Politics And More

The Language of Freedom

February 6, 2013

Word of the Day: “homogrifying” adj; colloq. [1] the act of encouraging queer people to live an open life; possibly a merger of ‘homosexual’ and ‘gratifying’. Ex: “moving to NYC has been a homogrifying experience” [2] Causing fear in uptight people they may have repressed [read more]

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Rerun

February 2, 2013

(First posted two years ago; still applicable) One of the reasons I decided to leave Toronto almost twenty years ago was the overwhelming sense of loss I felt. The first ‘real’ relationship had ended, the job I thought would be my career was gone, and [read more]

Family, Identity

My Current Identity

December 17, 2012

My name change (see #14 at 100 Details About Me) 31 years ago today wasn’t a way to distance myself from my youth so much as it was looking forward. Actually, there was a fair amount of separation involved; much of my youth was decidedly [read more]

Politics And More

Reflections on Taking School Pictures

November 20, 2012

This year I’ve taken a part-time seasonal position with a national firm taking pictures for student IDs and yearbooks in public and private schools here in central Ohio. Over the past three months I’ve photographed at least 8,000 kids ranging from pre-Kindergarteners to grade 12 [read more]

Brushing Fame

The Power of Positivity

July 17, 2012

It has been some time since I last posted about my forced retirement from a job I really enjoyed and did well. Over the past few years I have continued to operate my (former part-time) fine art photography business as well as establish my (now, [read more]