My dad.
Ray Triggs, my father, was sexy guy in a fish camp, Jack Daniels kind of way. Even at seventy-five years old, crippled by several...


Cruise Tips - Home Away from Home
I am on the final day of a Panama Canal cruise on DCL. It has been wonderful, but a small case of homesickness has set in. There are...
Interview with Lily Tomlin
When I was a kid, we lived in a house that also housed my father's aluminum siding company. I was a lisping, fat, artistic, gay kid and...
An interview with Bea Arthur.
When I was a kid, I had this twisted little fantasy that the characters on television were my friends. I would talk to them and tell them...


5 Things to Take on Your Next Cruise
After over 150 cruises, I know how to prepare for sea voyage. 5 simple things to consider: Body! Get ready for your trip and the...
National Endowment for the NBA
High school brings back scary memories, doesn’t it? It is hard to be a young gay man or woman navigating through the waters of public...
Drama Queen Bells and Whistles
As both long term readers of this column know, I am genetically predisposed to addiction. Certainly I cannot be blamed for the Capri...
What is art?
What are the arts? What is media? Ask ten people those questions and you will get ten very different answers; but that almost seems...



















