Miss California, Carrie Prejean, isn’t the gay community’s problem, she’s our challenge. She’s made news lately as the runner-up in the latest Miss America pageant with her answer to gossip columnist Perez Hilton’s charged question on same sex marriage. However, I keep l… Read full post »

It started with a friend of mine suggesting “you should really talk to this person, you’d have a lot in common. I think you’d hit it off.” How many times have you heard that? Then there’s all the pressure leading up to the meeting. Which coffee shop do you meet at?… Read full post »

I was once cussed out by this middle-aged lady as I entered an office building. She was well, well behind me, well beyond that 20-30 ft. - do I need to hold the door open? – zone that men have to worry about. She was also a slow walker, and I’m… Read full post »

Is this the recession that finally kills the myth of corporate workplace as substitute family? I’ve always worked in advertising and marketing so have accepted that hiring, layoffs and downsizing walked hand and hand with getting and losing clients. I know in other traditionally more stable com… Read full post »

I was the youngest of four boys, in a family with a long history in scouting. My own career in scouting was probably not all that illustrious though. I only made it to First Class and Eagle Scout was only just a dream. I was in it more though for the… Read full post »

This is a follow up to the previous "Beating Up Sissies" post. The suicide of 11 year old Jaheem Herrera here in Atlanta, driven by continual harrassment for being "gay".  Hopefully some action will come from it and people will take this type of bullying seriously.  This isn't an… Read full post »

I recently saw The Soloist. And though I know some people love it, I found it a little trite and formulaic, a bit movie-of-the-week. It’s certainly a decent enough movie, with noteworthy performances and a good heart, I’d recommend seeing it if you’re interested.  The subject m/… Read full post »

I wish I could just mount a camera with a microphone at the Coinstar machine at the local 24-hour Kroger. Imagine the stories it would tell. It’s one of those devices that someone came up with that is universally met with the same refrain “why the @#$% didn’t I think of… Read full post »

Thanks for all the “Great to see you’re blogging again” comments. It’s much easier to find the time for it once you’ve been laid of. I’m sure something else will come up, and god I hated that commute anyhow. Spending 2-3 hours a day in traffic is absolute madness,… Read full post »

People never know how to react when I tell them about “the accident” – as in, is it really okay to laugh when someone tells you about their brother running over their head with a tractor? Many think I’m joking, then I go on about being in a coma for days… Read full post »

Okay it’s happened once again, a young preteen boy has hanged himself rather than face the schoolyard taunts of bullies. The papers and social networking pages have been ablaze with sympathy for the family and outrage at this recent tragedy in Georgia, but sorry folks the deed is done. No matte… Read full post »

When the universe keeps repeatedly hitting me on top of the head with a topic from several sources along the lines of “White Male Privilege – The Problem with the World Today”  I finally have to take the hint and realize it’s something I need to write about. That also mea… Read full post »