Sordid Blog

The third thing I’ve learned on my trip to MSU/East Lansing is this: I’m too old to hang out with graduate students! Oy vey! These folks stay up until 1:00 or 2:00 or, heaven forbid, 3:00 a.m. and then pop up in the morning to go do things like teach or present papers at conferences.  [...]

Here’s the second thing I’ve learned/remembered in East Lansing: I miss having gay friends. Facebook is wonderful for what it is, and I adore my friends and colleagues to pieces, but I sooo miss having gay friends to hang out with, to chat with, to camp with, to laugh and have fun with.
When I was [...]

Last night (Saturday) was supposed to be a Dudes Night Out, and it kinda was, though Faheem bailed on us and timing was against us.  Regardless, Jeff, Dan, and I had a few beers, some dinner @ East Coast, and then caught the 10:25 showing of Zombieland.  OMG … loved the movie!  Probably has the [...]

Just saw in The Daily Reflector that Duchess of York Sarah Furguson is coming to G’vegas in May … OMG … now, how do I get myself into the “Power of the Purse” luncheon on May 5 so that I can see Sarah.  We have got a LOT to talk about!  I have a few [...]

I’ve kinda been waiting for this weekend for weeks … pretty much ever since I left Atlanta and Julia … so tomorrow morning, bright and early, I’m taking off to Dillsboro, NC, for a weekend in the mountain to write with my favorite Writing Project people. Write, write, write! I can’t wait.
And then, when everyone [...]

I never cease to be moderately intrigued by the people I run into at Panera.  This morning, while I’m sitting here reading, a chubby gray-haired man with a Free Will Baptist polo-styled shirt is sitting near me … talking to himself.  A LOT …
He brought his own Ziploc bag of Cheerios to snack on, one [...]

Someone is going to have to explain to me how I can be at the City Bistro for two hours of shag lessons + dance time, I never hear a single song I’d call “beach music” (and no, that is NOT anything by the Beach Boys or any song that would be featured in a [...]

Let’s face it: it would never, in a million years, have occurred to me and Michelle and Shane that this past Saturday was the start to Ramadan when we decided that the best way to welcome the new academic year in was to have a pig-pickin’ as the department welcome back party.  In hindsight, that [...]

Left this morning for Georgia as part of a round-the-southeast trip involving my nephew’s graduation from high school.  While I couldn’t see everyone this trip (I’ll be back for a week in August, so more friends then!), I did get to put together a fun little grouping for a quick dinner-and-drinks at Joe’s on Juniper [...]

It’s hard to believe that a year has come and gone so quickly.  Can it really be that just this time last year, I was boarding a flight with 20 of the coolest college students ever and heading to London? ::Sigh::  But now, just 12 days away, I’ll be doing the same thing again. This [...]