06.23.22 Editor’s Desk
The late Stan Lee – forever my hero – didn’t co-create Spider-Man until the age of 40. It’s something I think about a lot as I age. The character was first introduced in 1962’s “Amazing Fantasy” #15,...
View Article07.21.22 Editor’s Desk
Sometimes you can feel very small in the world. Recently, NASA released the first images from its James Webb Space Telescope, the largest optical telescope in space and a piece of equipment capable of...
View Article07.21.22 Editor’s Desk
For all its flaws, I love the internet. Social media and other sites keep us connected with each other and, if you know where to look, can provide us with a constant source of levity and light. That’s...
View Article08.18.22 Editor’s Desk
Recently, “Spider-Man: No Way Home” actor Tom Holland announced he is taking a break from social media, saying in a video posted to his 67.8 million followers on Instagram that Instagram and Twitter...
View Article08.18.22 Editor’s Desk
It’s well known that I’m a Disney apologist. Most folks in my life understand there isn’t much the Walt Disney Company can do to make me question my loyalty to their brand. That’s not to say that I...
View Article09.15.22 Editor’s Desk
As I have said many times in this space over the last several years, I love award shows. I love ALL award shows; from the big ones presented on a world stage, like the Oscars and the Grammys, down to...
View Article09.15.22 Editor’s Desk
There are so many things I love about working at Watermark, first and foremost connecting with our community. Our stories are valid, they matter and a free and independent LGBTQ press ensures they’re...
View Article10.13.22 Editor’s Desk
Like a lot of elder millennials, a term the internet popularized last year, I joined Facebook in college. It wasn’t long after its 2004 launch, when only students could. It felt exclusive and easy to...
View Article10.13.22 Editor’s Desk
Is it Halloween already? It blows my mind that we are nearly through 2022. I still haven’t moved passed the fact that New Year’s 2020 sounds too futuristic to have already happened and here we are...
View Article11.09.22 Editor’s Desk
It’s the most wonderful time of the year! Depending on who you ask, of course. October is officially behind us, taking its plethora of Pride and Halloween events with it, and the Thanksgiving table is...
View Article11.09.22 Editor’s Desk
“We can’t convert anyone to gay. If that were the case, we’d be doing missions too,” said drag star Eureka O’Hara in the recently released trailer for the third season of “We’re Here.” The HBO reality...
View Article12.08.22 Editor’s Desk
I have a problem remembering things. If I don’t write something down, it is likely it will be forgotten with two weeks. That is because Watermark publishes every other Thursday so my brain works on a...
View Article12.08.22 Editor’s Desk
I rarely share my personal thoughts about Pulse in this space. Not because I don’t feel like they’re valid, but out of respect for Watermark’s proximity to the tragedy. While we proudly serve the...
View Article01.19.23 Editor’s Desk
Being sick sucks. We have all had those days when we wake up feeling like someone hit us with a tractor trailer in the middle of the night, when all we want to do is pull the covers up to your chin all...
View Article01.19.23 Editor’s Desk
We operate in two-week cycles here at Watermark. It’s a professional reality that can’t help but impact how we view our personal lives, at least in my own experience. I find myself measuring the year...
View Article02.16.23 Editor’s Desk
I am single and I have no children and no pets of my own. I have family and friends who have them and that is great. I enjoy when my brother has to head out of town for a few days and I get to spend...
View Article02.16.23 Editor’s Desk
Strong female figures have always resonated with me. I know that may not be a unique or surprising statement for a gay man to make, but it’s no less true. I’ve been drawn to them my entire life,...
View Article03.16.23 Editor’s Desk
My mother recently flew down from Ohio for a long weekend, the perfect reminder that we live where so many people come to play. She’s a beach bum at heart, so it was a lovely and long overdue visit....
View Article03.16.23 Editor’s Desk
Hollywood’s 2022 award season has officially come to a close with the 95th Academy Awards taking place March 12. I still remember my first Oscars in 1990. It was the first year Billy Crystal hosted and...
View Article04.13.23 Editor’s Desk
Like a lot of folks, I have a healthy disdain for corporate America. I worked in it for years, most recently writing correspondence for a Fortune 500, and while it […] The post 04.13.23 Editor’s Desk...
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