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The Boy Scouts of America taught me valuable life lessons, like how to light things on fire and swear. I also learned how to tie knots, and by "knots" I mean exactly one knot and I only remember how to tie it around my waist. (Something about how the rope is a rabbit that comes ...
I had this up on my old blog (before I switched everything to Wordpress) but some of the posts didn't make the transition. I found this one and thought I'd put it up again. (more…)
Decorations hung with care and tiny lights blinked in the heated corridors of the mall as the crowd bustled like a chaotic stampede, noisy and out of rhythm with the Christmas music overhead. Red and green paper bags crinkled as they swung like pendulums in the hands of shoppers. I had just taken a picture ...
I have compiled a list of facts that I just made up. Be sure to tell everyone you know about it. Bee stings were used by pilgrims as an aphrodisiac. Lady Gaga is the daughter of Marilyn Manson and Kylie Mnogue. An octopus is technically a sea-arachnid. The scientific name of an ostrich is a “feathery willow bird.” Jenna Jameson ...
Because I’m such a nice guy, I thought I’d throw together a list of words and phrases commonly used in Utah. If you're planning a trip here you will be prepared. My extended family in Utah uses these words and phrases and that’s where I learned them. Done a- Made a: “The Relief Society done a ...
My first name begins with a J (John) but I have always gone by Seth. I'm a writer and blogger who lives in the Avenues in Salt Lake City. I like ideas, reading, writing, and interesting people. My husband, Michael Ferguson, and I are proud to be the first same-sex couple married in Utah.
Ester Newton explores the drag queen subculture within the gay community in her fascinating book Mother Camp: Female Impersonators in America. She researched this book ...
As many may know, my husband and I started a tea company in Salt Lake City in 2012 that we call The Queens' Tea. We ...
I wrote this as an exercise for my History of Sexuality class last semester. We viewed posters from World War I and made arguments about ...