Fantasy, Fiction, Fakery and Facts
When the 4 Fs (fantasy, fiction, fakery and facts)combine in life, literature and other outlets.
Keep readingNo Ordinary Person
My latest personal blog, intertwining aspects of the 2020 documentary “No Ordinary Man” about the 1940’s jazz musician and transman Billy Tipton, and my questioning of “Can a person say who they are?” while “It’s impossible to be 100% anything” (two quotes from the film)
Keep readingWhat Can I Say?
Latest Rhino Acquisition(from grandson Kevin) I am nearing a minor blog milestone with now 97 subscribers. Thank you to all who have provided that direct indication that there may be some worth in the words I write. This, then, is an appropriate time to acknowledge the things I do not write about (while navigating not…
Keep readingCooking with Crisco
Is writing without prep a recipe for success or failure? A flash of blog inspiration last night results in my thoughts on in home cooking and how it relates to a personal and professional environment in which I find enjoyment and fulfillment and success.
Keep readingWho Am I?
Rhino Mask “Well, we all have a faceThat we hide away foreverAnd we take them outAnd show ourselvesWhen everyone has gone Some are satin, some are steelSome are silk, and some are leatherThey’re the faces of the strangerBut we love to try them on” Billy Joel “The Stranger” I participated in a Fireside Chat with…
Keep reading5 Things …
A Blog about 5 things that I either did, thought about or were and just a part of my life.
Keep readingThe Other
Granddaughter’s (Quinn’s) 2 Rhinos Artwork So this is either a prequel to my last blog since I wrote the first draft before abandoning it to write DEI. NSFW? WTF! Or it is a sequel as I view this final version as a companion to that previous blog. In either case, I decided to return to…
Keep readingDEI. NSWF? WTF!
My thoughts on the importance of DEI and why there is such a backlash against it.
Keep readingSomeMe SomeWhere
A review and exploration of Season 3, ep 1 of SomeBody Somewhere and aloneness.
Keep readingHow Am I Doing?
A pop-up blog to describe how I am after a national tragedy that will be for too many a personal one..
Keep readingTo Boldly Go…
An excerpt from my talk at Cleveland’s Faming River Con-brief look at 3 TV events over 60 years demonstrating LGBTQIA+ representation over time and space.
Keep readingBuilding Blocks
Repost of 1990 s article on building blocks and effects of transitioning
Keep readingLeadership and Firsts
Thoughts on leadership and what firsts mean to the pioneers and those that follow
Keep readingVisibility
Preparing for a talk, celebrating Trans Day of Visibility and seeking opportunities to increase my on visibility
Keep reading4 Years and a Return
Returning to the office (hybrid-style) after a 4 year remote world.
Keep readingHappiness
Should the goal of a life-changing event, like transitioning, divorce, coming out, etc be happiness? This is a reprint of my thoughts 30 years ago
Keep readingGambles and Risks
What is riskier that a rhino on a skateboard? I was in one of my favorite adult cities – Las Vegas – a few weeks ago. I love the presumptive artificiality and fakeness. I also like blackjack. I first played at Caesar’s Palace and sat at a table with roadies from Carrie Underwood’s performance (20…
Keep readingThe Talk
An overheard breakfast conversation brings into focus the reality of The Talk and what it means to me
Keep reading3 Priests and a Trans
How 3 people who happen to be priests influenced me in the past and present
Keep readingJoanne’s Book Corner
Review of 3 books that affected me – two in a very positive way the other in a confusing way.
Keep readingPersonal Snapshots
Snapshot of me being “attacked” by a Rhino (San Diego Zoo) Perhaps I need to add to the About Me page that I am a nerd – specifically a sci-fi nerd (stick with me here – I will get to the real part of the blog eventually). I’ve read all of Asimov’s fiction (over 50…
Keep readingWalking the Dog
Walking the dog is much more to me than a yo-yo trick I could never do.
Keep readingCrossing Streams
Reflections on the past 30 years and the next 4 – from a personal and professional cross stream perspective
Keep readingA Woke Awakening
How an over 100 year old novel spoke to me during the crucial times of my trans journey and still speaks to me and hopefully others today.
Keep reading(Grand)Parenting
An exciting and exhausting 3 weeks as a new puppy parent and a first grandparent/grandchild adventure trip.
Keep readingIntrovertness (or Sickness)
What happens when an introvert gets there wish to be left alone.
Keep readingThe Glass Closet
Why I entered and now have left the glass closet I had constructed in the 90s.
Keep readingPreparing the Journey
Race is over almost before it began – 48 over the 50 reader goal. This is my introductory blog before I dive deep into the business of my past life.
Keep readingThe Race Is On
The race is on – if/when blog visitors reach 50, I pledge to tell my story.
Keep readingAnd Then There’s Me
Some thoughts on my place in the broader life and struggles from butterflies to dogs to friends to those whose stories move and amaze me.
Keep readingNot For You
Some thoughts on whether all culture needs to be meant for me (or you) (spoiler alert – no it does not)
Keep readingAnxiety
An unusually raw, unedited blog penning my thoughts on anxiety with a bit of depression thrown in for good measure.
Keep readingA Journey
A few thoughts on my life-oong journey and my actual journey to Europe next week.
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