Category Archives: Experiences

Postings about my experiences.

Off to New York for a New Beginning!

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After taking classes in computer repair and configuration, and getting certified by Microsoft and Comptia as a computer technician, I worked dozens of assorted temp jobs through several agencies in the St. Louis area building up my resume and experience, … Continue reading

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“You’re good enough to start making wedding cakes!”

When I was fourteen years old, there was a knock at our door one day and two men in business suits were standing there. When my mom opened the door, they introduced themselves as being from the Jacksonville Journal Courier … Continue reading

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Gaily Forward- Not everyone has been users or losers… The Good Guys!

With my prior posting, I may have given the impression that everyone I’ve met has been a user or a loser. Quite the contrary to be honest! I’ve probably had more than my share of wonderful guys! My first really … Continue reading

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Gaily Forward- Users & Losers

Being a big guy in the gay community just seems to be a magnet that draws USERS and LOSERS like an electromagnet draws steel. You wouldn’t believe some of the things that I have experienced in the 17 years since … Continue reading

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My “Paranormal Experiences”…

You can read this as fact, or fiction, whichever you personally prefer, however, I KNOW IT HAPPENED, and so does my ex-wife as both incidents involved both of us back in the 1970′s….. It was quite an ordeal. We figured … Continue reading

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Safe sex….

When I was coming out almost 18 years ago, I was living in St Louis and attended a “Coming Out” series of lessons lead by the local “Effort For Aids” to help make the transition a little smoother for those … Continue reading

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I love to travel!

When I was 17, I was selected to be part of the maiden voyage of a European Concert Choir Tour called “Sounds of Hope”. Being from a tiny isolated town in rural Illinois, it gave me the opportunity to see … Continue reading

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Different times…

I recently heard Barbara Walters mention it on “The View” that the stigma associated with teenage pregnancies and having a baby out of wedlock has change tremendously over the past 40 or 50 years. When I was a teenager, especially … Continue reading

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Valentines Day

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Today is Valentine’s Day, 2012, and once again, I find myself alone with no significant other in my life. Since I have always been such a romantic person, facing it alone is very depressing for me. When I lived at … Continue reading

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Lights Out…

I’ve always been pretty much able to contain and control my anger. Even though I was constantly teased and taunted all through school (what would be considered “bullying” by today’s standards), I had developed a very thick skin and most … Continue reading

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Biggest Guy in School

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By the time I was in Junior High (ages 12/13), I was pretty much the biggest guy in my class or the class ahead of us. There was one other guy who was big like I was, but he was … Continue reading

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Exploration & Discovery

After discovering SEX, it opened up a whole new world of discovery. Living in a very small, rural town in the midwest, there wasn’t ANYTHING to do other than watch the grass grow. Being back in the 1960′s, being “gay” … Continue reading

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A Whole New World…

During the summer vacation from school when I was 11 years old, being Boy Scouts, my friends and I liked to go fishing and camping, but one of those camping trips opened my eyes to a whole new world I … Continue reading

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School Days continued….

I never wanted to play ball or be rowdy out on the playground like the other boys, but in order to try to avoid being made fun of, I made friends with some handicapped kids my age, who were in … Continue reading

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Hello world!

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Most people know Kermit the Frog’s song, “It’s not easy being green.” Well, I think it’s easier being “green” than it is being “BIG”! This is my blog which I plan to use to address the trials, tribulations, but also … Continue reading

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