Visibility
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.
Keep reading266
266 yards – hope springs eternal when provided a chance to celebrate a surprising drive.
Keep readingRhino Piano Player
The piano and me – some thoughts on why I enjoy playing the piano (poorly)
Keep readingDedicated Dates
Blog about recent events and thoughts on how dedicated dates can lose their true meaning and usefullness
Keep readingPride
A personal reflection on pride, San Francisco and owning and opening up my story – is a short snippet of my history.
Keep readingWhat’s the Connection?
Is tolerance, understanding, and celebration of our diversities connected to finding a cure to horrors of little caskets?
Keep readingWeights
Last blog was existential weight including facism and authoritarianism both past and future. This blog is about weights and yet much less weighty incontent..
Keep readingDetours
“like a threatened rhino, I will charge blindly (rhinos have poor eyesight) ahead and talk a bit about detours. “
Keep readingFriends: Come Rhino Come Shine
Friends (not the TV show – which, along with several other long-running popular shows like Grey’s Anatomy and The Big Bang Theory, I have never watched a full episode). In fact I feel almost as inadequate writing about friends in the social sense as writing about the TV show. For most of my life, my…
Keep readingBreaks
Welcome to my first blog – initially written for my staff newsletter in Jan. 2022. The great feeling of accomplishment I felt in writing it spurred me on to start this blog. It is a good reflection of my writing style and my thought meanderings. I hope others find this as enjoyable as I did…
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Rhino Ramblings 