Tag: writing
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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May 13, 2006 01:43 PM EDT --
Yesterday was a sh*tty day...quite literally. On top of all of Bandit's problems, he's not adjusted well to his diet. I had to change him over to canned food so that it's easier for him to . . .
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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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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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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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September 10, 2008 06:36 AM EDT --
This weekend I was at a cookout down along the South Shore. The South Shore is very different from the North: We have contrasting malls, culture and floral. However, somethings remain the same. . . .
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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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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 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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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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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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