Tag: culture
member name: Rick Bettencourt
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April 30, 2006 09:25 AM EDT --
The first time I realized being gay was socially unacceptable was in the 4th grade. Jimmy K. moved into town and mid-year wound up in Miss Boyle's class with me. At 9 years old, I was mesmerized by . . .
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April 02, 2006 10:58 AM EDT --
Okay Bandit Talkers, I want to draw your attention to a controversial issue. I just read a blog posting entitled, Blogging Roanoke: Why I won't see Brokeback Mountain. Basically this evangelical, Tim . . .
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October 17, 2006 01:45 PM EDT --
The 300 millionth American enters into existence today. Perhaps reaching this milestone already occurred with an illegal immigrant crossing over the border months ago. Either way a large number of us bipeds . . .
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April 19, 2006 06:53 PM EDT --
Alright, you're probably not going to like this article. I know most of you that read Bandit Talks are screaming liberals and while I smack of a conservative (more moderate) I too tend to have liberal . . .
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September 03, 2006 03:45 PM EDT --
I recently had this published in Boston's gay paper, Bay Windows.
Gay Marriage Goes Gay Divorce
Rick Bettencourt © 2006
I recently learned that in terms of length, my marriage ranked somewhere . . .
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September 08, 2006 09:29 PM EDT --
Don't you just love back to school time? "Get those rug rats off the streets and behind books!" That's my motto. It's good for them...better than playing computer games all day. . . .
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March 28, 2006 01:03 PM EST --
(Photo Courtesy of Dotty Parker)
Just a side note before we get started:
Best Gay Blogs featured me yesterday. I saw my hit counter go through the roof. Interesting how one little TrackBack increases . . .
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June 25, 2006 09:56 AM EDT --
Baby I try to love again but I know...
The first cut is the deepest,
Baby I know.
The first cut is the deepest.
Try to love again.
I woke up singing this Sheryl Crow song in my head this morning. . . .
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April 09, 2006 12:24 PM EDT --
Apparently there is some controversy about Mandisa's demise being attributed to some unfriendly gay comments. In a post-American Idol interview with The Advocate she was quoted as saying:
Would . . .
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June 16, 2006 07:04 AM EDT --
The end of this chapter is soon approaching. In a couple of weeks I'll be moving out of this house, the one I've been living in for nearly six years. I see change as a good thing. It's exciting. . . .
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April 16, 2006 11:19 AM EDT --
Today is Easter. So Happy Easter to all you Christians and for those of you into the secularization of it, don't get too many cavities gnawing on your solid chocolate bunnies.
I was never big . . .
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January 17, 2006 07:38 AM EST --
Denying gay marriage does more harm than what gay marriage opponents say there would be in providing it. By legalizing gay marriage, will it break straight marriage? Will it abandon children? The answer . . .
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May 22, 2006 07:02 AM EDT --
I had the best night's sleep last night. Ever have one of those nights where all your dreams just seem to make sense, at the time anyway, and you wake up refreshed and invigorated?
I dreamt I . . .
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September 10, 2008 06:41 AM EDT --
Yesterday I spent the afternoon at the Peabody Essex Museum of Salem. Since they renovated the museum a few years ago - sinking millions and millions into it - it's revolutionized the city of Salem. . . .
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February 18, 2006 11:37 AM EST --
Well, my detoxification from petrolatum has failed! The delirium tremors were too much. (Besides Wal-Mart had it on sale for eighty-nine cents. I couldn't refuse.) So my lips are happily lubricated. . . .
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November 03, 2006 01:09 PM EST --
Massachusetts has a hot Governor's race going on: Kerry Healey (republican and a woman) vs. Deval Patrick (democrat and black). Either way we'll wind up with a minority in office (the other fledgling . . .
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February 16, 2006 06:17 PM EST --
Well, today is my Friday. I'm off tomorrow and soooo looking forward to it. I'll have a nice 4-day weekend because Monday's a holiday. I don't have any major plans other than maybe going . . .
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July 29, 2006 08:58 AM EDT --
Lately, I've noticed that a lot of people have been coming to BanditTalks for information on Daniel Kucan. Why? To find out if he is gay.
Recall, Daniel Kucan is one of the designers on the ABC . . .
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May 12, 2006 09:36 PM EDT --
Rick Bettencourt's Articles
On Being Gay
My First Homosexual Confession: A Jewish Mariposa Yet
The Problem with Liberals From a Gay Man's Perspective
Gay Only Need Apply
Gay Dating Range . . .
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May 18, 2006 12:44 PM EDT --
Rick Bettencourt's Articles
On Being Gay
My First Homosexual Confession: A Jewish Mariposa Yet
The Problem with Liberals From a Gay Man's Perspective
Gay Only Need Apply
Gay Dating Range . . .
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