Best of the Web This Week

We have good news, bad news, a cool video shot in the Alps, quite a few things in the Best of Web This week as well as some Beethoven to soothe the savage beast in us all.  I guess I will start with this cool video shot by Fashion photographer and filmmaker Jacob Sutton who swaps the studio for the slopes of Tignes in the Rhône-Alpes region of south-eastern France, with a luminous after hours short starring Artec pro snowboarder William Hughes. h/t Towleroad.com.

As most of you in range of a television or radio this week know, Whitney Houston died last Saturday.  The Internet has been alive with tributes and commentary both good and bad.   However, the award for the best tribute I have seen came on the Valentine's Day episode of Glee when Mercedes nailed 'I Will Always Love You'.  This has been one of my favorite love songs since the first time I heard Dolly Parton sing it coming down the stairs in 'The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas' lo those many years ago.

In the Good News/Bad News department, first up is Maryland whose legislature passed the Marriage Equality Bill which now goes to the Senate where it is expected to pass.  Governor O'Malley has promised to sign the bill when it gets to his desk making Maryland state number 8 with Marriage Equality.   Both houses of the New Jersey legislature also passed a Marriage Equality bill and sent it to Governor Christie who immediately vetoed the bill.  The good news here is the legislature can vote to override the veto as many times as it takes until the end of this session in January of 2014.  12 more votes are needed in the House and 3 more in the Senate and there will be enough to tell Governor Christie to shove it and we will then have 9 states with Marriage Equality.  

Now that I have had a few moments to catch my breath after a rather harrowing night at work complete with semi-delusional drunks and a car jacking in the parking lot, I am ready to relax a bit.  What better way to relax than to listen to a little Beethoven.  Today's musical interlude includes Piano Sonatas 2, 14, 31 and 32 performed by Friedrich Gulda, recorded live at his concert in Salzburg in July of 1964.  While you mellow out to this marvelous performance, you can leisurely scroll down the page where you will find over 100 lithesome lads in this week's photographic review of the Best of the Web This Week chosen from over 700 photos I gathered this week.  Thanks for spending part of your weekend with me, we will see you again on Monday.   Until next time as always, Enjoy!