Reluctant Rebel

A Link to an article in Salon by Mary Elizabeth Williams on the latest US Catholic bishops campaign against marriage equality.

Replaced a number of cracked slate slabs in the patio which necessitated re-configuring the whole thing. Of course all the slate is salvage...

In case you didn't get the gist of the last rambling post, I'm closing up shop here for a while - while I get some R&R&R...

Poem by College Buddy Dennis Ryan 1968  As He Went Off To The Peace Corps A Banner I Made for Dignity - Use a Gay Interpretation ...

Growing up in the 50's and 60's with the Mickey Mouse Club and Disney, I was never a great fan of Annette.  I thought she was too ...

"LIFE SHOULD BE SO SIMPLE" To T.S. 10 April 1972             Anyhow, you still planning to quit and go back to ...

What if they made a weekly TV series "Supreme Law" like LA Law or Boston Legal or Night Court. It might make a great TV series but...

Yesterday I took Benni for a walk in the doggie park.  It was cold and windy and only one other person and one other dog was there, so we de...

For What It's Worth Department: I posted this comment (pending moderation) on the blog IZZOIZ after another rather boorish post about ...

I remember reading about Bernard Baran years ago.  He was wrongly accused of molestation while working as a teacher's aide back in th...

A Very Different View of the Vatican I have been reading some of the Catholic blogs and it seems that the ultra-conservative faction of ...

Church of St Francis, Assisi, Italy Many of the gay blogs are all aflutter - most finding and re-blogging all the negative stuff about t...

So living in New England means fantasizing about more significant climate change...last March we were at the beach in Provincetown on Marc...

It pains me to see the Catholic Church in bed with the likes of NOM.  (See below) The utter hypocrisy of a couple of arch/bishops (Rhoades a...

Let me know what you think..... Last week Leon and I posted an add on Craigslist for a futon sofa and futon arm chair.  (As our dog Ben...

Anyone who knows me or reads this blog knows that I am no fan of Joseph Ratzinger aka Pope Benedict 16.  And I have been critical of the C...

We couldn't ask for a better boy. Check out Benni's new post on Benedict Bentley .

Leon mentioned that he was at the pharmacy and had planned to buy me a Valentine but by the time he picked up some other items it slipped hi...

Years of the Rat Coming to an End I don't know what it is, but I feel like crap.  The winter is so tiring.  I  am weary and uninspir...