They say that when it rains, it pours. Well with El Nino visiting Southern California this year, that statement has never been more true. Yeah the rain makes things complicated (no one in Southern California can drive in it) but one thing you can't deny is that the rains wash away all the dirt and grime. It got me to thinking... don't we all need to wash away the past and start with a clean slate?

Relationship Almanac

San Diego has always had a “small town feel” to it, and within the LGBT community it is even smaller.

Everyone seems to know everyone and news & gossip travels and spreads across the community at lightning speed. With online social networking being an integral part of most of our lives now, this information travels even faster. We are all connected even closer than we were “pre-Facebook” and with just the click of a mouse, we are learning the details of our acquaintances' most miniscule of daily life events.

In exactly two months and two days, I will reach a milestone in my life. While this milestone is simply numeric, and really has much less significance than so many other things that have or will happen in my life, turning 30 feels like a pretty big deal.

With this “event” fast-approaching, where I have been, where I am going, and where am I now in my life has been on the forefront of my mind. Over the next two months, I will occasionally share some of my thoughts and experiences as I approach the big THREE-O.

I found myself sick with a cold this past weekend. Being that it is cold and flu season and the weather has been fairly schizophrenic lately, this normally would not concern me. But it is the second time I have had a cold this year, and we’re only two months into the new year.

After receiving a fairly clean a bill of health from my doctor, with no underlying health issues, the diagnosis was stress. Not necessarily all the bad kind of stress, but a variety of things, including forgetting about my own self-care.