I rarely mention my birthday on social media. However, I’m making an exception for this birthday. It was hugely momentous, and felt unlike any I’d experienced before. I turned 60. Sixty. The big 6-0! Far from feeling ‘old’, I brimmed with a joy and happiness that even surprised me. Being happy isn’t particularly unusual. I’m generally … [Read more…]
It’s been over a year since my last post. At the time, I was infuriated by ‘grand wizard’ desantis’ hateful “don’t say gay” legislation. And as with many issues in the past, I felt that a voice needed to be put to that outrage to (hopefully) provide greater understanding, empathy, and maybe even a change … [Read more…]
In the spring of 1982, I began having increasingly violent dreams. I’m not sure why. Maybe because wrestling season had just ended, and my wrestling obsession could no longer suppress my need to be myself as a young gay man. Maybe because the finish line of graduation and getting out on my own was so … [Read more…]
These are the wonderful souls who lost their lives in Buffalo this weekend. They will be badly-missed by their friends and loved ones. And that’s where the focus needs to stay: on them, and their families. Please honor their memory by doing this. And by all means, feel free to share as much as you … [Read more…]
For the past few years, I’ve made several pleas to have an honest dialogue with someone – ANYONE – from an opposing viewpoint, be it with respect to politics or race relations in America. Though my pleas have generally fallen on deaf ears, I’m still hopeful it can and will happen. If that dialogue ever … [Read more…]
I saw an interesting tweet yesterday that paired nicely with a conversation I had with a friend later in the day. No memes, no dramatic verbiage, just a simple statement of fact. In the current state of ‘chaos = clicks’, the only thing we’re shown in MSM (mainstream media) are anti-vaxxers marching with despicable Holocaust … [Read more…]