Yes, the vicious rumors are true—today is indeed my birthday.
As far as I’m concerned, birthdays after 21 just aren’t fun.
You can, however, cheer me up with gifts.
Girls, I mean no disrespect, but cash is preferred.
Boys, naked photos of yourselves will be just fine.
nick(at)zionide(dot)com

In my junior year of high school, I wrote an essay about Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter that would eventually become a substantial portion of our final grade. While handing out the assignment, my teacher, who I must admit was quite competent, announced that she would be taking one point off our final score for every [...]

I am lustfully obligated to make note that today is Duncan Sheik’s 34th birthday. If I don’t mention it, I will never forgive myself.
I’m not going to say too much, because if I start talking about Duncan, I’ll never stop. Patrick and my friends will attest to this.
Suffice to say that if you thought Nate [...]

I’m thoroughly mystified by the dozens of bloggers out there raving about the iPod. I’m beginning to write it off as the tendency we humans have to mindlessly follow each other like livestock. Call it the “sheep factor.”
Yes, the iPod’s very pretty (though I’ve never been fond of white on any accessory), and yes, it’s [...]

This morning a female coworker and I had a meeting with the local chapter of one of the country’s largest nonprofit organizations. They wanted to ask the station to sponsor several of their events in 2004.
We walked into the conference room and introduced ourselves (names only) to the chapter’s executive director. We were both [...]

Thanks to the rumors about a possible Straight Eye for the Queer Guy, there’s another round of “Queer Eye for the Straight Guy is stereotypical-and-therefore-offensive” complaints floating around, so I thought it important to point out that television shows, particularly so-called “reality” TV, don’t portray ANY demographic group realistically—or all that positively, either.
Can you [...]

If you’re looking for info on Nate Berkus after his appearance on Oprah today, click here.
But wait—it gets better! Nate’s not alone on Oprah today. He’s with Trading Spaces‘ hottie Ty Pennington.
It’s a wet dream come true!
I saw a promo for Oprah After the Show (on Oxygen) where Oprah says to Ty, “Nate’s working on [...]

Yesterday Patrick and I spent six hours watching the complete HBO production of Tony Kushner’s Pulitzer-prize (1993) and double-Tony-winning Angels in America.
So what do I think? The hype is true. The movie is as good as, or even better than, the trailer suggests.
We were allowed a one-hour lunch after the third hour (between “Millenium [...]

Today’s Salt Lake Tribune includes the following public forum letter that I think is particularly well-written.
So, I’m sharing:
Values Not Threatened
Frequently, people express resentment about gays “pushing their agenda” because they seek the right to form families that enjoy the legal and social legitimacy of marriage. I suppose African-Americans were pushing their agenda during the Civil [...]

I’m a little late, but in case you haven’t seen it yet: Heroes or Lepers?
Say what you will about the plastic surgery, the “talent,” and the “singing,” but Cher—the person—isn’t too bad in my book.