Clik here to view.
Douche-dar
You know how sometimes the moment you meet some one you just know, before they say a single word, that you’re just not going to get along? Usually you can’t put your finger on it. It’s just a gut...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Pure, and clean-minded, and manly
Riddle me this: when is inclusion really exclusion? So, a bit over a month after announcing they would take an internal vote on whether to modify their ban on gay members, the Boy Scouts of America...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Memorial
Grandma often called it by the older name, “Decoration Day.” Each spring, as May approached, Grandma would start making phone calls to distant friends and relatives, making sure that flowers would be...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The boy who knew too much
Yesterday, a bunch of people linked to this article about Daniel Dobson, the son of a prominent fundamentalist preacher, talking about being a gay Christian. One of the places that linked to it also...
View ArticleClik here to view.
You’ll feel different when…
When I was in my late teens, I once got into a peculiar argument with a slightly older friend. I had made a comment to the effect that I could never see myself being happy living in a city. It had...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Telling
Whenever we tell someone about something that happened to us, we’re telling a story. Humans tell stories to make sense of the world. And even when we think we are just recounting what happened, we’re...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Recalling
I was listening to a story on NPR years ago. An author had set out to write a book about his immigrant grandparents. Among other places, he traveled to the village in Northern Ireland where his...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Why I’m proud
“If it’s just who you are, why be proud about it?” It seems like a reasonable question, right? I mean, if we’re born this way, what is there to be proud of? It’s not like we did it, right? If you’ve...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The coffeehouse closes
I don’t remember exactly when it was that I first read a post at Pam’s House Blend. One of the other news blogs I read posted a link to a story, I clicked it, and was immediately charmed by the logo of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Defining me
I’m a member of several tribes. I’m queer. I end up writing a lot about LGBT issues because: I’m gay; society is still pretty messed up in how it deals with lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, and otherwise...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Joi of Ponies
Gold Dust Applejack, from Equestria Rags.Yes, I’ve already posted a con report. Plus a couple of other blog posts related to the convention. But I always have more to say, and in this case there are...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Sentences that fill me with dread, part 2
“Oh! You work with computers?” or “You know about computers, right?” In many ways this has gotten worse as computers become more ubiquitous. The person most likely to ask this question is someone for...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Rejoice, spouse and spouse
I had a post about other things scheduled for today, but then I got caught up watching the live feed from city hall in Minneapolis, where same sex marriage became legal today. And I think it would be...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Why do you care?
Jon Pertwee was the Third Doctor (1970-74).I’m a big nerd and long-time Doctor Who fan. For years my favorite was Jon Pertwee, and not just because he totally rocked a velvet jacket, ruffled shirt, and...
View ArticleClik here to view.
I hate being wrong
I hate being wrong, but I try to own up to it when I find out. When I wrote a few days ago about the leader of an ex-gay group who was saying ex-gays deserve federal protections just like the ones gays...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Cousins, part 1
In The Human Blueprint: The Race to Unlock the Secrets of Our Genetic Script, science writer Robert Shapiro at one point explains that if you pick any two people at random on the street, it’s nearly...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Cousins, part 2
Sometimes when I’m talking about my extended family, people express confusion at how many cousins I have. I have learned, in the course of these conversations, that a lot of people don’t know what the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
It’s not your decision
I lot of people were sharing a blog post last week by Gavin Aung Than called “BILL WATTERSON: A cartoonist’s advice.” Watterson is the creator of Calvin and Hobbes, and Than being a web cartoonist, has...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Getting it right
I sat down to gripe a bit about news coverage, beating dead horses, and about being annoyed at people worrying about the wrong thing. That last one deserves a more thoughtful post than I would write...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Why is it always an “agenda”?
So, an incident happens in the workplace. One person is late. Another person who is irritated that the other person is late, and is griping about having to wait. A co-worker suggests they just chill...
View Article