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We were moonstruck 2008-03-08 07:51:32 Meeting someone for the first time is sometimes difficult. Sometimes it’s easy. Back in November of 2000, after many emails and phone conversations that went on for hours (sometimes all night and had to end so we could go to work), Dac and I decided to meet for the first time. We had been talking [...]
There are Liberals in Texas 2008-03-05 08:06:51 One of the reasons that I wanted to start this blog was to show people in other states (and perhaps even other countries around the world) that life in a legal gay marriage is nothing out of the ordinary. Sure we have to deal with politicians dismissing our relationship and contributions to our community [...] Read more:Liberals
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If you really want to know.. 2008-03-01 08:55:43 I stopped at Dac’s parent’s house last night on my way home from work. Rock (Dac’s dad) has taken to calling me “blog guy” and always comments on my posts. He had this to say about my previous post, Blue and Red Make Green:
“If you really want to know how your Republican friends feel about hot [...]
Blue and Red Make Green 2008-02-27 06:49:20 I have had a good friend for about three years who is a Republican. We worked together for two years and she is really the only person from my old job with whom I have stayed in regular contact since I began my new job about six months ago. We get along really [...] Read more:Green
In one ear… 2008-02-23 09:43:56 Are there any new people living in your building?
ARE THERE ANY NEW PEOPLE LIVING IN YOUR BUILDING?
A-R-E T-H-E-R-E A-N-Y N-E-W P-E-O-P-L-E L-I-V-I-N-G I-N Y-O-U-R B-U-I-L-D-I-N-G ?
Welcome to an evening out with my grandmother. For years she has been saying that she doesn’t need a hearing aid. No matter how many times we tell her that [...]
That girl can “carey” a tune! 2008-02-19 22:04:00 The first picture I ever saw of my partner Dac was of him sitting on the steps of an animal hospital where he used to work. Along with him in the picture were two of his best friends, Carey and Echo Doppler. Echo is Carey’s dog, a fun-lovin’, lick-your-face, sniff-you-all-over pit-bull cross. It was telling [...]
The Best of Intentions 2008-02-15 22:32:07 We had just dropped a friend off and were heading for Dac’s parents’ house. It was the first time I was going to meet his parents. We pulled up to their driveway and before we got out, Dac said, “Don’t worry about it. It will be fine.” Though he was out to his parents, he [...]
Studies have (not) shown… 2008-02-12 19:00:12 I have two siblings, a younger sister in her twenties and a brother in his mid-thirties. The three of us could not be leading lives that are more different, yet somehow we grew up in the same house with the same parents. My brother is married (to a woman of all things) and has five [...] Read more:Studies
It’s (broke)Back-Breaking Work (Part 2) 2008-02-08 21:50:18 There are times when you just need to get away, to try something new, to experience something that is out of the ordinary. Dac is a musician and I’m always amazed at how he can throw himself into a new musical instrument or style of playing. For him, music is his way of getting away, trying [...] Read more:broke
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It’s (broke)Back-Breaking Work (Part 1) 2008-02-06 06:35:53 If I had to describe the people in my our lives, I would have to say that they are completely diverse. There are the grandmothers, whose combined age is 166 years old (who were both at our wedding by the way), nieces and nephews (8 in total), colleagues (doctors, nurses, teachers, musicians, board directors), and [...] Read more:broke
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Paris, je t’aime 2008-03-12 10:02:16 During my sophomore and junior years in college I lived in France. I originally intended to live in Paris
and to attend one of the universities, but I realized after a few weeks that it was too expensive for an American student to live there, so I packed up and went to Rouen, in Normandy. [...]
What is this all about.com? 2008-03-22 08:06:40 One way of getting the word out about a blog is to post messages and comments on forums and message-boards. I have been doing this for several weeks. Maybe you are here because you clicked on the link in one of my posts on a forum or message-board. If that is the case, thanks for [...]
The Single Issue Voter 2008-03-26 07:30:27 I’ve been more invested and interested in politics during this election than I have every been. Maybe it is because I’m a bit older, or maybe it is more interesting. Dac and I often talk about what we want in a candidate (and eventually President) and we revisit who we support more each [...] Read more:Voter
Miami, You’ve Got Style 2008-03-31 10:07:48 Dac is a musician. As I mentioned in a previous post, he is a classical musician for the most part, but he also dabbles in more contemporary music. Everyone in our church looks forward to his musical contributions, be it a classical piece or a contemporary song. I have gotten very good [...] Read more:Miami
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Clang Clang Clang 2008-04-04 21:45:40 Remember Carey? She’s the one who sang at Dac and my wedding back in January of 2006. She recently performed in New York City. Check it out:
Be sure to check her site out as well.
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What’s the Dividend on a 1st Grader? 2008-04-12 07:14:51 I consider myself lucky because I like my job. I have been teaching for 11 years in both public and independent schools. Dac had a conversation with a friend recently about ideal jobs and job satisfaction. Dac is a musician by passion and “works” in a hospital. He definitely gets passionate about particular events, but [...] Read more:Dividend
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It’s all very 50’s 2008-04-19 09:04:30 A few weeks back, the headmaster at my school stopped me in the dining room and asked if I liked the symphony. I quickly responded that Dac is a classical musician, so we enjoy the symphony a great deal. He then proceeded to ask if Dac and I would be interested in joining him and [...]
If They Only Knew 2008-04-27 15:05:36 Dac and I spent the weekend away at a retreat. There is group of people in our church (an open and affirming congregation of the United Church of Christ) who were looking for a way to get together to talk about their spirituality and to engage in fellowship. I’m always a little hesitant with the word [...]
The game-time decision 2008-05-03 18:31:59
Once we figured out where and when our wedding was going to take place, we had to get to work on the details. We were very lucky to have many people help us with various aspects of the ceremony and the reception. We decided to use two ballrooms at a Marriott hotel about twenty minutes [...] Read more:decision
Not the most popular kids in school 2008-05-10 17:51:18 Family is so important. Growing up and dealing with teenage angst can be near impossible without the help and support of friends and, most importantly, family. Dac and I have been lucky. I do think that it is important, though, that we all understand that it is not always so easy for the young gay kid [...] Read more:popular
By the power invested in me 2008-05-17 10:28:19 We had a lot of choices with our wedding ceremony. Dac and I chose everything from the color of the chair covers to the words of our minister. As a mentioned in a previous post, we were married by Dac’s sister-in-law’s father who is a (now retired) minister in the Unitarian Universalist Chruch. He also married Dac’s [...] Read more:power
Blog Tag 2008-05-24 13:54:27 A Blog Tag is when different bloggers answers questions about themselves. I wrote these answers a few weeks back.
I was tagged by Normal Boy, so here it is.
The rules of this tag:
A: The rules are posted at the beginning
B: Answer the questions about yourself
C: Tag 5 people, let them know in a comment on their [...]
Some of my best friends 2008-05-31 09:09:56 About seven years a go, there was a new sitcom called Some of My Best Friends. The title comes from the familiar phrase that I heard so many times in college, “Some of my best friends are gay.” My read when hearing this was, “You don’t scare me. I know people like you.” The TV [...]
Working from the Inside 2008-06-06 22:00:31 Now that Obama is the Democratic nominee for President in the November election, I have begun to compare McCain and Obama on “the issues.” I have not yet decided who to vote for. I never thought that I would be in a position to actually vote Republican. I guess that I have been a single [...]
Marriage or Civil Union 2008-06-14 11:34:51 We hear so much about the word “marriage” these days. We usually hear it along with term like “traditional” or “institution.” With the whole debate about gay marriage, those who are not in favor call for a more socially conservative view of “traditional marriage.” There are those opposed to granting gay couples the title of [...] Read more:Civil
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