Tag: life
member name: Rick Bettencourt
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March 11, 2006 09:25 AM EST --
We here in Boston are weird. Not only do we drop our r's a lot when we talk, we have some unique phrases. Take a read at these...
Packie. The package or liquor store. "The packie is a . . .
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April 17, 2006 06:43 AM EDT --
In case you haven't noticed, today is Monday. How did it get here so fast? It seems like just the other day it was Friday. Wait a minute...that was just the other day.
Why do weekends seem so . . .
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June 05, 2006 06:53 AM EDT --
I've learnt that you have to let things unfurl and avoid the temptation to push, pull and prod everything along, trying to strike a homerun.
I say this in response to my "date" with Torch . . .
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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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February 15, 2007 12:51 AM EST --
After spending Valentine's day alone, I guess this piece is apropos. In a rather melancholy mood, I scratched this out other day. Let me know what you think.
Didn't know I could love like this; . . .
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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 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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April 17, 2006 07:44 PM EDT --
An excerpt from my Blog Bandit Talks. Thought you'd find this interesting. My dog took over my Blog for the day. Read and weep...
Hi...Bandit here!
My Dad had a little too . . .
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May 24, 2006 12:31 PM EDT --
This list reads more like a New Year's resolution. Seeing that I never really made any resolutions this year (at least I don't remember and if I did, I didn't follow them anyhow), I figured . . .
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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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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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November 27, 2006 07:10 AM EST --
Thanksgiving weekend is over...back to work. Back to four full weeks of working before I get another vacation day: I have the week of Christmas off and then the following week I work two days then am going . . .
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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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May 12, 2006 09:09 PM EDT --
From the Bandit Talks Blog....
My Humble Abode
Guess who's back? It's me! Bandit! Daddy got drunk again last night so I'm taking over his Blog. Damn, he drinks a lot. He went out . . .
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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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February 09, 2006 06:52 AM EST --
I feel ugly. I feel fat. I've gained about 5 pounds since last fall. And I haven't really been working out. I haven't been eating all that bad; I'm good with the food part it's just . . .
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March 01, 2006 01:00 PM EST --
I talked to my niece Jane the other day. (She's in her 30s so it's not like we're talking about a little kid here. My sister is 13 years older than I am.) We don't see each other a whole . . .
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March 13, 2006 12:30 PM EST --
The following is a true account, please read with caution:
I was accosted yesterday at Wal-Mart. I was out of razor blades and low on deodorant and some other things and since I was driving past a . . .
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February 22, 2006 12:57 PM EST --
Monday night, after having refocused with a long weekend plus an added vacation day, I felt like I was ready to take on the world. Come Tuesday, I was all set to get back into the "swing" of . . .
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January 28, 2006 10:24 AM EST --
It's the weekend! Yeah! Life is all about doing nothing time ain't it?
Slept in this morning, got up at 7:15. I know to many of you that is still early but hey I normally see 5 or 5:30. Been . . .
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