So this is where I’ve been for the last five days. Migrating to Movable Type and my own domain.
Overall, this whole thing was relatively painless, except importing the comments, which was a complete and total pain in the ass. MT just isn’t set up to import from BackBlog, which, by the way, is a great [...]

Well, we’re back from Vegas.
We had a great time, from what I can remember. I was tipsy for about 25% of the time, so it was obviously very successful.
I had my one year blogging anniversary yesterday. I actually set everything up at the end of January 2003, but I didn’t start posting regularly until mid-Februrary, [...]

Tomorrow Patrick & I are off to Las Vegas with a couple friends for a few days away from everything. We’ll probably be back at the end of the week. Vegas isn’t exactly the best place to get away from it all, but this trip has been planned for a while and it’s cheap and [...]

Apparently this kissing contest thing has struck a chord somewhere. I’m getting a hell of a lot of email about it, mostly positive but a couple like the Judas one. This one takes the cake though:
I suggest you give up writing entirely. You have no gift for it.
True or not, what does that have [...]

I’ve been thinking a lot about the Judas email and I finally responded. Maybe I’m just rationalizing my actions after the fact, but here it is:
[Name Removed],
Thanks for the email.
Just so you know, I did not make the decision hastily. I spoke to a lawyer, a good friend who works at the Human Rights Campaign, [...]

I got the following email today:
Subject: Jesus and Judas
Nick,
I must be honest here.
I hope you and your friends REALLY enjoy the concerts. But I personally feel like you’re a Judas copping for 30 pieces of Silver.
You passed up a wonderful opportunity to draw attention to the inequities in Utah. Yeah, it would have caused a [...]

Today’s Salt Lake Tribune Rolly & Wells column includes this:
Bribe Keeps Gays Out of Kiss Contest
A kissing contest at Murray’s Fashion Place Mall on Friday night could have become controversial had a local radio station not been savvy in the art of the bribe.
To the dismay of Star 102.7 (KQMB-FM), two men wanted to enter [...]

Patrick & I just got back from the Linkin Park Meteora concert, which also included Hoobastank, P.O.D., and Story of the Year.
I know it’s not exactly romantic, but it was an early Valentine’s gift from me to Patrick because I knew he’d love it (don’t ask me why he does) and he knows I hate [...]

I can’t really sleep because of a little situation that occurred last night, so I thought I might as well use the time…
Patrick and I were planning to enter the Star 102.7 (KQMB-FM) “Lip-Lockin’ for McLachlan” contest, where couples compete in a kissing marathon and the couple that lasts the longest without breaking the kiss [...]

So, I resigned on Tuesday, January 6 and on Thursday of that week our station manager, with whom I’ve never really gotten along, scheduled an exit interview for one week later, on Thursday, January 15. Like I said before, my last day was agreed to be Tuesday the 20th.
I was surprised he wanted that exit [...]