I'd like to introduce you all, very briefly, to another Conversation. This one comes in the wake of a piece I wrote a while back dealing, broadly, with gay issues. A gentleman, David, submitted a response to the piece, but rather than publish it right away, I thought I'd try and sweet talk him into … Continue reading Pasta Bolognese
Sweet 16
You were once so small I could sling you over one shoulder and lay you down softly into the tub under warm shower water. I’d say it again the next day or whenever you were with me: someone call a taxi? “Taxi,” you'd say and up and over your naked brown ass went again. Until … Continue reading Sweet 16
Let’s eat
It’s time for the winter season. For a single man, the dating scene is complicated. We have to get creative in order to start, develop and maintain companionship. How best does a creative man do this? Some would say change their respective wardrobes, others would suggest getting a head start on the “New Year’s” resolution … Continue reading Let’s eat
Year in review
It's a dreary and drizzly Friday night, wipers on my ‘97 Nissan pickup are shit, and I swear these fucking headlights on cars nowadays are colluding with the mist and shiny asphalt to blind me. I'm meeting my homie Brian out for a cold one. At least that's who you know him as. "Brian" and I … Continue reading Year in review


