stallioncornell

Afterabout fifteen minutes on a Los Angeles freeway, I'm about ready to pound a paperweight into the side of my skull. I grew up in this stinking city, for the love of Imelda Marcos. Every time I come back, I expect to be awash in nostalgia, reflecting on the renewed promise of the City of ... Read more

Myblogging may be a bit more inconsistent over the next few days, as we’re traveling as a family. The young’uns have no school next Monday and Tuesday, so we’re yanking ‘em out early to get in a mini-vacation. If you haven’t spent twelve hours in a car with five young children, then you haven’t lived! ... Read more

All right, wusses. Nothing sissified today. Behold! Today is a celebration of all things MANLY. And I am a MANLY MAN. How manly? Let me count the ways. (Although this is, by no means, a comprehensive list.) I WENT BUNGEE JUMPING ONCE. Actually, I jumped three times in succession, and the third time was the ... Read more

Sonobody wants to read a blog post about the intricacies of Utah voucher legislation. Fine. Instead, here is a blog post with a vampire in it. He is not a mega gay vampire like the kind that live in Forks, Washington and make moony eyes at teenage girls when they should be sucking their blood. ... Read more

SoI’m driving my daughters to school, and my eight-year-old notices our next-door neighbor’s lawn sign urging a “no” vote on the upcoming voucher initiative. (It’s a bit silly for our neighbors to put up lawn signs, because we live on a cul-de-sac. But I digress.) My daughter then announces she’s opposed to vouchers, too. So ... Read more

Youmight say my mother has a thing for classical music. All the time growing up, she taught private flute lessons out of our home. All her kids are gone now, but she still teaches. In fact, she has more students now than she’s ever had. Of both my parents, neither of whom is retired despite ... Read more

AreMormons Christians? With Mitt Romney’s presidential candidacy gaining steam, that’s a question that more and more people are asking. To many members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the question seems absurd on its face. Look at the name of the church, for crying out loud! Read the Book of Mormon, which ... Read more

Forthe past two years, I’ve been part of a non-profit company called Real Victory, which provides training in a cognitive behavioral model to probationers and parolees in the hopes of getting them to change their ways. I teach a series of six hour-and-a-half-long lessons over the course of six weeks that help people identify the ... Read more

An anonymous “Super Gay” commentator on yesterday’s entry insists you have to be “Mega Gay” to watch the movie Beaches all the way through. He’s only seen the first fifteen minutes, apparently. He’s “Super Gay,” but not “Mega Gay.” He is also wrong. I have, in fact, seen Beaches, and I remain decidedly heterosexual. ... Read more

I’ma slob. That’s why I’m not gay. Seinfeld taught us that all gay people are thin, single, and neat. I used to be two out of three, but my piles of wrinkled clothing and the fast food wrappers stored in my car kept me from going over the edge. Of course, now I’m married and ... Read more