Family, Identity

Job, Career, Profession, Calling

October 20, 2015

The end of 2008 saw the end of a 12 year career in Customer Service/ Professional Sales. That was a rough year for many people- I was part of a 50% staff reduction in my Sales Team, and many other companies had large layoffs as [read more]

Brushing Fame

Don’t Go There?

October 3, 2015

A few days ago I wrote “[n]ot to suggest that improv is ‘fluff’ – as with all forms of comedy it can reveal inner truths in a less-confrontational way” about Whose Line Is It Anyway? And it’s true that many forms of comedy use humour [read more]

Politics And More

The Pope 2

October 1, 2015

Further to my post of 09/24/15, as updated, I have more thoughts on the words and actions of Francis, Bishop of Rome. While I disagree with the Pope on important issues- full marriage equality and the rights of trans* folk come to mind- we do [read more]

Politics And More

Whose Line Is It? Whose Skit Is It?

September 29, 2015

There’s a wall-mounted tv set in the main breakroom where I work at night. Every now and then, such as last night, I am able to be in there when there’s a new episode of Whose Line Is It Anyway? being shown. Comedy in various [read more]

Politics And More

The Pope

September 24, 2015

His Holiness Francis, Bishop of Rome, addressed a Joint Meeting of the U.S. Congress and spoke for just under an hour. He touched on many topics and themes. There was much I agree with, although I can not overlook his regressive views on full marriage [read more]

Politics And More

Personal Responsibility

September 23, 2015

As a creative, openly queer person ‘of a certain age‘ (57 as of a few months ago) I am all too well aware of how excessive rules and policies can be used, have been used, are being used, to control, demean and belittle people. At [read more]