Tag Archives: Humanity
All This Tit-For-Tat and All That Comes to Mind Is…
All this violence, all this hate, all this anger, all this vengeance, all this “eye-for-an-eye”, and all that repeats in my mind is this:
1995: A Turning Point in My Life
It’s been a while since I’ve posted. Part of me feels I should say I’m sorry but I’m not sorry. A lot of shit has been going on in my life, and I’d like to hope most people would agree that real life takes precedence over a blog or keeping others entertained. There’s a lot to …
2 Years Ago Today, Our Lives Were Turned Upside Down… Again
I woke up in the middle of the night. It was one of those half-awake, half-asleep moments, where you seem to be somewhere between dreaming and waking. After the 22 February 2011 quake and subsequent aftershocks, I hadn’t been sleeping very well at night, so waking up several times a night was more normal than …
Last Night, I Went to Bed a Freer Man; New Zealand Legalised Gay Marriage
I admit, I haven’t been losing sleep over our inability to get legally married. Why? New Zealand is a socially progressive, fair country, and if it didn’t happen now, it would happen in a few years. As Motormouth Maybelle said in Hairspray, “A foot in the door, that’s all it is. One toe at a …
My 93 Year Old Grandma Thinks I Should Be Allowed to Marry; Why Don’t You?
Today, there are major battles occurring in New Zealand, the USA, France, and many other countries. It’s a civil war of sorts, another civil rights movement, and this time, the question is: Should we allow gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered (LGBT) couples legally marry? (Not civil unionise. Marry. As one of the Supreme Court justices …
The Two of Me
Sorry for the delay in publishing anything lately. I’ve been dealing with a lot of internal stuff, and when that happens lately, I seem to shut down and focus on… well, internal things. Two weeks ago, I was at home (as I usually am on a Thursday) and I went through the normal routine. Get …
Looking Back on My Life a Year Ago Today
I saw the article in the Christchurch Press about photojournalist Peter Hoffman coming to Christchurch to work on a photojournal about the Canterbury and Christchurch earthquakes and how they affected the people here. Now living in the Chicago region, he’d lived in Christchurch for a little while in 2004, and it beckoned him back, after …
