He thinks he’s read somewhere that, for a writer, there’s nothing scarier than a blank page. But then, he thinks: What about a blank 17 years? He figures early 1993 was the last ti[...]

It’s my first day off in a few days and I decide that maybe I should spend some of the money I made.  Sometimes I willingly succumb to the wrath of the American Dream: the absolute[...]

Assumedly, we are all past the middle-schoolish stage where even the most pedestrian situation would petrify us with awkwardness and haunt our thoughts for the remainder of the day[...]

I have always been a cock. Everyone but the Chinese might think that means I’m an asshole, but to them being a cock (or a rooster, or a chook, depending on what part of the world y[...]

The following story is approximately 0.1% fictitious. Enjoy. I’m So Nervous!!! On no particular weeknight, I began chatting via JDate’s trusty Instant Messenger with a tall, [...]

I’m a bit slow. Occasionally, pieces of information are strung together years later, at the most unpredictable time. The brain is a funny thing.  For instance, since I’ve been elev[...]

God, I hope my wife doesn’t read these posts.  I hope she takes about as much interest in this part of my life as she does the Maxim-magazine-collecting part of my life.  I hope sh[...]

Recently, Frank Rich of the New York Times wrote an Op-Ed piece about the ever explosive issue of gay rights, especially as those rights are protected or infringed upon in the mili[...]

An Asian woman with black hair, black pants, and black Uggs spots me immediately through the glass doors as I get out of the elevator.  Usually I have a moment to gather myself, fi[...]

10. Waterfalls, Tom Selleck, and a Sandwich. That’s it. This was the last combination not yet pictorialized on a tumblr and, obviously, its omission became just too great for[...]