We’re back! Had a great time - more about that later.
Right now, just a note that comments here at Zionide are turned off until further notice. I came home to 1,319 spam comments, cleaned those out, then noticed that the frquency of attacks had grown as each day without moderation passed.
So by now [...]

Patrick and I are leaving for San Francisco in a few hours - and we’ll be gone a whole week!
We’re going back for Pride since we had such an amazing time in 2004.
And yes, the North Caroline Boys, David & Chris, whom we met during that eventful trip two years ago, are meeting us there [...]

I’m thinking it might be time for a redesign of this place. The thought of a redesign intrigues me, maybe even enough to start publishing and/or posting more frequently. The visual rejuvenation usually gets me interested in blogging again…
The problem is that I have no idea what I want things to look like now. I [...]

I’ve got a half-dozen posts here set to “draft” rather than “publish” because making my thoughts public doesn’t seem appealing right now. See, I’ve been posting, just nobody knows it…
Why am I not in the mood to publish? Most posts lately have gone in two distinct directions: either more personal than usual, or more… annoyed [...]

It never changes.
I read BYU philosophy professor Jeffrey Nielsen’s op-ed in the June 4 (Utah Pride day) edition of the Salt Lake Tribune and cheered.
I cheered and then wondered what the fallout was going to be for Nielsen. The church has a long history of punishing members who publicly disagree with official church policy, [...]

It’s Utah gay pride this weekend, and I just got home from the bar. Second night in a row.
And I’m drunk drunk drunk.
Drunk drunk drunk.
Have to be up marching in the parade at 9:30, so must go to bed now. I will sleep soundly, I’m sure.
Hurray for gay pride, and hurray for being drunk!
Drunk [...]