Nice to see StevieB

Just Keep Running

2012-02-15T08:14:00.000-07:00

It happened for the first time. I got called young looking. Every once in a while I have an overwhelming urge that I want need new Puma running shoes. I found myself the other day needing a Puma fix, nothing serious, just a pair of running shoes to get me through the monotony of February. After ogling the Puma website I headed to Cherry Creek Mall for some serious shopping. My old pair of

I Choo-Choo-Choose You!

2012-02-14T07:49:00.004-07:00

Whitney and Emily

2012-02-13T10:06:00.000-07:00

I had one goal for the weekend. Write a five page essay for my American Literature class. This quest started with abandon when I jumped out of bed on Saturday morning texting an all-points bulletin to everyone I knew asking to go to breakfast. I would have a little pancake action, and then sit down to write five stunning pages on Angie Dickinson… or Emily…. I confuse the two all the time. My

Justin Utley

2012-02-10T08:15:00.000-07:00

Have you heard Justin Utley? Justin Utley From his mission travels for the Mormon Church, Justin spent years involved in the Church's same sex attraction reprogramming or “conversion” therapy program. During this time, his life was as a Mormon singer and songwriter, touring America singing to mostly religious and faith-based audiences. Considering my own struggles with the Mormon Church

Ellen and JC Penney

2012-02-08T11:41:00.000-07:00

I went shopping at JC Penney today. I guess didn’t realize that there was a store, literally, down the street from me. I wanted to say thank you to the department store for supporting Ellen DeGeneres and standing up to the campaign brought on by the angry conservative organization, One Million Moms in their attempt to have Ellen dropped as a spokesperson. Why this angry organization chose JC

Snow Horse

2012-02-06T09:52:00.000-07:00

When the television news announced, Thursday afternoon, that there was a massive storm heading towards the tri-county area, and that the storm front was to dump massive amounts of snow, I giggled with glee. Late Thursday night, I sat in Chili’s watching the snow began to fall. I really do love snow storms. The best part is when the television news shows “those crazy runners” out in Washington

Escape from Boys Town

2012-02-02T11:34:00.000-07:00

I spent most of yesterday working at my remote office. Meaning, I spent the day shopping for Puma branded items at the coffee shop on 9th and Downing Street. At some point, when I was lost in a world of trail running performance shoes a gentleman named Don walked up to me to strike up a conversation. Although, I know Don very well he started the conversation the way he always does, “I can’t

Dream of P90X

2012-01-31T08:51:00.000-07:00

“Come on! Do it with me! We can totally do it together and no one will know. We’ll share the pain. “ Somehow I had fallen asleep during the afternoon. I usually don’t nap, can’t nap actually; however, on this lazy day I managed to fall asleep fully clothed in the middle of the bed. Stretched out like a swastika. What I was not aware of, at the time, was that I had fallen asleep to a never

Weekend Wrap-up

2012-01-30T10:28:00.001-07:00

My Birthday weekend started out with a visit to my favorite breakfast restaurant to load up on carbs and gravy. The carbs were needed for the marathon tour of three amazing museums. At the Museum of Contemporary Art, a cushion called me fat. After an amazing day out with friends, I came home to find that Britain’s Queen had sent me yet another birthday present. It’s

Le StevieB

2012-01-28T07:00:00.000-07:00

Birthdays for me have been a day to live if I was on another continent. This is one reason I drag my friends to the same restaurant every year. Every year on my big day I eat my birthday dinner at the same French restaurant in Denver, Colorado. The restaurant itself holds amazing memories going back to my childhood. Back in the 80’s my family would drive by this Downtown restaurant. I would

"Patience, Grasshopper"

2012-01-27T08:05:00.001-07:00

I’m trying to be very Zen about the growing stack of boxes on the dining room table. The Femail Man came to drop a new one everyday for the last three days. They sit there, mocking me. They are soldiers awaiting the battle. A battle they will lose tomorrow. When their spilled guts will be my birthday presents. I can barely walk by them, unable to make it through the dining room without their low

My Personal Essay

2012-01-26T09:27:00.000-07:00

I’m becoming a real college student. Well, returning to my old college ways. I completely forgot to do my homework, due tonight, until this morning. Read three chapters on “Writing a Personal Essay.” Just look at that hat! Is that not just the sexiest looking thing. Man, I love that hat. I believe that learning how to write a personal essay will benefit me in some way… maybe it will

The Big 40

2012-01-25T08:16:00.000-07:00

On this coming Saturday I will turn forty. I am honestly thinking nothing of it. Well, about the age thing anyway as I always revel in my birthday. For me it’s a day of luxury, to indulge in boisterous festivities. Since this year the big day will fall on a Saturday, my adventurous day ‘bout town can be shared with friends. We will make the annual pilgrimage to my favorite Cajun style

Gymuary

2012-01-23T08:58:00.000-07:00

We are past the mid-point of Gymuary. The newness of going to the gym has worn off and this week begins the tipping-point where it’s easy to teeter on dedication. The gym shoes may be forgotten in the trunk/boot of the car and instead of coming to the gym, something “more important” maybe thought up as an excuse to not put these new cross trainers on and hit the gym’s rubberized floor. For

Tina Louise will Never Forget Saab

2012-01-20T11:13:00.002-07:00

Saab Automotive has declared bankruptcy. Those selfish Swedish jerks. What are upper-middle class gay Homos going to drive now? There was a time when you would walk down Cedar Spring Avenue in Dallas, Texas and you would find the streets lined with Saab Convertibles. Row after row of boxy, vapor-locking convertibles. The running joke at that time was the easiest place to pick-up a sun tanned

Working (or not) From Home

2012-01-18T08:35:00.000-07:00

I believe that I need to be wholly done with working from home. No, not that my job is going anywhere, it’s just that I might just have reached the end of my rope with the “home office” thing. When the bosses announced that they were closing the company’s local office and setting everyone up to work from their homes, I applauded the decision. That was June. Now I find myself stir crazy to the

Martin Luther King Day

2012-01-16T08:38:00.000-07:00

Today we celebrate Martin Luther King Day here in the US. Today is actually my favorite Federal Holiday. This is because of all the bank observed holidays on the calendar, MLK day is one that I can actually connect with. Maybe it’s just because Dr. King was more recent in our collective experience. His ideas and concepts were filmed; two clicks and you can hear his own voice echo through

Road to the White House '12

2012-01-10T09:59:00.002-07:00

On the main street of my town sits a diner. This diner is small breakfast themed Inn that decided to update its decor by installing flat panel televisions upon every wall. Apparently the televisions only receive sports and news channels. As I work from home, this diner has turned into my morning break room. A morning break room that is now only filled with politics. As I sip on my coffee in

January

2012-01-09T08:12:00.002-07:00

The first week in the New Year seems to bring a strange time. The holidays are over, and the wasted day of destroying the house in your hung-over attempt to un-decorate, has given you a home clean of glitter and sparkle. I am always happy that the trappings of the holiday have been swept away, giving back valuable floor space and clean counter tops. Life is suddenly is free of Christmas tree

Back To School

2012-01-06T08:58:00.001-07:00

The best part of turning forty in twenty-two days, yet being a college student, is that you can roll out of bed to go meet with your college advisor and still be the best dressed person in the school's administration office. Clearly, it was wear your dirty sweats to school day. As I sat waiting to speak to an advisor, I realized that the sweatpants were all on incredibly hot lads also there to

Resolutions 2012

2012-01-04T11:18:00.000-07:00

I am a man of complete and sometimes all consuming ritual. I do seek out change in my world and I am always up for new adventures, yet when it comes to little daily tasks I grumble when my path is changed. Part of my ritual surrounding the New Year is making New Year’s Resolutions. I believe that most people half-heartedly say they make resolutions; however, commitment to these is as solid as my

Let's Go 2012

2012-01-02T09:15:00.003-07:00

I ushered in 2012 by sitting in a hot tub under the stars, high in the Rocky Mountains with several friendly and gracious bearded gentlemen. Let's go! I would urge anyone who gets invited to a New Year’s Eve party held in a mountain cabin far away from civilization to definitely accept the invitation and attend. Without the constant light pollution from the city the stars gleamed brightly

The Tebow Beard

2011-12-28T10:46:00.000-07:00

“Yer [sic] sporting a Tebow there!” Said the fifty year old man sporting the dice themed Hawaiian shirt behind me in line at the coffee counter. The “high-roller” was pointing to my beard, sans a moustache. As I turned to the cashier and handed her my debit card “No! I’m Amish.” I said this in a huff; the gentlemen stammered not knowing what to say to someone of the Amish faith. Drinking

Christmas Evie

2011-12-24T08:39:00.000-07:00

It's time for our annual message from Evie Harris. Merry Christmas, Mary.

Ron Moore

2011-12-20T10:43:00.002-07:00

This morning I got to the point where if one more person wished me a Merry Christmas I was going to force feed my garland down their throat. Then, out of the ether I received this comment on a blog post I did at Christmas time in ’08. It was about my memory of Ron Moore, a gentleman I dated back in the Middle Paleolithic period. Reading this comment and my post reset my mid-December priorities.

RT

2011-12-19T09:34:00.000-07:00

When two men decide to share their lives together they have to remember that when it’s all said and done, they are men. And men have needs. Every gay couple must have “the talk” to discuss the level of boundaries that they are going to allow in the relationship. Whether they base their relationship on monogamy, some level of quiet openness, play only as a couple, or totally open. They say

The Yellow Rose of Dickinson

2011-12-14T11:15:00.003-07:00

I really didn’t sleep at all last night. I was up worrying about a blog bud and his choices. It’s funny how cyber-friends work. You chat on line, interact almost daily, yet you never really meet the person. When they go through a hard time you want to jump in and help, even if it’s just a hug or a smile. Then you remember that they live on the other side of the planet. When my brain is

StevieB. On Ice

2011-12-12T13:42:00.001-07:00

Yesterday morning I was psyched about getting to go for a run. The morning temperature was in the teens, and I found the running paths were completely covered with ice and snow. This was like Christmas to me, I love being out in freezing weather. I layered up my gear and switched to the knobby running shoes for off road, inserted my ear buds under two layers of cap and ear protectors. I set

December 11

2011-12-11T07:44:00.000-07:00

Thanks to Jerrod for this.

December 10

2011-12-10T06:27:00.000-07:00

On the tenth day of December... Photographer Jeff Sheng's amazing Don't Ask, Don't Tell Jeff Sheng Photography http://www.jeffsheng.com/

Where Y'all From? Bitch.

2011-12-09T09:12:00.001-07:00

It’s time to open the little door mark “nine” on your advent calendars. Yesterday was the last day of class before the holiday break. I feel relieved to have my tests done, yet strange to not have the structure of school. I’m not great with changes in my habitrail. I might go stir-crazy until spring class starts. All that time spent at my gay coffee house without chapters to read. Torture.

Finally Steve

2011-12-08T09:28:00.001-07:00

Today is finals day. I have two papers due and several major tests to take. As you might guess I was up late studying last night. I was up into the wee hours re-reading the implications of Martin Luther on the Scientific Revolution and his stance on intransitive verbs. Maybe the intransitive and transitive verbs are for my creative writing class. It’s all a blur. Evil coffee maker, you

Obsessed with Scott From Obsessed: Still

2011-12-07T09:38:00.001-07:00

I wrote a somewhat innocent blog post back on the 21 of July, 2009. This particular day I had watched the pilot for the TV show Obsessed on the A&E channel. The post was how I was obsessed with the first storyline, “Scott” an incredibility hunky germaphobe dealing with mysophobia, a pathological fear of contamination and germs, and how the phobia was overcome by therapy. Observe the

Flock Me

2011-12-06T09:59:00.001-07:00

On the sixth day of December… The temperature plummeted to negative ten last night. I figured that this would be the ideal environment to march through the wilderness and chop down a Christmas tree. Nothing will break my lack of Christmas spirit then relentlessly tracking down an innocent tree and cutting it down in its prime. Okay… so the other half stopped me from pulling the axe out of

The Annual Christmas Rant

2011-12-05T11:20:00.001-07:00

Ahh, December 5th. It’s time to gather around and listen to Uncle Steve’s annual Christmas rant….. WHAT THE F*#K DO PENGUINS HAVE TO DO WITH CHRISTMAS!?!? Have you seen the inflatable, glowing Christmas crap that everyone displays on their front lawns? Big billowing snowmen, elves, and insidiously happy penguins. Seriously, What the heck to penguins have to do with Christmas? At night it’s

Snow Running

2011-12-04T14:46:00.001-07:00

December 4th. I discovered a new high last year. It was late in the season, so this year I get all winter to enjoy my new fetish. Running in snow and twenty degree temperatures. I finding it a great way to gently ease into December. Since my running path takes me next to the Denver Botanic Gardens I can enjoy the twinkling lights in the snow... The bundling in layers; however,

Snow

2011-12-03T09:56:00.001-07:00

December 3rd Snow has started to fall in its robust attempt to make December look like December. It did a good job.

Bah, Humbug!

2011-12-02T10:32:00.001-07:00

December 2nd I’ve always been gung-ho about Christmas. Way before Thanksgiving I’m warming up the staple gun, ready for the outside lights to be pulled from the garage and installed above the inflatable snowman on the front porch. Stopping myself from bugging everyone around me about when their trees are going to be installed in their living rooms. This year I’m struggling. For the first

Perchance to Dream… of a Datsun

2011-12-01T08:13:00.001-07:00

Is it December already? Time to start flapping open your advent calendars. If I were a better blogger I’d start advent blogging, every day open another blog counting down to Christmas. Am I that dedicated? Let’s find out. December first. It appears that dreaming about Datsuns is all the rage, since Christopher over at his M. Monologues (NSFW) dreamed about me driving my old Datsun truck

Tukey Sam-wich

2011-11-29T11:17:00.001-07:00

Man I love Turkey sandwiches. It just might be better than actual Thanksgiving to me. Pulling out the endless supply of brightly colored Tupperware filled with yumminess. Heaven.

Turkey Blues

2011-11-28T07:40:00.001-07:00

Oh, Thanksgiving. As much as I love the four-day foodathon, I’m glad to be back at my desk. In stretchy pants. Our bear Thanksgiving meal, sans any kind of pants turned more respectable upon the invitation of girls. It was not lost though because they were girls with bottles of wine, so it worked out. It turned out that I was lucky I was fully clothed, two hours into cooking the turkey we

Turkey Week

2011-11-21T07:54:00.001-07:00

It is American Thanksgiving week. I am actually a little bummed because school is on “Fall Break,” meaning that I don’t have classes this week. Am I the only nerd that likes to go to class? I guess so. Last Thursday the professor, the one who said you can get AIDS from a soda can, announced that he doesn’t really want to grade anything, so he’s going to just divide up everyone who showed up to

My Prestigious Award

2011-11-17T11:35:00.001-07:00

I believe that I’ve finally found a person to cut my hair that I actually like. I have a tendency to get my hair cut and then swear it’s the worst one yet. This is probably due to the fact that I hate to get my hair cut in the first place. Sitting still in a chair listing to some hair stylist drone on about their car troubles and the price of sweaters. It seems so girly to get your hair cut,

Raw Chinese Chicken

2011-11-14T09:41:00.001-07:00

Sometimes I’m afraid that someone will break into the house and rub raw chicken on stuff. Last night, the Homosexual-Lifetime-Companion-Partner and I finally arrived home from our Sunday adventures. Me, I was at my coffee shop exploring he wonderful and wacky world of Martin Luther, he was roaming the countryside with his homies. Around eight, with our guts rumbling, we sought out food. This

The Linen Anniversary

2011-11-11T14:34:00.001-07:00

Today is 11.11.11 This marks an anniversary for me. Today marks four years of endlessly rambling about the common Homosexual in its natural environment. Can you believe we have been coming together

Stevie B's Big Day

2011-11-10T10:59:00.001-07:00

I love a surprise day off from work. All Federal Holidays for the US are posted, years in advance, for anyone to review. Whole branches of the Government, countless companies, banks, and intuitions plan their schedules off this master list. Speaking on a conference call today, I proposed a plan for tomorrow. Giggles ensued. A common mistake by me, forgetting days off until I’m reminded.

How many Loads have you Taken?

2011-11-08T09:44:00.000-07:00

Thanks to Mike at Mike -n- the Mechanics for turning me on to Doug Repetti's YouTube page and this....

Bare Bear Thanksgiving

2011-11-07T08:13:00.000-07:00

While watching the Bronco game yesterday, I might I purposed an all naked Thanksgiving. This fall, I have been included on an open invitation to go our local bear bar and hang out with a group of football aficionados. Sundays seem to be my homework day, so I mostly turn down the invite. Although this past weekend was packed with dining out among friends, spending Sunday Brunch at Pappadeauxs,

Home Delivery Mormons

2011-11-04T11:28:00.000-06:00

A roving gang of Mormon missionaries went door to door today in my neighborhood. I videotaped my reaction when they came to my door. .. God I look terrible in pig-tails.

Luke Evans Breaks my Heart

2011-11-03T10:34:00.001-06:00

I love Greek and Roman mythology. Upon hearing about the new film, Immortals being released this month I was counting down the days until the release. To top off the story of Roman gods at war with humanity, was the fact that Luke Evans, my pretend British boyfriend, was cast in the role of Zeus. I admired this actor’s ability to be honest with his life, even role model a successful

Snow Day

2011-11-02T08:34:00.001-06:00

We have a snow day today in my neck of the woods. I was actually surprised as the announcement of closing schools and local businesses scrolled across the bottom of the screen on this morning’s news. There seems to only be six inches of snow, back when I was a kid we’d have to march up hill to the school bus in two feet of snow. My house this morning. Did I just make a statement about

Happy Halloween

2011-10-31T09:59:00.001-06:00

It’s trick-or-treat time for the dog. This year Harley is going as a terrifying shark. Stay out of the treat isle. Da-dum. Da-dum. Dum-dum-dum-dum Daddduda! Here is Harley’s costumes from years past: 2010 2009 2008

Cuddle Buddies

2011-10-29T08:23:00.001-06:00

This isn't my pic, but I love it.

Shar-Better

2011-10-27T12:47:00.001-06:00

Apparently the dog is feeling better…

Panda and Bunny

2011-10-26T20:10:00.000-06:00

The next episode from the ongoing saga of Panda and Bunny. See the first episode here.

Chicken Dog

2011-10-25T08:45:00.001-06:00

A typical morning. Made coffee, then went for a morning walk around the neighborhood with the dog. It wasn’t until, back in the kitchen, I finished toasting English muffins I really woke up. Right about the time I placed the toaster into the refrigerator and the butter into the cabinet. My last mid-term paper/test is today. The studying and memorizing hasn’t been that bad. What had really

Lesbian Football

2011-10-24T08:41:00.001-06:00

It was Lesbian Weekend here at the ol’ homestead. Not the trans-gendered lesbians from last summer, new sporty models. As all lesbians meet online and carry on relationships between different states, this couple was no different. The professional opera singer lives here in Colorado. With her parents. The parents would not approve of the high school football coach she’s seeing not only not

Desk Top Friday

2011-10-21T13:32:00.000-06:00

Pac's Panda

2011-10-19T08:07:00.000-06:00

Patrick over at Pac's Pad is under a massive amount of work stress this week. I thought I'd try to convey that amount by having a cuddly Panda dramatically interpret his last Blog post:

Running With the Dead

2011-10-18T08:44:00.000-06:00

I really need to run more. One of the best things about running is the ritual. I am a man powered by rituals. If I have the ability to incorporate a ritual, or Habitrail, into my life I’m more than happy to spend days memorizing and ingraining it into my small monkey brain. My running habitrail is early Sunday morning, lapping around Cheesman Park. I’m amazed how beautiful and quiet the

Freezin' Steven

2011-10-13T10:07:00.001-06:00

It was that time of year again. It seems that it comes faster every year. The time, once a year, when I winterize the house. Not the whole weather strip, drain garden hoses, and other manly pursuits of home maintenance. More like pulling the light comforter off the bed and bringing out the heavy down comforter from its Space Bag induced summer casket. See? Doesn’t this guy look

Study Aids

2011-10-12T11:05:00.002-06:00

I have been spending every waking moment lately studying for mid-terms. “Wow, mid-terms already?” you ask. I know! I am having, lately, a huge problem with my western religions Professor. Not the class, I’m getting along swimmingly with western theology, It’s the fact that he’s a sixty-four year old dick bag. Yesterday he was drinking a soda in class as he discussed the Cluniac reforms of the

Marching on the Appian Way

2011-10-06T08:00:00.002-06:00

When I lived in Dallas, I rented a house on Appian Way. It wasn’t the Appian Way, just a close reproduction, sans the whimsy. It was a tiny stone house that backed up to a creek. It was amazingly quiet, as it was just me and my roommate. I wasn’t ever formally introduced to my roommate, he was a shifty character. Mostly he would stand at the end of the hall, late at night. Tall, dark and

Sometimes You're the Balloon...

2011-10-04T05:35:00.000-06:00

I'm having one of those days...

Dining Room

2011-10-03T09:06:00.001-06:00

It took the entire day. From 10a.m. to midnight, but I finally have my gay boy dream. A new dining room. Around 10 in the morning we hitched up a U-Haul trailer and headed towards the blue and yellow of gay Mecca. IKEA. Home of flat packed fabulous. Already aware exactly what we wanted, the plan was to get some breakfast at the IKEA KAFE, write down the numbers using their tiny golf

Beware the Aberzombies

2011-09-29T09:51:00.000-06:00

You learn life lessons no matter where you are. My friend Tom just retired from twenty years in the Army. He has a wife and two kids. I met Tom, with his wife first through an event at church, then at their first gay pride parade. It was his first gay event other then bars and T-rooms. I wrote about it here. The other night I was kicking back some beers with Tom, his wife, and his wife’s

Cheesy Goodness

2011-09-26T08:38:00.001-06:00

Yesterday was spent with my nose in a lap-top and my head in the fourth century. Well from eight to two, anyway. After attending a five year old’s birthday party, by eight pm I was spent. Through, tired. Nothing was going to move me from my couch. Not even an invite to go to an impromptu BBQ with the gay street bikers and their amazing assortment of over the top, exotic side salads or their

Alexander the Great

2011-09-22T08:59:00.001-06:00

My whole week has been consumed by Alexander the Great. I have a ten page paper due in seven days, comparing Alexander’s campaign of conquering new territory for the propose of empire building to the founding of our modern government. Yet, I’m more intrigued by his sex life. I eat this history stuff up, yet I’m having an ongoing issue with the Professor teaching this class. Here’s an

Steve in a Vacuum

2011-09-20T07:00:00.000-06:00

Last Blog Challange Question

2011-09-19T10:49:00.000-06:00

I have finally made it to the very last question in the sixty-four blog challenge. It only took me six months, but we’ve come to the last question. And the toughest question: The last thing that made you cry. This is tough because it takes quite a lot to make me cry. The last thing that put me into tears was writing about my toughest choice question on Marches blog challenge FIVE DEGREES. You

BIKE Shorts

2011-09-16T09:05:00.000-06:00

I’ve started to work out at my school’s gym on the days I have class. I find that during that time of day I’m completely alone in the gym, other than Mr. Eller. You want them to look like this... Mr. Eller is the head of the athletic department and connoisseur of polyester coach shorts. We met a couple of weeks past when during my orientation to the gym explained to me what dumbbells

Fall

2011-09-14T09:29:00.001-06:00

I had to put on a hoodie this morning to take the dog for a walk. When this happens, I am always reassured that Fall is my favorite season. This is due to the break in the weather. The long, dry summers of Colorado turn into cool autumns. The hot, summer storms end and crisp mornings begin. Part of this love for cooler weather is the end to air conditioning. I can now open the windows for

Life is Better then the Days Behind

2011-09-12T08:24:00.000-06:00

The theme, it seemed last week in the blog-o-sphere was relationships. Relationships always need some sort of attention, if you’re still trying to re-tune your relationship it means you still care. And that is a good thing. After years together two men can get into a routine, because men are men. If it works for them, who can judge the life they have built. If the routine is unhealthy, say…

The Femail Man

2011-09-08T08:26:00.001-06:00

Sometimes I fear that since I so infrequently check my mail box that the femail man will someday call the cops to do a welfare check at my house. Yesterday was a mental break day for me, Tuesday found me scrambling to completed a major report for work and today I have an exam at school. Yesterday was all about gym shorts and un-washed hair. Just one of those days where you spend hours going up

LABOR DAY

2011-09-05T11:08:00.002-06:00

The weather has changed. The heat of late August has passed, giving me a cool morning as I take the dog for our early morning walk. I think that Harley also senses the change as we walk along the canal that runs behind our house. I try not to think that this is the beginning of fall because knowing Colorado, the dog and I will be met again with eighty degree temperatures soon enough.

DVD Challenge

2011-08-31T08:55:00.000-06:00

I have an incredibly small DVD collection; this is probably due my obsession with Netflix. My Netflix cue is a two page list of Godzilla, Dr. Who, and foreign films. There are however two TV series I ravenously collect on DVD, Dallas and Absolutely Fabulous. This week I’m feeling quite smart. The two TV series I collect both had announcements that they are returning to the airwaves.

Blog Challenge

2011-08-29T08:35:00.000-06:00

I only have two left. Just two more questions and I’ll be completed with the 64 question blog challenge. ‘member. The Blog Challenge. There has been some shifting here at Stevie blog, luckily I blog by weight not volume, I may settle during handling and shipping. A lot of shifting about has happened in the last couple of months, “Look at me everybody! WordPress!!!! Oh, shiny!” Then “

Western Civilization

2011-08-24T14:12:00.001-06:00

I saw the train wreck coming down the line. It moved quickly and suddenly I found it was my turn. “Would you be interested in a Wells Fargo account?” The bubbly girl rambled off to me. “You can link it to the school ID and use that as a ATM card.” I had been standing in a very long line for a very long time waiting to take my turn getting in to the campus bookstore. I had attempted to complete

Morning Run

2011-08-22T07:58:00.000-06:00

Have you ever decided something was exceedingly simple in your head? Base jumping, easy! Periodontal root planing, easy! Smiling at a girl in the gym a little too long, then as the girl thinks that you’re flirting with her and comes up to move the relationship on to the next level trying to explain that really you’re a huge Mo and you were only staring at her because you thought she was your

College Boy

2011-08-18T08:47:00.000-06:00

Yesterday marked a milestone in my so called life. College orientation. Again. I’ve blogged in the past about my chosen career and its eventual fading away. I felt it was time to switch gears and as I approach forty to embark on another path. This led me to sitting in a large auditorium with hundreds of people just like me. Okay, a dozen people like me and hundreds of nineteen year olds.

Big Wheel

2011-08-16T07:56:00.000-06:00

When I was five or six I wrote a letter to Santa declaring my love for him. No, not that I would love it if he brought me toys. That I was desperately in love with him. Since he was the source of all things wonderful in my world I screamed like a Justin Bieber fan on Christmas morning when rushing out to the tree I found the love letter back from my idol. “Santa” had received my letter

Things To Do In Denver...

2011-08-12T08:19:00.001-06:00

I came up with one of my genius ideas. Well, my friend DJ Gary and I have come up with a genius idea. We meet once a week and go have an adventure in our fair city. One of us will think of stuff we always wanted to go do or see in Denver then actually stop the busy schedule for a day and go explore. So far it’s been a great way to spend the summer. I’m quite the gay urban explorer. Okay, so

Damn You Bloggers

2011-08-10T08:10:00.000-06:00

I read two separate articles yesterday on topics close to my heart. The first had a topic on the death of personal blogging; the second was on the death of podcasts. It’s funny how magazine writers need to find a topic then try to exploit its possible fail to make a story. With both topics I’m not surprised that a corporate owned news company would say that two entities that cannot be

Cin City

2011-08-08T08:14:00.001-06:00

The funny thing about going on vacation, especially when it's to an ordinary place is the reactions you get. The last couple of days where filled with people wrinkling their noses and asking why I was on vacation in their home town. At first I would offer up explanations about the rich history and the architecture. Yet after the third cashier not buying my story, I said I was in Ohio for work.

I'll Ink Myself

2011-07-27T13:57:00.002-06:00

I’m totally going to get a tattoo. Really. I said this once to a friend once who quickly rolled their eyes. I was then told that there are three types of people, ones who will never get inked, ones who are addicted to getting tattoos, and ones like me who keep saying that someday they’ll get ink done. I guess in life everyone has their perpetual to-do list. The list of things we

Diner Talk

2011-07-25T13:53:00.002-06:00

I sit alone at the counter. I’ve sat alone at this and other counters like it since I was old enough to drive. For me, this is my most guilty pleasure. When life becomes too much, or maybe I’m on top of the world I find myself seated at the counter of my local Japanese rice bowl, teriyaki quick dining restaurant. Sitting at the bar I enjoy the ritual of rubbing the frayed wooden chop-sticks.

Can’t Stand The Rain

2011-07-20T08:54:00.001-06:00

It’s pretty much rained everyday for two weeks now. Around three you can spot the dark clouds roll down the mountains. If your office window faces the great Rocky Mountains like mine does you can watch as the rolling thunder clouds pour over the continental divide like Mount Doom spreading darkness over Mordor. Yesterday was not different. Beautiful sunny skies helped me with my chores of GRL

UNDER CINCINNATI

2011-07-07T07:51:00.000-06:00

Well the ticket has been purchased. The mid-summer vacation will be the type where you go with your homosex partner to visit their old college town. Visit their old friends, eat at the old haunts and walk the campus again. The entire time with you agreeing, “Yes, this is the best chili ever eaten, No you can’t believe you worked in that random building.” The green lawns I be trudging upon will

THE 5th OF JULY

2011-07-05T10:24:00.000-06:00

The Fourth of July weekend always has its own flair to it, a more relaxed summer vibe. The weekend started for me at a long table in a Chinese restaurant as the friends decompressed and set the tone for the upcoming three day weekend. Saturday began with the ubiquitous trip to Home Depot then over to BFF Carl’s house to help him move furniture around. In the process of changing the living room

JULY 4th WEEKEND

2011-07-01T10:12:00.002-06:00

The calendar marks this as 4th of July weekend here in the states. This is our independence celebration to commemorate casting off the shackles of our Native American overlords and declared a free nation. True Americans mark this day by making delicious meals of buffalo and corn, not maize and shooting off fireworks to scare the evil Indians back to their palaces in Utah. Sorry, I told myself I

THE TIES THAT BIND

2011-06-29T08:39:00.000-06:00

Jim over at Jim’s Stuff Blog talked today about his stuff. More precisely his closet, more precisely his ties. Jim posed the question “What’s in your closet?” I thought I’d answer. I was about to say that I don’t own a lot of ties. Although I did have jobs in the past were I was required to wear them. Then I stopped and examined the photo. The flowery monstrosity was from back at

DINING OUT FOR STEVE

2011-06-27T08:12:00.000-06:00

Ever have a weekend where you dine out for every meal? From Italian themed buffets to Texas themed steak houses this weekend was about the food. As much as I try to avoid chain restaurants that was this weekend’s theme. Especially Friday when we dined at a massive buffet designed with a Tuscany meets Vegas feel. The perfect place to go when you spent your Mom’s money on the prom limo and don’t

SUMMER time

2011-06-24T07:41:00.004-06:00

I love the last weekend in June. Summer has arrived, it stays daylight until 9:30PM and I can walk the dog in just a wife-beater and gym shorts and enjoy the summer breeze. The jasmine in my mind. It has been blown. Last night I met up with friends and sat in front of the local gay coffee-house until it closed. Sitting out on the patio I watched the night slowly overtake the trees in the park

THE MEN OF TWITTER

2011-06-21T10:18:00.000-06:00

Every Monday the blogger over at BosGuy, a great Boston centric gay blog site posts his choice of THE MEN OF TWITTER. It’s a list of guys that catches the eye of this sports loving Bostonite. For some crazy reason I was picked to join the list of amazingly hot and charming guys. Please check out Bosguy at BosBuy.Blogspot.com and follow him on Twitter at @BosGuyand #MenOfTwitter Maybe you could

Pride

2011-06-20T09:20:00.000-06:00

I am only eighth questions away from finishing the sixty-four question blog challenge. I’m as shocked as you are. Question number fifty-seven is “Tell us about your best friend”. This question has come up perfectly after a weekend of spending amazing quality time with friends. A beautiful weekend enjoying the friendships around me. Yesterday was the second day of Denver’s gay pride festival;

CHILLAX, IT’S FRIDAY

2011-06-17T08:53:00.000-06:00

I think I’m mellowing with age. Situations that would drive me over the edge not that long ago now barely make a blip on the radar. One of the good things about living in a small fictional town is that the gas station on main street doesn’t feel the need to climb up to the sign out by the street and change their gas prices. This means that I can fill up my sleek sports sedan for around 25 to 30

THEORY THURSDAY

2011-06-16T09:13:00.001-06:00

I have had one continuous text message conversation since December. A never-ending conversation with Patrick from Pac’s Pad. Sure it pauses for awhile while jobs, relationships, and sleep gets in the way, when our hands don’t have steering wheels or chicken wings in them the conversation continues. The latest turn has been about people liking you. The need to be liked to be more specific. I can

WEDNESDAY TO WEEKEND

2011-06-15T08:04:00.000-06:00

This weekend will be Pride in my fair city. The time of year when my BFF, Dalton asks “Isn’t pride one of those deadly sins?” I guess that’s a rhetorical question because he asks me while I’m putting on my Daisy Dukes and multi-colored ring necklace. Okay, I don’t own Daisy Dukes or the ubiquitous ‘90s gay pride accessory. I do however, like the pride parade and party afterwards. This year I’m

'TIL TUESDAY

2011-06-14T07:46:00.001-06:00

Every New Yorker coming to town says the same thing. “Take me to a Mexican restaurant!” Corvette, my first boyfriend (yes, that’s his name) said that with the enthusiasm of a kid walking into Disney land with the goal of meeting Mickey. We met at La Loma in the Highland; he sauntered in swinging a Louis Vuitton overnight bag and wearing combat boots. He hadn’t changed one bit. We then spent

MAN ACHE MONDAY

2011-06-13T08:57:00.000-06:00

Today is back to the grind in the Excel spreadsheet mines. This was the weekend for meeting great guys, Robert, Jim, an entire gay bike club, an elephant… Today I get to go to lunch with my high school boyfriend. I’ve written about him before, how we dated our senior year of high school. Completely clad in Z. Cavaricci or shredded Levis we shared a locker, hair gel, and a love for Siouxsie and