When You Wish Upon A Star & A Dream Doesn’t Come True

It happens in small ways or in big ways. It might be a job promotion, a wish for a partner, or a dream home. It could have been a different presidential candidate.. eh hem. You could find that most of the ideal dreams or visions you had for yourself are now running on plans b, […]

The Tale of 3 Gay Models–All is Not As It Seems

When I followed the models that I’m about to write about, I never set out to write about them. It was deeply personal. First, it was based solely on attraction. Second, since they were on platforms that allowed for one on one communication, this gave me deeper access to their thoughts and feelings–if there were […]

The Loss of Linda Lavin

There have been many notable celebrity losses this year: Quincy Jones, Kris Kristofferson, Richard Simmons, Liam Payne, Dame Maggie Smith, Bob Newhart, Don Sutherland and so many more. Recently Jimmy Carter passed away but he was 100 and we knew that was coming–even so, an argument could be made that he was one of the […]

The 50 Shades of 2024 in the U.S.

I want to preface my encapsulation of 2024 by saying , for myself, I have had a good year. I feel guilty like I did when Covid was happening for feeling I had been thriving during it as an introvert. On top of that, I began a hop, skip, and jump in my career that […]

What Codifying Toxicity Costs Us

I’ve been talking about an idea with several people lately but this thought really began decades ago after a series of bad job break-ups. My father always raised me under the mantra that you do your work to the best of your ability, don’t worry what anyone else says, and your boss will notice and […]

Out of The Mouth of Gay Babes in the Wilderness

Can you relate? Where you’ve been in the gay world so to speak and actually for a while though it had its horror moments you enjoyed yourself ..you made friends…you did the things… But the gay drama, substance abuse around you, the wall you hit in relationships, and certain betrayals just finally had you realize […]

Goodnight, Gollum

I get melancholy at times and I don’t necessarily hide it because I like to show that it is okay to be vulnerable. You don’t have to put on masks and pretend everything is “fine” all the time. I wrote a post on my social media that I will share below expressing my melancholy. Now, […]

The Dirty Low Down Pt. 4

I thought I was done but I am not. Some new things have come up. Now don’t get me wrong. I am happy right now about a lot of things in my life. My job. My family. My mental and physical health as well as a recent raise. What I’m not happy about is more […]

Lessons Learned From The Hillsong Scandal

You may or may not have heard of Hillsong before but most people know them through their music and there wildly popular worship song, “Shout to the Lord!”. That one song was the kind of worship song that transcended denomonational lines between church boundaries and whatever they believed: Nondenominationl, Catholic, Baptist, and Presbyterian all could […]

The Dirty Low Down Pt. 3

When is he going to stop? How much more do you have to say, you blabber mouth? Well, I don’t know. I’m just going to keep going until I feel I am done. Until I feel I have all of the stuff from my under belly weighing me down that no one listens to or […]