One would think that if I have a personal huge and well-developed boot & leather website and a blog on its own domain as a subdomain of my website, that I would be among those who embrace technology and quickly adopt it.
Obviously, I am not afraid of or daunted by technology, however…
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Somehow people think that after a gay man marries his mate-for-life that his life changes. I am here to disprove that notion — at least for me. Honestly, I am the same guy I was before with just a little added weight around the neck.
Let me explain.
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Photo taken yesterday morning in the downtown of my hometown near where I work:
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Most of my readers know that I live in the Maryland suburbs of Washington, DC. But what they do not understand is how dynamic our weather is, compared with other locations in the U.S. or other countries.
So while most of you from places around the U.S. and the world saw this:
… thinking that my entire state and region got walloped with a whopper of a storm, this is what my boots saw:
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It’s a sad fact that we’re all getting older. Our youthful enthusiasm to try new things, hang out late, and no fear… well, becomes “less enthusiastic.”
I had an eye-opening, frightful, first-time experience of this aging thing the other night. Damn, it’s hard to realize that what happened could definitely be a result of getting older.
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Just a brief note… many people in the U.S., and perhaps around the world, are all ga-ga over an awards show that aired on television last night. Huge, heavy bronze statues are given for cinema — best picture, best actor, actress, and so on.
There are a number of people who have “Oscar parties.” How did I respond to two invitations?
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I was having a conversation with a friend of mine who expressed concern for wanting to support his son in sports programs, but my friend is much like me — we are not “sports enabled.” Or shall I say that we have talents, but our talents do not include the use of balls, clubs, bats, mitts, cleats, pads, or the like. How often I have felt like Charlie Brown when Lucy teases him (as shown.)
It is very hard for a “sports-challenged” guy like me to be around “jock Dads” when supporting a family member’s sports interests. For example, I like to show my nephews and nieces that I love them by showing up on occasion at one of their games, but there are times when fathers of other players have made me feel inadequate, uncomfortable, and unhappy. Some have behaved in ways as if they have not graduated from school. In many ways, feelings I had in grade school return — and those grade-school scars are hard to heal.
How does a non-sports guy help raise a son, or show support to a nephew, when he feels so inadequate in comparison with other fathers and uncles?
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Last night, instead of watching (or not watching) some football championship game, and instead of reading a book as I had planned, I jumped at a chance to do a “ride-along” with a cop who serves my police district. I had signed up for that opportunity some time ago, and had forgotten. I got a call to ask if I were interested in going on a ride-along due to a last-minute cancellation. My reply?
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Here in the United States, there is much excitement, hoopla, and hysteria about a championship football game scheduled to be played in New Orleans tonight (Sunday). One of the teams in the game is from my home state. Will I be watching?
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Last week, the area I live in in the Mid-Atlantic United States was bombarded with two back-to-back storms that dropped…
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