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"Some people wait a lifetime for a Barté like this..."

My name is Bart. I'm gay, so my friends call me Barté (the effeminate form.) I live in a teeny little town in Southern Louisiana. No, I do not have a '72 El Camino on blocks in my front yard. Shame on you for thinking so.

This is my personal homepage. I'm doing my best to give everyone (even if I don't know you) a chance to peek into my life in reassurance that someone always has it worse than they do. **grin** If you've kept up with the site, you know I am SLOW, but I'd like to thank everyone who checks back for changes periodically.

 Until I make a Barté Photo Page, you can find pics of me here.

 Barté's Mazda Protegé
On Saturday, January 25, 2003, Lee, Nicole, Crystal, and I were involved in an automobile accident with a speeding pickup; the accident totaled my Protegé.

All four of us walked away. All four.

You wouldn't think such a small car could be so safe. Well, it can.

Driving to Dallas from the tiny towns where we live, my best friend Scott and I saw Dralion, a Cirque Du Soliel show. We were so excited, we even named our trip, encompassing the words "Dallas" and "Dralion". Click Here

Oak Alley Plantation
I QUIT! I used to work at Da Big House. I have dedicated these pages to the fun we had and how much we loved our jobs. Click Here to see.

Barté's News Sections
This section keeps you up to date on news and homosexual issues and stuff I like. Read carefully and do everything I say!



Me No Marry?   Songs from the West Coast
 

 

I read somewhere that the US government is trying to add an amendment to the constitution banning gay marriages ANYWHERE in the USA. (We remember amendments, right? The right to free speech, the right to bare arms, and the right to a fair trial. I never liked the damn things!)

So sign this petition to stop that ignunt shit.

As you may (or may not) know, Elton John has released his 40th standard album, Songs from the West Coast. 

GO BUY IT NOW

It includes a new song called "American Triangle," written for Matthew Shepard.

You can get the lyrics by clicking here.

Feast on Scraps

Alanis Morissette releases a new DVD/CD called Feast on Scraps.

 

While essentially leftover material from her February release, Under Rug Swept, the album didn't get by Barté. Oh no. He headed to Best Buy recently and picked himself up a copy.

 Click photo for larger view and read the MTV article.
My Beer,  My Man, My Miller Time
 

Surprisingly, quite a few large (dare I say, "Important") companies have avoided falling into the "gays are bad" cliché. It is, in my opinion, a classy institution or company who will advertise directly to homosexuals without shame. Miller Brewing is one such company.

By all accounts, it is apparent that the Miller Brewing Company is expanding its reach to a wider audience with the use of humor and candor not seen in any other responsible consumption effort in the U.S. AND THAT TAKES BALLS.

If you feel the way I do, which is apparent, then tell Miller Brewing. And click the photo above for the full ad.
O, Fortuna

If you are gay and have been to the club, then you have probably heard "O Fortuna," even though you may not know it by name. It is a classical choral song that someone has put to dance/trance music. I'm sure if you searched Kazaa or a similar service, you'll find it and recognize it.

But how many of you really care who wrote it? If you do, then I did some research. If you read this FAQ, then you will discover that O Fortuna was the opening movement (first song) in the cantata (a classical work) called Carmina Burana, which means, "Songs from Bueren" (a small town in Germany).

Apparently someone wrote a bunch of poems a very long time ago (1847), and then someone named Carl Orff wrote music and turned it into a classical piece in 1937, calling it Carmina Burana. Carl Orff has never written anything before this piece, and was unsuccessful at any writings attempted after.

If you've wanted to get your feet wet in classical music, but think its all boring and ignunt, then you should try listening to Carmina Burana. I just purchased the album for like fifteen bucks at amazon.com.
 
Grammar Awareness
I'm sure you've all heard me say, "Gay boys speak well; they do not talk good." Seriously, though. I have compiled a few tips to assist those who are not grammatically inclined. 

Less is More...
Using more words does NOT make you sound smarter. It just makes you sound nervous. You can permanently abandon the following:

"as to whether" for "whether"

"at what point in time" for "when."

"exactly the same" for "exactly"

On a similar note, please do not use large words over and over to sound smart; this becomes cyclic. Better yet, do not use the word cyclic at all.
Disregard for the Dictionary
Irregardless is not a word. However, sometimes people like to pretend that it is, regardless of what the dictionary says.
Preposition Awareness
Never end a sentence with a preposition. We remember what a preposition is don't we? It is a word relative to position. Under, with, on, off, and in are all prepositions.

Instead of saying, "Who did you sleep with?," the proper question is, "With whom did you sleep?"

People rarely employ this rule, but they are all dead wrong. It makes me wonder what school they went to.
But, Yet and Still.

Don't you dare ever combine "yet and still" into one phrase when you can simply say "but".

Another example that falls under this category is, "I feel to believe". NO YOU DON'T feel to believe. Why can't you just believe?

Simplify it; repetition gets on my nerves.
Shirt Tails?

The only time, Barté thinks, that you will see a shirt tail, it will be on a tuxedo; even then, I'm not certain that's what it's called.

Throughout my life, various teachers and supervisors have told me to "tuck in my shirt tails," when they should have simply instructed me to tuck in my shirt.