This doesn't help the gay cause and lends senseless validity to the Goofballs who argue Nurture vs. Nature. My old Dutch Nanny, Martha Kershaw, thought it would be "funny" to taunt my hyper-masculine Irish Catholic Father. She crocheted a pretty pink dress and, on one September day in 1972, walked me down to the local elementary school to have ( Read more... )

HaPpY BiRtHdAy...
To a man who needs no introduction...
To a man who gets my admiration...
Run him through the spanking machine TWICE...
But keep his BiRtHdAy sUiT from jamming up the paddles...

OooOoOoOowen!

The North Dakota State Men's Basketball Team, in their first year of Division I eligibility, won The Summit League Championship and advance to the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament. Though they won't make it past the first round, it's a thrill to watch them play and an honor to get this far. It's a great time to be a Bison! Just ask ESPN!

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My friend and artist, Larry Eberle, just finished a pop-art portrait of me hand painted in oil on canvas. I thought I'd share his talent and the product of how he sees me.

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Tuesday night, after I left town for Minneapolis, one of my most dear friends at Dialysis had a heart attack and passed away. Roger buried Janet on Saturday, the day before I returned to Fargo. I found out at the treatment center today. And? Just like that, another light in this dark world is extinguished. Sometimes I don't see the point of ( Read more... )

I'm off to Minneapolis tomorrow ( Read more... )

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Though I consider myself spiritual, now a Unitarian-Universalist from a somewhat Christian perspective, I am in NO way a Catholic any longer. garebear is an Atheist who was NEVER involved with the Catholic Church. That said? More than twenty years after hanging up my membership to the Guilt Diocese of America, I continue to observe the traditional ( Read more... )

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The lottery was held for this summer's 2009 Minnesota Fringe Festival in Minneapolis. We had a 50/50 shot of being one of the 152 shows drawn... and bust. We missed the boat. As for the Wait List... if you are in the top 30 you have a good shot at making the festival anyway. Our position on the wait list:124. So... the financial pressure and ( Read more... )