the best medicine, it\u2019s time for me to catch a cold and end of yet another column.&nbsp; As always, you can get the freshest dish on <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/\">www.BillyMasters.com<\/a><\/strong> \u2013 the site that doesn\u2019t cry over melted ice cream.&nbsp; We didn\u2019t have time for an \u201cAsk Billy\u201d question, but can always get my attention by dropping me a note.&nbsp; Dash it off to <strong><a href=\"mailto:Billy@BillyMasters.com\">Billy@BillyMasters.com<\/a><\/strong> and I promise to get back to you before Trump books <em>The Village People <\/em>to lead \u201cY.M.C.A.\u201d at the inauguration.&nbsp; Ah, if only <strong>Mike Pence <\/strong>were still around&#8230;he\u2019d hang himself!&nbsp; Until next time, remember, one man\u2019s filth is another man\u2019s bible.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>And now, time for more of Billy\u2019s Holiday Gift Giving Suggestions.&nbsp; One of the first things I buy every year is the annual celebrity ornament from Broadway Cares\/Equity Fights AIDS.&nbsp; This year\u2019s diva is Betty Buckley, in her classic Grizabella guise.&nbsp; It could also be considered an homage to the homeless situation in Los Angeles<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-93314","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-breaking"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93314","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=93314"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93314\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":93318,"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93314\/revisions\/93318"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=93314"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=93314"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=93314"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}