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Who am I, really?

Well, actually I am basically who I said I was if you've already read the "Work" page. I am a 47 year old broadcast engineer - and I'm also a 47 year old gay man - but I look, feel and act quite a bit younger and cuter - not that 47 is old (although ask me on a Sunday morning after a long Saturday night and I might have a different opinion on that one...) The fact that I don't continually self-indentify as a "gay engineer" or a "gay broadcaster" or a "gay motorcyclist" or a "gay sailor" or a "gay weightlifter" (um, ok, that one's been done) bothers some people. I sometimes get accused of trying to "pass" or of still being in the closet because I refuse to be "in your face" about the fact that I am gay.

I will say this right here and right now. I do not "pass" I don't hide, I don't lie. I am a man who has a career and friends and a life of my own and I am all that with lovely brown hair and sparkling blue eyes and a waistline that's bigger than it should be and while dating men. So what? I am bothered by the "gayer than thou" movement that grips this community sometimes, and I simply will not subsrcibe to it. You will never find me entering a room and greeting people by shaking their hands and saying "Hi, I'm Ed, I'm gay and I'm glad to meet you" or "I'm a member of HRCF and GLAAD, what are you doing to help my oppressed gay, lesbian, transgendered and bisexual bretheren constantly being bashed and put upon by people just like YOU??!"

Being gay is part of me, it's not all of me.

Oh, and if you're curious, you won't find a list of "stats" about me here either. If you can't figure out what I'm like from what I write, sorry. I'm not trying to be smug or aloof, it's just that if you're going to judge me by my height, weight and the size of my chest and various, um, apendages, I'd just rather not be your friend. I hope you can respect that. Take the time to actually meet me and get to know me - you might actually find that you like what you've found.

My community-

I live in Portland, Oregon. My new adopted home town, having moved here from New Hampshire in 1994. Before New Hampshire, I lived in Maine (where I was born), in Massachussetts and Maryland.

Portland's a great town. Just big enough, just small enough. And it really does rain here all the time - well, in the winter anyway. My mold garden grew very nicely last winter, thanks. I look at it this way though - you don't have to shovel rain out of your driveway! The summer's here can't be beat though. We are a city of bridges straddling two rivers. We also host the second largest floral parade in the country every spring as the Rose Festival Grand Floral Parade shows off all the green thumbs in the area. Feels like home to me!

Before you start thinking that I'm just another crunchy gay activist Northwesterner happy wearing Birkenstocks while chained to an old growth cedar tree with a latte in my hand, let me set you straight - so to speak. I love my community and the people in it, and I try to help out where I can. But I eat meat and I drive my Jeep to the office by myself many mornings a week and while I support respect and diversity and equal rights for all people, I am, beyond that, notoriously non-PC. Like, for instance:

• I support a well managed timber industry - but I abhore clearcutting as much as anyone else.
• I'm in favor of the death penalty in many cases - but I find that it gets sought a little too often.
• Even though I personally think abortion is the wrong way to solve a preventable situation, I fully and completely support a woman's right to chose abortion if she needs to, and I fight for that right - the government belongs inside a womans body about as much as it belongs in my bedroom.
• I find that most people who wear "The Red Ribbon" are hypocrits who are happy to give money to AIDS service agencies to make themselves feel better, but would get violently ill if they found themselves in the same room with a person with HIV or AIDS.
• And to top it all off, I think nuclear power could have worked out wonderfully if the greed and corruption and bullshit hadn't driven it to a major breach of safety and ethics - that's what happens when you stop letting the engineers run things.

Oh, the part about the lattes was accurate, but I'd prefer a triple grande extra hot mocha at Starbucks®

Some links

Here's a few of my personal favorite links - some are gay related, some are just fun. All of them say something about who I am and what I like. Have a great day!

The Advocate INTERNET    FOX News   EarthCam   The Dilbert Zone   Hubble Telescope   Slashdot

PlanetOut: Land On It.   "M&M's"® Studios   Jeep   KILL THAT SICK PURPLE DINOSAUR!!   Sluggy Freelance

In The Life TV   Maine Lobster Direct   Discovery Channel Online   Snoopy's Doghouse

Massachusetts Roadkill Index   Rearrange the Fridge Magnets (pretty cool, actually)    Cascades Volcanoes