Thanks for all the nice birthday wishes. However, not one boy sent me naked pictures of himself, unlike years previous. What’s with that? My influence must be slipping. Guess I should make an effort to post more frequently.
Patrick and I had a nice Thanksgiving and enjoyed a few days off work. For the holiday itself, [...]

Wow, 25 years. I don’t feel old, fortunately, but a quarter-century does seem like a milestone that should be somehow commemorated beyond in addition to the usual drunken stupor.
I don’t think that’s going to happen though, which is kind of sad and kind of nice all at the same time. I’m too busy to [...]

Very busy around here lately. On Monday I started working a full-time job AND what amounts to two part-time jobs. The new full-time job is just seasonal, but should be fun.
I’m not going to blatantly say where I’m working because I really want to avoid Google hits from it. But let’s just say I’m [...]

My friend Jere’s most recent monthly column for Outlands (”The West’s GLBT Magazine”) focuses on gay Utah bloggers, including in its introduction a great reality-check for anyone who believes the stereotype about the homogenous nature of Utah culture and society:
Somehow people around the world believe that the Beehive State is remarkably uninteresting except for the [...]

A couple things that stuck with me while I was browsing through my blogroll last night:
Kris mentions that a number of his “real-life” friends have begun blogs, friends who until recently had not a clue what a blog was or how to “have” one. I’ve noticed a similar trend lately, with many friends and even [...]

I’ve been thinking about this topic for a few months, ever since two of my favorite blog-friends coincidentally asked me about it.
You’ll see over on the sidebar, under “Basics,” that I refer to myself as a “Gay Mormon.” That’s a big oxymoron to many people, particularly conservative, faithful Mormons, which is, in a way, why [...]

Salt Lake City listed among the top 50 gay-friendly cities.
Salt Lake really does have more gay residents, per capita, than many cities across the nation. It sticks in my mind that we’re somewhere in the top 10, behind San Francisco and Seattle, but in front of New York, Atlanta, and other major metropolitan areas. That’s [...]

Utah schools are at it again.
Provo High now has its own Gay-Straight Alliance. Given that Provo is “the most conservative city in the nation,” the creation of this “club” of course brings out Utah’s crazies. Again.
Why all this “again” stuff? The drawn-out legal battles were taken care of nearly ten years ago, when Salt Lake [...]

As Patrick mentioned, Puerto Vallarta was incredible. Plan for your next vacation - your VERY next - to be there. Go do it right now. You’ll thank me every day.
Our little group o’ 6 started drinking when the plane took off (some even earlier) and we stopped when we landed back home. I’m serious. No [...]