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Election Day 2006 is one week away. We can expect that there will be even fewer Americans casting their ballots then. Some won’t vote because they’ve been killed serving their country. Others won’t vote because the ten minutes it requires to walk down the street to the … (read more)
Minute by Minute is a mutual interview audio project. This on-going endeavour provides an opportunity for people to share their personal experiences, thoughts, and feelings with one another and the world. The Minute by Minute series continues with John S. … (read more)
The truth is out. Randy caught me emoting last night. I am not a robot. The veils of disinterest and apathy that have shrouded me all my life have begun to wear thin with age. I reveal myself more easily now than ever in my past. But before I explain just what it was that caused … (read more)
Have you ever seen a bear in the woods, shitting or not? I did once, after I drove 5 hours north of Toronto, Canada and then kayaked 2 days into the hinterlands. He appeared to be a young black bear, but it was impossible to confirm, for as soon as we made eye contact, he hurriedly … (read more)
Sharing Gay Suicide Death Pact with the users of craigslist was bound to generate a variety of responses. The question for me was, which word would prove to be the catalyst for cathartic criticism: gay, suicide, death, or - last and certainly least likely - pact? And the winner is … (read more)
“I just felt like I was helpless, and I couldn’t do anything about it, so why even try?” … (read more)
Randy and I have formed a gay suicide death pact. For those of you whose first question is, “Who’s Randy?” (If it isn’t, we’ll get to you in a moment,) let me tell you: Randy is my gay friend. And yes, that does partially explain why this is a gay suicide death pact, but it does require … (read more)
Sadness, like water, flows downhill. Put enough sad people together and their combined misery can quickly cascade into the black abyss. To avoid this quagmire of lamentation, it’s essential to introduce a countervailing influence as soon as possible. Survivors of school shootings and … (read more)
The Sunday mornings of my childhood were regularly spent sprawled across the sun-draped carpet of our living room, scanning through the six pages of comics that came with the local newspaper. The first strip on the front page of the Funnies was Charles M. Schulz’s undisputed … (read more)
It’s been a tough stretch for Zach. His friend died, he lost his job, and his girl left him. It’s enough to make a guy write a Country & Western song. But Life wasn’t done kicking Zaxxon in the balls, as the most recent (and final) posting on his own blog (silvergelatin.blogspot.com) … (read more)
We went out tonight. I wore my artificially-aged Guess jeans, American Apparel t-shirt, worn brown leather belt with matching sandals, Nike wrist watch and knit YR armband. Julie wore an earthy, vaguely ‘70s dress and at least $6000 in rings, earrings, and necklaces … (read more)
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