Over the past several months, I have been engaged in some heavy political discussions on facebook and at the suggestion of grgardner, I have decided to copy some from the past few days here for posterity.


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This Is It


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HIV/AIDS and Reflections on the Gay Community

Moving to Seattle and working in the HIV/AIDS field has given me a very interesting prospective on the gay community as a whole. Being that this is Gay Pride month and I am currently in Boston where they are having their Gay Pride week, I felt compelled to talk a little bit about my observations having ( Read more... )

Due to the nature and process of my evolving spiritual and sexual journey, I am reposting something I wrote a few years ago. It explains my current evolution of this reconciliation. It is slightly edited for continuity purposes.
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Back in May of last year (2009) an old high school classmate asked me how I could reconcile my ( Read more... )

Love, or so they call it...

Since moving to Seattle, I've had three guys I've been interested in. All but one have turned into a grave disappointment and heartbreak.

Jim (Fuzzy Face) - 2010


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The blessing of the Lord maketh men rich: neither shall affliction be joined to them.
Proverbs 10:22

As I mentioned earlier, my first attempt at applying to Graduated School in Tampa did not work as intended. After spending money to take the GRE, it felt like a let down after I was still not accepted. But I still had every intention of going to Grad ( Read more... )

Finding Spirit and Finding the Spirit

The police didn't find my car 'till January of 2011 but by that time my insurance company (trusty USAA) declared Spirit totaled and I had already purchased a used Red 2002 Jeep Grand Cherokee Laredo.

When I went to go see Spirit in the towing lot it was raining. There was a trash bag over the passenger window ( Read more... )

Book 3: WTF? - THIS IS NOT WHAT I SIGNED UP FOR!

Ya know, one thing about following God's plan for your life is that it doesn't always rarely works out the way you thought it would.

Welcome

Upon getting to Seattle, I moved in with Gary for 3 months because the job that I was hired for was in the process of grant renewal. They were not sure whether it ( Read more... )

The Ending of Book 2: Final Destination

When I got to Sturgis, SD I was met with thousands of bikers. It truly was a sight to behold. Nothing like a whole bunch of mostly middle-aged and retired white men on vehicles that make the ground rumble. There I met up with Gary and we drove around a bit. He wanted to show me the place. I stayed two nights.

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