October 25, 2022
I noticed coming into work today a cranky old man driving an old car who was mouthing angry words to an RV who was cutting him off. This was ironic when you consider most RVs are driven by cranky old men. I never saw the driver of the RV so I can’t verify that. The cranky old man was wearing a plaid shirt and had short cranky old man’s hair. This look has been the look of cranky old men since I was a kid. Why has their look not changed in 50 years? I know the obvious answer is a lack of imagination and a hatred of change. If it was good enough for their cranky old man, it’s good enough for them. I’m guessing a lifetime of only caring about being a “man” has driven them to hating everything and everyone. I know every time I tried being manly it made me miserable. Feminine traits can be just as draining to deal with, I’m sure. Perhaps that’s why there are cranky old women. You live your whole life living up to expectations that no one cares about anymore. The amount of bitterness must be off the charts. The next time I see a cranky old man, I’m going to salute him and say, “Looking good, sir.”
I’ve seen men who have every sign of being gay but one — they claim not to be gay. If you dig further, you will find they are religious. Religion is the only reason someone would not accept being gay when every sign points to it. I’m a feminine man but I’m too honest and non-religious to hide who I am. If you asked me if I was gay, I would give you verified reasons I’m not attracted to men. I understand why men are attractive to other people, but those things don’t attract me. Religion has ruined many peoples lives for many different reasons, but not being able to be yourself is one of the worst things it does. Controlling kids lives is one thing. Telling adults who they can be attracted to is … there are no words.
November 1, 2022
I can’t let today go by without talking about the first entry of my blog Thoughts from Life. I’ve been going over all my Thoughts papers recently and haven’t written many new entries. This is hopefully the beginning of releasing all of them eventually. The Disney stuff will probably have to be edited some, but I won’t have to worry about that for some time. I have years and years of entries before I get to those. The first “thinks” I’m putting out are the actual Thoughts from Life series I started a few months after I was married to Patti. I know that’s 25 years ago because Patti and I just had our 25th wedding anniversary. It was 1997, and I was only 27. (Future note: I have been saying I was twenty-seven when I got married for years. Only reading this for publication to this blog you are reading do I realize I was actually twenty-six when I got married. It was less than a month to my twenty-seventh birthday, but I wasn’t quite twenty-seven. It’s not a lie if you think you’re stating a fact.) I’ve scheduled the Thoughts papers to the end of the year. When they finish, I’m going to schedule earlier and later entries. Hopefully, I can develop a following for them that grows over time. (Future note: If you’re one of those readers who followed me from the beginning, I probably know you. I thank you no matter how many of these you read or when you started reading them. I hope you want to read more.)
Thoughts from Life 
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