It has been a while since I have written a new post, after the horrible election night outcome I have been battling a surge of emotions. Anger, Sadness, Terror, Hatred, Regret, Loathing....the list goes on. Thinking that someone as egotistical and narcissistic as he could be president is scary enough, but when you combine that with the pure… Continue reading The Terror Inside

Two Hundred Twenty-Three years ago, Marie Antoinette lost her head. She has always had a strong influence on my life. It has been a quest of mine to learn more truths about this legend of a Queen, with all anecdotes and erroneous attributions set aside. To many, "Let them eat cake" is the first thing… Continue reading Marie Antoinette

First of all, I want to pay respects for the people who have already died from the hurricane that has went through Haiti and is on it's way up the east coast of the USA. I hope people are smart and safe. This story is about the time that Victoria and I drove to Florida… Continue reading Hurricanes

November 7th 2000. The night that the citizens of the United States of America were screwed. The night the Media discovered that they can control the political arena. The night an idiot was elected to be the ruler of a nation. This is my first hand account of what had happened that night. I was… Continue reading Election Night in Austin Texas

This is the story about a failed cruise to the Bahamas that turned in to my first trip to Europe. Although I was very sad that the cruise didn't happen, I would never have had wanted to miss the European excursion. When I was just 16 years old, I was scheduled to go on a… Continue reading Europe! The First Time

Hillary Clinton is running for President of the United States of America, and this post is all about why I believe she will change the world for the better. I have not been alive long enough to first hand experience all of the incredible work Hillary has accomplished over the years. The first memories of… Continue reading Why #ImWithHer

Diabetic Ketoacidosis, even though the sound of it is really quite atrocious...I apologize, but every time I say the words I break in to a make shift Mary Poppins number, but then I remember that the spoon full of sugar helps the medicine go down and I'm just beginning to realize that Diabetes could be… Continue reading Diabetic Ketoacidosis

As an outreach worker, many will see you and think "Wow, what an easy job." It is so much more than what most see however. The goal of an HIV Outreach Worker is to give people safer sex supplies and to get people tested, and linked in to care. When HIV/AIDS hit in the 1980's… Continue reading The life of an Outreach Worker

For the previous 10 years or so, I have decided that I want to adopt a child or children. Starting a family takes a great amount of time, consideration and of course money. I like to think that I will be a good father, as I had such an amazing example to look up to.… Continue reading Adoption, why it’s important to me

While I was working for the non-profit organization in Austin, I wanted to make a little extra cash, so I got a job at a bar. The bar was called Cockpit, and it was located too far away from the other gay bars to get much of a regular crowd. The manager asked me one night… Continue reading The Incident at the Cockpit