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Flying The Curmudgeonly Skies
By Kristoffer Gair |
Do you remember the good ol’ days of flying on an airplane? You know, where your flight attendants were out of a rated R Samuel Jackson film? They’d look at you, tell you to sit your (expletive) down in the (expletive) seat, sit still and (expletive) like it. Then, when they came by later at […]
Read More My History With the Music of Gordon Lightfoot
By Kristoffer Gair |
There used to be a radio station in Detroit called WJOI back in the day when I was in grade school. My father would turn the stereo on to that station when he’d be working at home at night, and I was doing homework. I remember making fun of it, often calling it WDEAD for […]
Read More What’s Us And Not Us In Writing
By Kristoffer Gair |
I’ve had editors and a couple of pre-publication reviewers ask recently how much of my upcoming novel represents me or me and my husband. It’s a popular question, and I think some of it stems from when I had almost a thousand blog posts written about my life in general—not that I’m quite that hugely […]
Read More You Can Go Home Again
By Kristoffer Gair |
I recently finished watching Star Trek: Picard Season 3 and went back to rewatch Season 1. I remember when the first season came out, and my curiosity about what the overall story might be. Patrick Stewart didn’t necessarily want to revisit The Next Generation, and I understood that. The show had run its course and, […]
Read More Terri Nunn and Taylor Dayne Didn’t Betray Us
By Kristoffer Gair |
I sometimes forget I’m not a 15-year-old-boy, mostly when I’m listening to music from the years when I was that age. Or, perhaps, I feel like I’m that age even when I’m listening to an artist from those years who’s continued to release new music. Their voice always takes me back. Fondly. And I have […]
Read More Welcome To Luxury Hospital! (Tales From A Frontline Worker)
By Kristoffer Gair |
Might you be one of those folks who walks into a McDonald’s, expects to order a succulent lobster sandwich and glass of vintage wine to wash it down with? I’m hoping you mumbled “Uh, no.” Why? Because you know what you go to a restaurant like that for. And might you be the kind of […]
Read More I Was A Bad Gay Man Secret Santa Participant!
By Kristoffer Gair |
I enjoy buying gifts for family and friends, and even co-workers. We had a much, much smaller group of folks in our office last year and the year before. I’d only been working at the hospital for a couple of months when my first Christmas there rolled around. Did I know folks well enough to […]
Read More My 2020 Christmas Message, Such As It Is
By Kristoffer Gair |
Dear You Who’s Reading This, Boy, we didn’t see this year coming, did we? I’m not entirely sure, if I’m honest with you, how to sum 2020 up. Perhaps the kindest thing we can say about it is that it’s almost over. I mean, we still have each other, right? Well, that’s not entirely true […]
Read More Raised By The Great British Mandalorian Discovery
By Kristoffer Gair |
I’m not a huge fan of television these days. Oh, I used to be! I had my daily shows and life just wasn’t the same if I missed one. These days? Meh. Enter a pandemic and suddenly finding time to watch shows with Ralph became something enjoyable for us both because of so much negative […]
Read More A Genuinely Heartfelt Christmas Comedy, My Way!
By Kristoffer Gair |
It may surprise some of you to discover I used to write comedy. Now, I know what you’re saying…”Surely not! Not after making us cry and scream with the last three books you wrote!” But, it’s true. And I’ll eventually get around to writing comedy again. It’s a genre I’m quite fond of, and I […]
Read More Connections To The Curse Of Loss
By Kristoffer Gair |
One thing the holiday season isn’t short of is memories. My brain does this funny little thing of leaping and bounding from one topic to the next, all while somehow making connections that probably shouldn’t be there. I was thinking recently of some of the people no longer here who I greatly miss in this […]
Read More The Little Unholy Terror Known As…Snowflake
By Kristoffer Gair |
I grew up with dogs. My first one was a Siberian Husky named Tashka. She had two blue eyes, was incredibly loving, and had a very playful personality, perfect for little 5-year-old me. Our second dog was another Siberian Husky, this one named Kira. Unlike Taskha, Kira was hell on four paws, prompting us to […]
Read More The Steam Of Self-Esteem During The Holiday
By Kristoffer Gair |
The Christmas season has always been a favorite of mine. Why? That’s an easy one. The decorations, the colors, the effort people go to raise spirits and be a little happier, a little more joyful. At least, that’s how I remember it or choose to remember it, and I admit those memories come from a […]
Read More Christmas In My Family From Then Until Now
By Kristoffer Gair |
My parents weren’t rich. We were comfortable, and we did a lot with…well, not a whole lot. My parents did what kids think parents are supposed to do without realizing we set expectations; they made holidays a little extra special. I was an only child, so I didn’t have to contend with splitting a holiday […]
Read More Why We Still Need Someone Like Deb Price and Her Voice
By Kristoffer Gair |
I was 22-years old, a twink gayling, back in 1992 when Deb Price started writing her column in The Detroit News. Young gay men and women who think it’s tough to be ourselves today don’t know what it was like back then, just as we back then didn’t know how tough it was on the […]
Read More Something Old Becomes Something New For The Holidays
By Kristoffer Gair |
One of the reasons Ralph and I began a friendship that turned into 25 years–soon to be 26 in February next year–is due to the music of Roxette. We loved their music, and bonded over their first album that hadn’t been released in the US, and all the new singles and albums that came after. […]
Read More Remembering The Good
By Kristoffer Gair |
We’re getting closer to the close of 2020, and not a moment too soon. We survived an election, another year under an unfriendly administration (depending on your politics), the passing of friends and family…okay, and a couple of celebrities, and we’re still in the midst of a pandemic. The shit starts to blur together after […]
Read More The Signal And The Noise
By Kristoffer Gair |
November 9th marked the 5th year of my father’s passing. I don’t know if it’s a blessing things have been so absolutely ridiculous at the hospital that I glossed over it until today, or if I feel guilty about it. Regardless, I didn’t want it to go unmarked. It would perhaps have been impossible to […]
Read More The Inspiration of Tangerine Dream
By Kristoffer Gair |
Hindsight can be entertaining, can’t it? I am a product of being a teen during the 1980s, but an oddity, too. I wrote my first puppet play in 1st Grade, and I continued to dabble in writing from then on. It wasn’t until the eighties I started feeling inspired by music, and actually listened to […]
Read More A Friend To The Community? I Think Not.
By Kristoffer Gair |
I didn’t vote for Donald Trump when he ran four years ago. I didn’t vote for him this time either, but very different reasons. I worried four years ago about what he might do. He had great sound bytes. “Drain the swamp” won’t go away anytime soon. Did he mean it? No, and even he […]
Read More The Day I Was Called A Racist: A Front Line Healthcare Worker Perspective
By Kristoffer Gair |
My childhood was rooted in the 1970s, though my teen years, taste in music, and horror movies clearly took place and developed in the 1980s. I can’t say I grew up in a particularly diverse population in our small city. I remember a single African American student in my graduating class, and one Asian. Not […]
Read More A Physical Manifestation Of Pain
By Kristoffer Gair |
Is it me, or do things hurt worse and cut much deeper as an adult than they did when we were children? I wonder if it has to do with our years of experience. The longer we’re alive, the more change messes with us, and we therefore feel losses so much more than if we […]
Read More Three Off The Beaten Path Halloween Film Favorites From Yours Truly
By Kristoffer Gair |
In celebration of today being Halloween, I thought I’d share a couple of horror films that left an impression on me over the years. They’re admittedly from a different time, a time before CGI. You remember that, don’t you? When things looked much more real, and even when they were fake, looked more real than […]
Read More Don’t Put Me At Risk: A Front Line Healthcare Worker Perspective
By Kristoffer Gair |
A friend and co-worker approached someone a couple weeks ago who walked in the entrance of the hospital. It was early, probably before 5:30a.m., and this particular individual wasn’t wearing a mask. My co-worker walked up and politely told this person, as we are required to do, “Excuse me, but you need to wear a […]
Read More It’s Seriously Been Over A Year Since I Wrote A Blog Post
By Kristoffer Gair |
I had the opportunity today to load some of the blog posts I was able to recover from my former site. I lost more than I care to admit. Many, many more. But, the ones I recovered will be posted over the coming weeks. I added several today, then realized I haven’t written a new […]
Read More A Year Since Mom’s Passing
By Kristoffer Gair |
I knew a guy whose mother passed away when we were still in high school. We were never friends per se, but we’d gone to grade school together and knew of each other. I remember thinking how awful for him, and I couldn’t fathom losing either of my parents at that age. People do, though, […]
Read More The Crossroads Of Mortality
By Kristoffer Gair |
I stopped by Mom’s house today to start the vehicle, check for mail, and make sure all is as it should be. I also called and talked to a friend while I was there. We’ve been friends 30 years now and while he’s been the epitome of health as long as I’ve known him, he […]
Read More Dear Vice President Pence
By Kristoffer Gair |
Faith- strong belief in God or in the doctrines of a religion, based on spiritual apprehension rather than proof. Dear Vice President Pence, “…to see major news organizations attacking Christian education is deeply offensive to us.” “We’ll let the other critics roll off our back, but this criticism of Christian education in America should stop.” […]
Read More Dear Marianne
By Kristoffer Gair |
Let’s just get this right out of the way. If you were still here, Ralph and I would have shipped you Mom’s dog after she passed and told you all the best parts about him and his little personality. You’d have thought you were receiving a little blessing from Heaven made of gold. And then […]
Read More A Peaceful Ending
By Kristoffer Gair |
I work in a hospital and I’ve had a number of friends and family pass in the last six years, so I think it’s natural my thoughts tend to drift towards endings more often than not. Have you ever thought for more than a few fleeting moments about how you’ll pass? I realized driving home […]
Read More A Dog’s Mourning
By Kristoffer Gair |
I’ve recently been told that the body doesn’t differentiate between physical and mental stress. Stress is just stress. And, over time, it can change the mind’s chemistry depending on how much stress you’re dealing with on a consistent basis. I imagine it’s the same for animals. The dog we inherited from Mom, Cuckoo—no, we didn’t […]
Read More Merry Christmas And A Look Back At 2018
By Kristoffer Gair |
It’s no secret this year and I haven’t been on good terms. I’ll not be missing it when it turns to 2019. Honestly, I don’t remember daring 2018 to be worse than 2017, yet it went there anyway. Unpredictably. All on its own. Sort of like watching our President on any given week. Oh, that […]
Read More Holidays
By Kristoffer Gair |
I’m familiar with friends who suffer from depression during the holidays. I’ve been lucky, though, not to be one of them. Holidays and birthdays have always been something my family has celebrated with…well, vigor. I have incredible memories of Grandma cooking, or trips out to Sutherlands Fish & Chips (or Highlands Fish & Chips) back […]
Read More The Brave Face
By Kristoffer Gair |
My best friend from college and his wife stayed overnight this past weekend. Ralph was home too, which made it even better. The company was greatly appreciated. It’s easier to entertain and be entertaining than deal with the silence and solitude. Good grief…having the dog around is even helpful. A moment happened Sunday afternoon after […]
Read More In Memory Of Kathy Gair (1950-2018)
By Kristoffer Gair |
Mom was always afraid of what I’d write about her one day. I tend to be a bit satirical at times because point of view is everything and I prefer to laugh whenever I can. However, there are times I’m a bit more introspective.
Read More Mom’s Passing & The Last 6 Months
By Kristoffer Gair |
I received an e-mail at 3:09p.m. on May 21st, 2018 from my mother: “Something is wrong with me–I need to go to the clinic to get checked out please. I don’t want to alarm Gram.”
Read More The Baggage We Carry
By Kristoffer Gair |
Is anyone really free from baggage? If so, they may have something to teach us.
Read More The One That Almost Wasn’t
By Kristoffer Gair |
You almost didn't see this one for another 9 years. I'm glad we didn't have to wait that long, but I would have. And it would have been worth it.
Read More Aftermath
By Kristoffer Gair |
It's been a long two weeks, and while I'm not sure I have the strength to get through the day, I'm going to try. That's all I can do, right?
Read More My Mother and My Grandmother
By Kristoffer Gair |
The last week hasn't been an easy one, not by a long shot. I managed to get my mother back, but we lost someone else.
Read More Your Father….
By Kristoffer Gair |
“You’re father….” I get a sick feeling in my stomach to this day when I read those words. Two words shouldn’t do that, should they? But it’s all about context, especially in this case. And for some reason, the words were seriously bothering me this past Sunday night. I’ve met some colorful people over the […]
Read More The One That Started It All
By Kristoffer Gair |
Yes, that, not who. This isn’t that kind of post. The whole that/who thing is a pet peeve of mine. People are “who”s, not “that”s. So, yes. The one that started it all. Last Wednesday saw the re-release of the first book I ever wrote, Honor Unbound. I share authorship of it with Diane Abbott, […]
Read More Chasing Shadows
By Kristoffer Gair |
“Nothing’s the same anymore.” (Commander Jeffrey Sinclair, Babylon 5) And he’s correct. I don’t mind change. You’re thinking I’m lying, right? Well, the truth is I don’t mind change as long as things stay somewhat the same. For instance? I miss the way Twinkies taste. They were softer and full of flavor as a child. […]
Read More When It Finally Feels Real
By Kristoffer Gair |
A friend of ours who Ralph used to live with while he worked in Chicago many years back passed away a week ago. This came as somewhat unexpected news because while Marianne had several things going wrong with her, she always rallied. Always. Kinda of like a cat with 9 lives, plus a few extra. […]
Read More Have A Nice Life
By Kristoffer Gair |
I remember the first time I heard this phrase and it stuck with me. I was listening to Cyndi Lauper’s Christmas album and she says it in a song. It struck me as…ironic? Not mean since it’s a Christmas album. I’ve heard the phrase said in a less-than-happy way. Actually, someone said it to me […]
Read More Hope
By Kristoffer Gair |
Every time I think I should sit down and write a blog post, I keep thinking of the hundreds of them I lost and I just can’t find the strength to do it. Ironic considering the title of this one, isn’t it? I’m trying to be hopeful or at least find hope in some things […]
Read More Rock You Like A Hong Kong Grandmacane! The 2012 Hong Kong Chinese New Year
By Kristoffer Gair |
If you’ve never had the chance to go overseas, I highly recommend it. Why? Because it’s not where you currently are and it has the potential to give you a whole new appreciation for how things are done elsewhere. We need that. We need a reminder that we’re not the center of the universe. The […]
Read More The Closing of the Year (2017)
By Kristoffer Gair |
I woke up this morning (Sunday) after realizing I smelled my father’s cologne. He wore a specific scent as far back as I can remember, and I’ve always associated it with him. Mom hasn’t felt dad’s presence since he passed away. I have from time to time. A couple of action flicks played on the […]
Read More An Explanation Of Sorts
By Kristoffer Gair |
My husband, Ralph, told me his Chinese horoscope stated 2017 would be a year of change. This has held true and not just for him.
Read More Is Having A Good Reason Too Much To Ask?
By Kristoffer Gair |
I’ve avoided writing too many blog posts about the upcoming political election, or making Facebook/Twitter posts about it because…well, everybody else is pretty much doing it. I’m tired of the whole thing. I’m tired of the worrying, which I’m very, very good at by the way. My Little Brother often tells me to chill out, […]
Read More Grandmother? Let Me Tell You About My Grandmother
By Kristoffer Gair |
I mentioned a while back that my grandmother (not my husband’s grandmother) went in for surgery on her shoulder three weeks ago only to have it postponed because her potassium levels had dropped dangerously low. I mention it again because the rescheduled surgery was this past Tuesday, and it went off without a hitch. She’s […]
Read More These Are The Voyages Of The USS Hong Kong Grandma
By Kristoffer Gair |
The designation NCC-1701 is common knowledge, isn’t it? Ah, and what a beautiful ship she is, especially the A version. But have you heard of the EVIL-666. It’s a kind of anti-sister ship, and her captain is my husband’s Grandmother. She’s one tough cookie, let me tell you. And just when you think she hasn’t […]
Read More Three Things…Including The Hong Kong Grandmother’s Arrival
By Kristoffer Gair |
Okay, I DID finish cleaning the house and got it in impeccable order. This is one of the few times I’ll give myself a pat on the back for making the place look really good. The hubby sorted and gutted all the crap that had been sitting out for three years I couldn’t do anything […]
Read More What You’ll Never See In A Haunted House/Demon/Demonic Possession Movie
By Kristoffer Gair |
The LGBTQ community. That’s what you won’t see. Eddie Murphy had it right back when he recorded Comedian about never seeing African American people in horror movies. If he’d filmed it these days, he’d have been more specific and said they were no heterosexual African American people. Why? They’re too smart. White folks, on the […]
Read More What You’ll Never See In A Haunted House/Demon/Demonic Possession Movie
By Kristoffer Gair |
The LGBTQ community. That’s what you won’t see. Eddie Murphy had it right back when he recorded Comedian about never seeing black people in horror movies. If he’d filmed it these days, he’d have been more specific and said they were no heterosexual black people. Why? They’re too smart. White folks, on the other hand, […]
Read More Removing The A$$hole From The Travel Equation
By Kristoffer Gair |
American Airlines released a new ad this week that has the media buzzing. Why? Well, it’s a unique ad because it puts some of the pressure back on us, as travelers, to make our experience a positive one. I kinda like that. We hear an awful lot of negative stories about TSA agents and airline […]
Read More Hugging Martha Davis
By Kristoffer Gair |
I’m not much of a hugger. I’m more of a hugger now than I ever was, but I never used to be. I think it was because of my aunt. My parents and relatives used to tell me that if I hugged and kissed my aunt, she’d give me a freckle. Damn redhead. None of […]
Read More “You’ll be fine.” “Toughen up.” “They’re just being themselves.”
By Kristoffer Gair |
I came across a news story a couple of nights ago about a thirteen-year-old boy in Staten Island, N.Y., who was attending a private Catholic school. His name was Danny Fitzpatrick. Danny was bullied. Danny was bullied mercilessly. Not only did he feel his “friends” failed him, but the adults Danny went to at the […]
Read More Thirteen
By Kristoffer Gair |
I came across a news story a couple of nights ago about a thirteen-year-old boy in Staten Island, N.Y., who was attending a private Catholic school. His name was Danny Fitzpatrick. Danny was bullied. Danny was bullied mercilessly. Not only did he feel his “friends” failed him, but the adults Danny went to at the […]
Read More A Third Anniversary, And Why I Thought I Had Mystical Powers
By Kristoffer Gair |
Yesterday was a day of anniversaries. The big one, though, was the third anniversary of my spending the first night in our house after moving in. My father-in-law, whose house it had been, passed away five months earlier, and we’d gutted and redesigned the kitchen, had the whole inside repainted, and put in new carpet. […]
Read More Club For Blue-Eyed People Attacked By Extremist Catholic Filipinos
By Kristoffer Gair |
Imagine for a moment attending a nightclub for people who have blue eyes, and someone walks onto the dance floor, pulls out an assault shotgun and another handgun, and kills fifty attendees. The response from Fundamental Evangelical Christian groups is “The group is unnatural, so they’ve reaped what they sewed.” Politicians immediately take to denouncing […]
Read More Goddammit…People Are Dead!
By Kristoffer Gair |
Dictionary.com defines “tragedy” as “a lamentable, dreadful, or fatal event or affair; calamity; disaster: as in stunned by the tragedy of so many deaths. And while tragedies have remained true to their definition, it’s many of the reactions that haven’t. Several of these reactions can best be defined by the word “stupidity”: “the state, quality, […]
Read More Where Does the Line Exist For Being Too Personal Online?
By Kristoffer Gair |
I’ve joked before about feeling at times like I have too many people telling me what to do. When Ralph isn’t in town, Little Brother feels the need to take up the slack so that my husband doesn’t have to worry. It’s a Chinese courtesy. This usually entails Little Brother expressing his opinion about whatever […]
Read More Under the Guise of Religious Liberty Laws
By Kristoffer Gair |
Things don’t always work out quite like we intend them to. It’s pretty much a given, right? I wanted to sit down and write my thoughts out about what’s going on in North Carolina with this whole HB2 business, and…well, mostly North Carolina. Other states are continuing to dip their toes into the “let’s see […]
Read More Flying To NYC To Throw A Shoe At A Friend
By Kristoffer Gair |
There are days I find it ironic I wrote a novella about a group of people who lived multiple lives. Why? Because I’m sure they’ve pissed somebody off during their time on earth, just as I’m betting I have, and karma sometimes comes back to bite one in the rump. Hence my trip to NYC […]
Read More NEVER Come Between Your Asian And Shopping
By Kristoffer Gair |
There are two things I shudder at the thought of when my husband flies in for a weekend; first and foremost, the mess he makes. This is a man who can turn order into chaos is less than 30 seconds. Second, the shopping…if there is any. Cleaning for me tends to take a while after […]
Read More Can There Be Transparency In Taking Children Away From Your Former Partner?
By Kristoffer Gair |
Transparency is one of those lovely ‘it’ words that’s getting thrown around quite a bit these days. Have you noticed? It certainly has in Michigan. Politicians here promise transparency, then find ways around it. And, let’s be honest, not just here either. I’m a member of a community where other folks are actively trying to […]
Read More Author Pride: Fickle But Necessary
By Kristoffer Gair |
One of my good friends, J.P. Barnaby, wrote a week or so ago about being proud of what you write. I think about when I published the first version of A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to My Sexual Orientation and, really, what a risk it was for any publisher to take a chance […]
Read More A Memory Of Someone Who I Met Once; Wendy Holcombe
By Kristoffer Gair |
Have you ever met someone in your early, early years who you just never forgot about even though you never met them again? Yes? No? Maybe? Well, there are two things people would be surprised to learn about me; I’m a softy at heart, and I once took an interest in listening to banjo music. […]
Read More Did…Did He Just Introduce Us As Husbands…A Lot?
By Kristoffer Gair |
So my brother-in-law who you’ve affectionately come to know in these blog posts is officially engaged to his girlfriend. We are genuinely pleased about this while their friends are genuinely relieved. There have apparently been betting pools going on regarding if he’d ever actually pop the question. There may have even been a betting pool […]
Read More Thursday’s Potpourri Blog Post
By Kristoffer Gair |
I’ve been writing about politics lately (presidential and author politics), and some other heavy subjects, so I felt the tiniest bit burned out last night when I sat down to write today’s post. What the hell did I want to say? Did I want to say anything? No. I wanted tea…and a mildly heated up […]
Read More A Perspective on Plagiarism
By Kristoffer Gair |
I still can’t spell the damn word correctly. One thing for sure, nobody will ever plagiarize the word plagiarism because it takes too much effort. Now, this has been talked about to death recently, and yet for as much as folks are talking about it, it doesn’t seem to be sinking in with some people. […]
Read More It’s All In The Details
By Kristoffer Gair |
If I can avoid doing research when writing a book, I will. But I can’t, so I try to make it as painless as possible. It isn’t. I’d hate to think of what would happen if I ever came up with an incredible plot that took place hundreds of years ago. Either I’d update the […]
Read More Everything I Learned About Perseverance, I Learned From Twisted Sister
By Kristoffer Gair |
Not entirely. But I would have if I was just starting out in my career as an author and watched the recent documentary on the band, We Are Twisted F***ing Sister! I watched it last night. Whatever I thought I knew about the band was blown away. It turns out I didn’t know very much […]
Read More Election Year Is Playing Out Like A Bad Sitcom
By Kristoffer Gair |
This won’t surprise you in the least, but I identify as a Democrat. Allow me to say that I’m not a gung ho, die hard “OMG OMG GO GO GO GO Democrats!” kinda Democrat. I’m much quieter and, in all honesty, I’m not above voting for someone from a different party if I feel they’ll […]
Read More Shaken, Not Stirred
By Kristoffer Gair |
A couple of friends have noticed and made mention to me that I haven’t been myself lately. I’m distracted or distant and there is some merit to that. You see, I haven’t ‘felt’ the same in the last couple of months. It’s all been askew, something I’ve known about and won’t deny. Things haven’t been […]
Read More Perchance A Mystère?
By Kristoffer Gair |
Have you ever watched a movie with a particularly bizarre scene, like in Insidious when the characters travel in the Further, and think “That is a really screwed up bunch of visuals?” And by screwed up, I mean nightmarish. Or perhaps you remember the video for Duran Duran’s Wild Boys? Incredible, though inhabited by those […]
Read More The Warmth of a Mental Fire
By Kristoffer Gair |
If medication can mess with someone’s mind when they’re taking it, it goes double for me. I rarely even take an aspirin. So if I’m taking cold/sinus medication as this past week has been the case, then rest assured it’s screwed with me. How? It makes me emotional. My husband says I’m already too emotional […]
Read More A Pre-Birthday Message For My Husband
By Kristoffer Gair |
Dear Ralph, Your birthday is coming up soon and since I won’t be able to see you that day, I thought I’d share some private thoughts…publicly! Yes, I know. I’m living up to your favorite nickname for me; “What’s Wrong With You?” Well, do you remember a week or two after we started dating when […]
Read More How They All Connect
By Kristoffer Gair |
2015 came to a thud of a close, didn’t it? Well, maybe not for you, but it certainly did for me. I lost two people who I cared about in the last two months of the year and I was kinda done with the Grim Reaper. Sadly, just because I was done with him didn’t […]
Read More This Man + Travel = Fatigued Beyotch
By Kristoffer Gair |
Have you ever heard of hodophobia? It’s the fear of road travel. I don’t suffer from it in case you’re wondering. Or siderodromophobia? That’s the fear of trains, railroads, or train travel. I don’t suffer from that either. They just aren’t interesting enough for me to even try and develop a phobia for, plus my […]
Read More What Exactly Happened?
By Kristoffer Gair |
A friend asked if I was going to make any New Year’s resolutions for 2016. I can’t say that I was and I can’t say that I did. Resolutions have a unique way of being chucked by the wayside and forgotten, something I’m guilty of. There are things I want to accomplish in 2016 and […]
Read More Fired For Being An A$$hole Outside Of Work
By Kristoffer Gair |
I think we can all agree the world is full of colorful people, and I’m not referring to race when I say this. I’m referring to personalities. Some are bright, some are a bit dull, some are dark as feces and act like it, and then everything in between. We feel unhindered in sharing a […]
Read More How We Roll
By Kristoffer Gair |
I’m not sure why, but this time of year usually finds more people than usual inquiring about our living arrangements here. They like to call it curiosity. The Chinese have a better word for it; nosey. The hubs, sadly, works out of state and is only able to make it home every two months, sometimes […]
Read More The Tao of Mourning
By Kristoffer Gair |
My husband tells me I can be a very foolish gweilo sometimes. Frequently. Almost all of the time, really. I suspect I share a viewpoint with my recently deceased friend, Roger Margason (aka Dorien Grey), that life ought to be one way, though it frequently decides to do as it damn well pleases and without […]
Read More The Three Year Marathon That Wasn’t
By Kristoffer Gair |
It was about this time three years ago when my father-in-law really started having issues with his health. It began with surgery on an impacted vertebrae in his back, escalated to a diagnosis of cancer, the search for where the cancer spread from, a tumor at the bottom of his spine that left him in […]
Read More In Memory of Roger Margason / Dorien Grey
By Kristoffer Gair |
We all have our own unique way of grieving and our hopes of how those will grieve for us one day. Roger Margason, or Dorien Grey (his author pseudonym), passed away yesterday after complications during a procedure on Friday that left his life in the balance for two days. This was unexpected. This was tragic. […]
Read More The Dad Update
By Kristoffer Gair |
Let me state right up front that I’m not writing this for sympathy or as a “poor me” pity party. I’m writing it because I feel the need to keep some sort of record of things as they happen. It’s easy to forget the details or confuse them later on, so I want to make […]
Read More Dr. Plagiarizer or: How I Learned To Stop Stealing Other People’s Work
By Kristoffer Gair |
I was in a Creative Writing class back in college and had the displeasure to sit next to someone I wasn’t overly fond of. He was a bit on the obnoxious side of the fence, and eager to make a name for himself. We ended up getting paired together for an in-class project and I […]
Read More Being Delightfully Overwhelmed Can Numb the Senses
By Kristoffer Gair |
I grew up thinking the little city where I lived was a big place. That’s probably because, when you’re a kid, wherever you’re allowed to go, you either walk there or take your bike. It was a different time then, a time when you could ride your bike a mile or two to the park […]
Read More The True Definition of Romance…Isn’t This
By Kristoffer Gair |
I posted an update on Facebook this past week expressing something along the lines of thinking everybody deserved to have flowers sent to them at least once. Well, aside from their death and despite the fact I have a list of folks who I’m looking forward to sending flowers to for their funeral. That point […]
Read More An Only Existence
By Kristoffer Gair |
My parents set out to have one child…to start with. Naturally, if they didn’t get it right the first time, they were free to try again. I think it was very fortunate that I came out first because they had absolutely no need to continue on with that whole process. I figure I saved them […]
Read More How To Rant & Sabotage Yourself To The Amusement Of Others
By Kristoffer Gair |
Sitting around with friends and having a little bitch session can be fun and a wonderful way to get crap off your chest. I imagine accountants complaining “OMG! Did you hear the number my boss threw out on the fly? Did he even look at it before he said it? I don’t think he even […]
Read More Bumping Bibles: A Bad Cup of Tea
By Kristoffer Gair |
I rarely pay much attention to politics, especially local politics in my state, unless things get really stupid. And I comment on it even less because…well, you can point out stupid, but there’s always that group of people who say “Yeah, but what they stand for is more important and their message is what matters.” […]
Read More Uh, Oh. So Here’s What Didn’t Happen…
By Kristoffer Gair |
I’m confused and feeling slightly let down. Remember when marriage equality became the law of the land last month? We were promised an end of times light show. Life as we knew it was supposed to end…HORRIBLY. I even went grocery shopping and stocked up on extra toilet paper and canned goods, plus another can […]
Read More Through Eyes Different Than Your Own
By Kristoffer Gair |
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Isn’t that the expression? I usually get “His is a face only a mother could love.” But, hey, there’s a kind of beauty in that too. I’m a people watcher. I enjoy looking around and picking out the people who present themselves in ways that absolutely fascinates […]
Read More Needing A Thick Skin In This Family
By Kristoffer Gair |
Tuesday was a bit of a bizarre day. It ended with me dreaming I was in a pitch meeting for Top Gun 2. Yes, Top Gun 2. I was concerned the studio was just going to make some cheap, awful film with a crap storyline, bad actors, and zero direction. Why would I think that? […]
Read More Let The Day Begin! Post Marriage Equality Ruling Thoughts
By Kristoffer Gair |
There are three times I can remember sitting down and watching the news for several hours. The first was the start of Gulf War back when I was in college, the second was 9/11, and the third was last Friday. I cried two out of three of those times and all three scared the hell […]
Read More The Intimacy of Flame Retardant Clothing
By Kristoffer Gair |
I’ve been feeling the urge over the past year to instill some depth into my work and admit that I’m searching for a little more depth in life. Why the change? Probably because life is changing so drastically around me. Well, around us. It was easy as a child to not give a rip about […]
Read More Aging. It’s Bullshit!
By Kristoffer Gair |
You know what? This whole aging thing isn’t working for me. I’m serious. And it’s just hitting me a bit harder this year than in others. I received a call from a friend and he told me his son is graduating from high school this year. I laughed. “Good one. You punked me!” Yeah, he […]
Read More Enema: The Awkward Conversation Topic To Have With Mom
By Kristoffer Gair |
There are just some conversations I never expected to have with my parents, especially my mother. I can now technically say anything I want to my father and he’ll forget about it in less than a minute, but that takes the fun out of it, doesn’t it? And I say a lot to you folks, […]
Read More Take The D Out Of Davis…And…Well, You Get A Car Rental Company
By Kristoffer Gair |
I’ve had conversations about music with authors over the years and, typically, we either love listening to it while we write or we’re completely incapable of it because it just distracts us. I happen to be one who LOVES listening to music when I write because I can always find something to help set the […]
Read More When Things Start To Build Up On You
By Kristoffer Gair |
Some weeks are better than others. Last week wasn’t one of them. I think it was a combination of everything building up from three months of taking on too much and not giving myself a break. My thought process behind not giving myself a break is that if my mother can handle all the stress […]
Read More One Person’s Perception Is Another Author’s Folly
By Kristoffer Gair |
Perception is a fickle thing. I perceive a great many bad movies from the 1980s as being very good, yet others have the exact opposite reaction. I perceive my husband’s grandmother to be the source of much evil in the world, only he loves her. Readers perceive authors as all getting along, yet we don’t. […]
Read More Dear Author, Here’s What You Need To Do To Please Us…
By Kristoffer Gair |
Two author friends received an e-mail this past week from a reader who explained to them that their sales were down because their latest novels dealt with ‘depressing’ subjects. One story referenced WWII and the other having to do with health care. Obviously, the polite thing we’re taught to do is, if we respond at […]
Read More Buying A Book Based On Its Title, Not Its Cover
By Kristoffer Gair |
I remember my father taking me to see a horror comedy back in 1986 titled House. It was a fun little film, only we arrived at the theater and dad remarked “What’s next? A movie called Doorknob?” Okay, snarky as it may have been, he may have had a point. The same might be said […]
Read More Who Needs Wikipedia When I Have Grandmapedia?
By Kristoffer Gair |
There’s a stereotype about grandmothers we’re fed from a very early age. You know the one I mean, right? Older women with tightly-bunned hair, granny glasses, likes to bake a lot and coo over the grandchildren while spoiling them, yet also doling out wisdom that’ll mean something significant later on in life? Yeah, that one. […]
Read More Leonard Nimoy: The Part Of Him That Belonged To Us
By Kristoffer Gair |
Actor Leonard Nimoy was laid to rest yesterday. I guess that’s the thing with living legends; they eventually really do pass away. Someone, I don’t remember who, stated it best online, the gist of it being “every science fiction geek’s favorite grandfather passed away”. That may, on the surface, seem like an odd thing to […]
Read More Celebrating 20 Years and 1 Day With Honorable Husband
By Kristoffer Gair |
Well, we made it! Yesterday, Sunday, marked 20 years with Ralph. I find this especially remarkable since my prior romantic interests never spent more than 20 minutes with me, let alone 20 years. I guess they just weren’t ‘the one’. Ralph used to ask me how he was supposed to know if I was ‘the […]
Read More You Won’t Believe What Terrifies Me!
By Kristoffer Gair |
I was at DragonCon last year and a good friend and his boyfriend picked me up one morning to take me out to breakfast. I’ve known this friend for 5 or 6 years now and he’s the sweetest guy. He just happens to have some road rage. He’s also Filipino. I bring that last bit […]
Read More I Guess I’d Go Away If I Was Ignored Too
By Kristoffer Gair |
My grandmother has been in a funk lately. Her memory of the holidays goes back far longer than my own. I remember the Thanksgiving and Christmas gatherings at her house when I was a kid, only from the viewpoint as that of a child. She remembers them as an adult. And she misses them. There […]
Read More Dragon*Con (When A Convention Starts To Get Too Big)
By Kristoffer Gair |
I remember when standing in line for thirty minutes for my badge was the worst thing about Dragon*Con (or DragonCon). And, really, that’s not much to complain about. I learned quickly, too, that if I wanted to catch a popular panel and didn’t want to stand outside that I should just hang around the door […]
Read More Sometimes It’s Not What You’d Expect
By Kristoffer Gair |
Original MySpace Publication Date: August 22, 2010 Republished: August 28th, 2014 I did it. I crammed so much into a day before leaving for DragonCon that I didn’t leave enough time to write a new blog post. Fortunately, it’s been a REALLY long time since I pulled one out from the MySpace blogging days, so […]
Read More Mess With Friends of Dorothy, They’ll Make Your Pigs Commit Suicide
By Kristoffer Gair |
Did you ever notice that it used to be we had to really, REALLY look to see anything GLBT-related in the news? Sure, there was the underground network of newspapers, newsletters and magazines, plus a few national magazines, but news about us was for the most part few and far between. Oh, sure, there were […]
Read More Shopping For Hong Kong Grandmother Granny Panties
By Kristoffer Gair |
This may come as a complete and total shock to you, but I know less than nothing about women’s undergarments. My understanding of such things is that they should always hold a woman’s bits and pieces in so that I don’t have to see anything more than the general shape…at least above the waist. Below? […]
Read More Gay Asians, Shameless Reasons Not To Give Up Your Potatoes!
By Kristoffer Gair |
I type in some very odd random searches into Google from time to time just to see what the results are. And yes, I sometimes type in my own name just to read the gossip. It’s how I found out there are scammers out there using my picture in their online profiles…poor bastards. Anyway, Ralph […]
Read More A Hope for Civility Amongst Racism and Stereotypes
By Kristoffer Gair |
I was tempted to start this post off by asking if gay has become the new black. Why? Dictionary.com defines racism as “a belief or doctrine that inherent differences among the various human races determine cultural or individual achievement, usually involving the idea that one’s own race is superior and has the right to rule […]
Read More London/Dublin 2013 (or How To Travel With Your Asian Husband) Part 2
By Kristoffer Gair |
One of the contributing factors that helps us enjoy where we travel is the vibe of a place. Home has a special vibe as do our surrounding areas. New York City? It has a vibe of familiarity to me now and I enjoy the place. It also helps I know where the heck I am […]
Read More London/Dublin 2013 (or How To Travel With Your Asian Husband) Part 1
By Kristoffer Gair |
Vacations are a rarity for Ralph and I, especially ones we take together. He travels for work and I travel to do book signings or to attend conventions. Much of the time we do spend together during trips like these is honestly snuck in when and where we can. So when my little brother found […]
Read More Who Is Author J. S. Lewis & Why Is He Pissing Off Other Authors?
By Kristoffer Gair |
It’s Monday, so it’s a really, really good day to discuss things that irk us, right? Exactly. And I’ve got one things on my hot plate today. Have you ever heard of author J. S. Lewis? I haven’t. Well, I hadn’t until this past weekend. He’s been a busy guy and released seven e-books on […]
Read More One Year Later: Happy Pills and an Unexpected Box
By Kristoffer Gair |
My friend Dorien Grey helped shape part of today’s post. He doesn’t know it, though, so shhhhh. You’ll understand how in a bit. For now, I realized the reason I’ve been having such a difficult time getting back into blog writing is due to post-holiday blues. I love the holidays. I’m ‘that annoying guy’ who […]
Read More Those Sadistic Little Things We Do To Our Characters
By Kristoffer Gair |
I have a fallback for blog post ideas; my friend Jeff Adkins. He started this neat little Facebook group for bloggers to generate ideas to write about and also to do so at least once a week. Consistency is a wonderful thing. And once everybody is up to speed doing it once a week, they […]
Read More Officially Kicking Off the 2014 Blog Year!
By Kristoffer Gair |
I’m finally setting aside the energy to begin my 2014 edition of blog posts. You have no idea what it took. No idea. And I may not tell you. I will say that in order to have a little fun with it, I’m going to make some statements as I generally do and anything that […]
Read More Exit 2013, Enter 2014
By Kristoffer Gair |
2013 is almost over. Whew! I’d like to say we dodged a couple of bullets this year, but I’d be lying. My flak jacket is riddled with holes. I’ve either gotten too old to dodge them like I used to or we were in over our head without sufficient back-up. Between you and me, I’m […]
Read More A Christmas Symphony Charade in Alzheimer’s Minor
By Kristoffer Gair |
My father was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s a little more than 5 years ago and I’ve seen the changes in him from one year to the next. It’s not fun to examine them by any stretch of the imagination, but it is necessary. He was able to walk all the way around the inside of Lakeside […]
Read More Special Promo: Ghoul’s Gym Blog Tour (Eric Arvin & TJ Klune)
By Kristoffer Gair |
One thing you’ll notice about my blog is that I don’t do promo in the traditional sense. And by the traditional sense, I mean that I don’t feature guest authors with their bios and excerpts of their books. I don’t even do that for myself. Why? Well, it’s not relevant. Not today. Authorette/friend/and overall incredible […]
Read More OMG! It’s… Naa, We’ll Save That For 2014
By Kristoffer Gair |
I vowed many years ago I would never work with another author on a book again. This included co-authoring or doing an anthology. Yes, the experience was ‘that’ negative at the time. It’s lessened a bit over the years, but it’s a rule I remained steadfast about up until last year. Writing—to me—is personal. It’s […]
Read More Some Boyfriend Rules: Debunked The Asian Way
By Kristoffer Gair |
Someone recently posted a link to a cute little article/entry on The Bluepers Diary by smurphny titled 12 Boyfriend Rules. Now, I’m always on the lookout for tips and ideas of how I can alter my behavior to make Ralph happier, only within certain boundaries. I don’t want him getting the idea I’ve suddenly caved […]
Read More The Face of Gay 47 (Mary Gresham)
By Kristoffer Gair |
There are people who always want what they don’t have and people who are grateful for everything they do have. The do’s seem to always learn how to pay it forward and, in today’s post, it’s evident why. Welcome to Mary Gresham’s Face of Gay.
Read More Manners of the Season
By Kristoffer Gair |
Ralph excels in non-verbal communication. For instance, he silently insists he deal with Kris when he’s home and not Kage. He has very little patience when Kage wants to come out to play. The funny thing is that Kris isn’t afraid of Ralph whereas Kage—who isn’t afraid of anything or anyone else—runs and hides like […]
Read More Where To Shove That Opinion
By Kristoffer Gair |
Alright, I’m admitting that I’m absolutely certain I may possibly be climbing on a soapbox with this post. Or I may not be. The jury is still out, but it’s nice to be so positive about my standing on this. See, here’s the thing. I’ve spent the better part of my life as the underdog […]
Read More If You Think You’re Safe, Then You’d Better Read This
By Kristoffer Gair |
We’ve all had bad years before, haven’t we? Sure, some more than others and some less. It does seem, however, that the overwhelming majority of people are expressing a supreme amount of dissatisfaction with 2013. I know. I’m one of them. Why? Because it’s the year that keeps on giving! We lost my father-in-law, I […]
Read More If You Think You’re Safe, Then You’d Better Read This
By Kristoffer Gair |
We’ve all bad years before, haven’t we? Sure, some more than others and some less. It does seem, however, that the overwhelming majority of people are expressing a supreme amount of dissatisfaction with 2013. I know. I’m one of them. Why? Because it’s the year that keeps on giving! We lost my father-in-law, I had […]
Read More The Face of Gay 46 (Cynnara Tregarth)
By Kristoffer Gair |
There’s an interesting phenomena about people watching. We look at someone and sometimes wonder “Is this person gay or straight?” Or we’ll look at them and say “Please, God, make it so this person is batting for my team, is available and finds me the Adonis or Xena I see myself as!” Or “Please, God, […]
Read More With Regrets…The Grown Up Breakfast Club
By Kristoffer Gair |
We never really know how a holiday is going to unfold, especially during a year like 2013. Can you spell ‘craptastic’? I know who people who can’t. I honestly wasn’t sure what Thanksgiving would be like. Would Ralph be depressed? Would my father behave? Would my mother get loud if he didn’t? Would my grandmother […]
Read More If Buying Book Reviews Be the Food of Sales, Pay On
By Kristoffer Gair |
A previous job I had involved assisting clients with their web site in terms of SEO (or Search Engine Optimization). This essentially means that if they were a local business focused on a specific product or service, I made suggestions and rewrote parts of their site using specific keywords so that the search engines would […]
Read More It’s All About the Kissing!
By Kristoffer Gair |
The thing about growing up in a semi-large extended family is that the majority of my relatives are annoying. My dad’s side of the family? Not so much. They’re a$$holes, so there’s a difference. But mom’s side? They’re the touchy-huggy-feely annoying kind and they kiss. It’s a kiss on the cheek thing, but a kiss […]
Read More Ramblings of an Alzheimer’s Patient’s Son
By Kristoffer Gair |
I took my father to see Sarah Brightman in concert a couple of years ago and went all out on the show as a sort of last hurrah. We’d gone together several times before he was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s and I knew this would be the last time I could take him. We paid a […]
Read More Stranger in a Familiar Land
By Kristoffer Gair |
I’ve shared my thoughts about moving over the past couple of weeks and I may have even done some bitching about it. I say this as a warning because I may just do a little bit more today. Yes, I’m feeling the itch to bitch. Between me and you, I just started laughing because I […]
Read More The Sad Reality That Is My Life
By Kristoffer Gair |
I’ve only told a couple of people this, so…you know…shhh! What’s the big secret? Well, you know how I attend DragonCon in Atlanta, right? I’ve been going for about a decade now, ever since my friend Jenn suggested I give it a shot. Well, it’s getting close to that time and the e-mails from attendees […]
Read More Snark Smackdown! Authors Gone Wild
By Kristoffer Gair |
Is it naïve to think that there are enough decent people in the world who aren’t intent on screwing over or creating drama for the rest of the population? It’s a struggle each and every day not to give in to the chaos and just say “the hell with it.” I’ve worked in the automotive […]
Read More The Fine Art of Finding $hit You Don’t Remember Owning
By Kristoffer Gair |
I have a few secret places where I live. I know because I found or created them. They exist because I sometimes need to put hot, freshly purchased Blu-Rays in a place that allows them to cool down when honorable husband is home and eventually blend in with the rest of our collection. And I […]
Read More Perpetrators of Distraction: CNN & the News
By Kristoffer Gair |
Just when you thought Honey Boo Boo or Honey BooBoo Kitty or whatever the heck she calls herself was gone, she’s back. And I have no idea what a Honey Boo Boo is nor do I care to find out. Dorien Grey doesn’t give her existence much credence either, so I feel safe in my […]
Read More A Question of Self-Worth in My Own Comedic Way
By Kristoffer Gair |
I’ve given several things up over the years in order to accommodate my career as an author and also helping with my father, who I’ve put before my writing career. Much of what I’ve given up are things I enjoyed, like going to the movies a couple times a week, keeping up on all the […]
Read More Death and Those Other Pesky Signs of Mortality
By Kristoffer Gair |
I had a dream last week that woke me up in a cold sweat. In it, I was driving in a car with my brother-in-law and father-in-law, which is already slightly morbid since FIL has been gone now since March. We were all sad and talking about how my husband had just passed away a […]
Read More Airline Atheists, Captivemasons and It’s a Square!
By Kristoffer Gair |
I’m about to stagger you with my brilliant ignorance. And please try to keep that less-than-surprised look off of your face. There’s been a lot going on lately and I’m not entirely at my best right now. First, home renovations are continuing and look to continue at an accelerated rate over the next couple of […]
Read More Irrational Adventures in the Comfort Zone
By Kristoffer Gair |
I remember my first trip to Hong Kong and being completely overwhelmed and in culture shock. My husband’s grandmother suggested we take a day trip over the border into mainland China, a city called Shenzen. This is before Shenzen was given—or so I’ve since heard—a much-needed facelift. To say I was apprehensive about going there […]
Read More Joining the ‘I’ve Had Surgery Club’, Dues Mandatory
By Kristoffer Gair |
So there’s a club I wasn’t aware I didn’t belong to called the “I’ve Had Surgery Club” and it’s assumed everybody is a member. Well, it’s assumed everybody is a member once you’ve reached my age, the tender age of 33. And you’ll receive the most incredulous looks and sounds of astonishment when you answer […]
Read More A Scavenging Werewolf Boy on Europa
By Kristoffer Gair |
I know. I didn’t have a new blog post for July 4th. The only thing more wrong with that is nobody noticed. What were you all doing? I could have been left for dead, bleeding fabulously on a sidewalk somewhere and the only person who’d pass me for miles would be so intent on reading […]
Read More A Pocket Full of Change
By Kristoffer Gair |
I was sitting at the house yesterday on our new IKEA couch—it remains covered with sheets because of the renovations—and writing in Gaylias 2 for several hours. It’s the first time in a long time I’ve had a chance to do much writing because of everything that’s gone on and everything that continues to go […]
Read More So…There’s the Whole Thing That Happened Yesterday
By Kristoffer Gair |
The great Abraham Lincoln once said “Four score and seven years ago…” No, wait. I meant the great Abrahama Lincoln. She’s a drag queen I know who called me yesterday, saying “Four Skor bars and seven Yogurt Malted Milk Balls ago…” (Abrahama had just gotten off a diet). So, many years back—which she was referencing—my […]
Read More White Ninja Vs. Half Asian Ninja: The Domination
By Kristoffer Gair |
Nobody ever believes me when I say I’m going to sit down and watch a very cerebral, very artsy, very finely crafted film. Okay, it was Ninja III: The Domination, but it was released on Blu-Ray and it has an audio commentary on it! Somebody enjoyed it enough to finally put it out and add […]
Read More And Now a Word About Fathers…
By Kristoffer Gair |
My poor husband just can’t catch a break after the passing of his father. It doesn’t help that he works away from home, which essentially keeps him away from the rest of us and being able to mourn with us. It also didn’t help that his father’s birthday was the 6th of June and I’m […]
Read More The Great Cyber Melting Pot (or I Know A Vegan)
By Kristoffer Gair |
It’s typical these days to read about how intrusive social media is, the privacy issues that come with it, the ads we’re forced to contend with, and then the sheer amount of time we spend on it. Was it always this way? What was the world like before it? When I think back to my […]
Read More My Version of Comfort Food for the Soul
By Kristoffer Gair |
I have good news and bad news. The bad news is that it looks like I’m going to be at the house almost every day for the next two weeks. The good news is that there’s no possible way I’ll be working on the house every single bit of that time, which means I’ll be […]
Read More A Year Since I Resigned? WTH???
By Kristoffer Gair |
I found myself in a quandary today. You see, there’s this desk. It’s a huge, heavy desk from the 1940s and it’s sitting in my former father-in-law’s workroom. It needs to come out of there so Painter Guy can paint this weekend and then Carpet Person can perform his function. Sure, Painter Guy can paint, […]
Read More I Said It Felt Like a Mole on His…
By Kristoffer Gair |
The difficulty with trying to say something significant in a previous blog post is always in coming up with something worthy for the post following it. There’s only so much soul-wrenching material I can pull out of myself at a time. But there have been a few things that have happened since I last wrote. […]
Read More The Unbearable Lightness of Learned Humility
By Kristoffer Gair |
“You are the villain, your own infidel. Devise your demise, create your own hell.” – (‘Infidel’ by Ego Likeness) The older I get and the more mistakes I make and reflect upon, the more I try not to repeat them. The problem remains in coming to terms with what one has done and trying to […]
Read More May I Have A BLT With My BDSM and PG13 Horror?
By Kristoffer Gair |
I’ve been told I’m an acquired taste. Not everybody likes my sense of humor and that’s okay. My mother doesn’t like horror movies ever since my father took her to see The Exorcist all those years back. But I like them, so I figure there’s a 50/50 chance you will, too. Same with me. Now, […]
Read More The Weekend We Found Xanadu That Was
By Kristoffer Gair |
This was another special weekend, mostly because like the conventions I attend, it only happens once a year. And it typically involves a convention. My best friend from college (Don Zomberg) comes down with his girlfriend (Lindsay) and we attend the Motor City Comicon. We’ve done this for the last ten years or so (which […]
Read More Out of the Mouths of the Butt Pirates: Angelia Sparrow
By Kristoffer Gair |
I love writing sequels, which is why I’ve already got a second episode of the Spacehunters series in mind. However, one thing I hadn’t considered that fellow author Angelia Sparrow did was the serial. What an absolutely perfect idea for an anthology like Butt Pirates in Space, which is meant to encompass a throwback to […]
Read More Out of the Mouths of the Butt Pirates: Shae Connor
By Kristoffer Gair |
Happy Monday to you! Kris here and VERY much looking forward to an exciting week. Why? Because not only is my bum still completely flawless and a sight to behold…and, you know, actually hold, but the Butt Pirates in Space anthology was released! I am one of five authors contained in this classic, gay, campy […]
Read More What We Leave Behind II: The Postcards
By Kristoffer Gair |
I couldn’t resist. I thought about it and thought about it after Monday’s blog post and I finally decided to throw caution to the wind, borrow the postcards from my father-in-law’s nightstand for a few hours and type them up. They meant something to him for him to have kept them in such good condition […]
Read More What We Leave Behind
By Kristoffer Gair |
I’ve been spending an inordinate amount of time at my father-in-law’s house cleaning, sorting, rearranging, playing Tetris with the furniture and generally making myself useful. That’s pretty easy to do since if I wasn’t doing it, it wouldn’t get done. I consider it my full-time job once dad leaves for the day. Fortunately, the hubby […]
Read More Walkabout: Manhattan
By Kristoffer Gair |
So when we last left our self-professed stressed hero, I…er…he was trying to figure out where to go in order to step away for a bit and relieve the stress. He…er…I did finally settle on such a place; Manhattan. Of all the places I haven’t been, why choose some place I’d visited four times already? […]
Read More Dear Self, Let’s Talk About the Last Couple of Months, Shall We?
By Kristoffer Gair |
Dear Self, Can we talk? No, put the Johnny Sokko DVD case back on the shelf. We can watch it together later. And don’t you dare pick up the Ultraman DVD set instead. Put them all back…right next to Firefly. For now, you and I need to have a conversation that’s been coming on for […]
Read More Men, Tetris and Living Life By the 4 ‘H’s
By Kristoffer Gair |
Men are pretty simple creatures, right? And yet I enjoy being one. We didn’t start out this way, though, but then puberty hit and we’ve been living our lives by the 4 ‘h’s ever since; hairy, hungry, horny, and huffy. It’s entirely possible that women are the same way. They shave their legs, I’ve seen […]
Read More Kristoffer Gair and His Flying Robot!
By Kristoffer Gair |
This past Tuesday finds another checkmark on the list of things I’ve been waiting to come to pass. Johnny Sokko and His Flying Robot received its first official DVD release and will sit with honor next to my Ultraman DVD set. Oh, the horror stories my poor parents could tell you about my afterschool routine […]
Read More Wanted: Outback Steakhouse in the Afterlife
By Kristoffer Gair |
I’m not a good patient. Never have been and never will be. I used to find more reasons to get out of bed while sick when I was growing up than my mother did for reasons why I should stay in it. Ironically, when I wanted to stay in bed is exactly the time she […]
Read More A Voice in the Present Becomes a Voice in the Past
By Kristoffer Gair |
“And how we face death is at least as important as how we face life, wouldn’t you say?” (James T. Kirk) I was perhaps twelve the last time I saw someone suffering and close to death. I didn’t understand it from a personal aspect, only technically that my grandfather was hallucinating most of the day […]
Read More The Waiting Game
By Kristoffer Gair |
Sunday, March 17, 2013. Have you ever watched someone slipping away? I haven’t. I’m a total newbie at this, which is odd considering my real age and not my fake age. Things tend to play out like scenes from movies and television programs we’ve been watching for years. The difference is those of us here […]
Read More The Why Behind Why I Blog
By Kristoffer Gair |
Mortality has been a topic of conversation around both my family and my husband’s family as of late. There’s been a lot going on, mostly personally and a little professionally. Ideally, I’d prefer that be reversed because it’s much easier to write about exciting things going on in one’s professional life than to take a […]
Read More The Inability To Accept Giving Up
By Kristoffer Gair |
There is an unfortunate consensus between my husband, brother-in-law and me that my father-in-law-who-doesn’t-know-he’s-my-father-in-law may be giving us less-than-subtle hints that he’s either giving up or given up. It’s something that’s been on our minds the last couple of days, only none of us knew the other was thinking it nor did we want to […]
Read More To Therapize or Not to Therapize…That Is the Question
By Kristoffer Gair |
Life sometimes throws a snowball at you and giggles. Fine. Life sometimes throws a snowball with yellow snow at you and giggles even harder. A little annoying, but, really, what are you going to say? Fine. Then life sometimes decides to pelt you with snowballs before sending a giant frickin’ snowman sized snowball hurtling after […]
Read More The Inconvenience of Incontinence, A Signing & Reviews!
By Kristoffer Gair |
That’s right, folks! It’s the author with the really, really, big, huge, giant blog! No…no. Blog. I said blog. Leave it to your mind to go right to the gutter. I guess it’s a good thing I didn’t tell you about my massive clock. Remind me not to leave you alone for so long next […]
Read More Validation…And My Brother-in-Law Dates Psychos
By Kristoffer Gair |
I wasn’t someone who needed to hear how good I was doing at something during my formative years. I knew what I was good at and I knew what I was horrific at. Gym? Art? Holding my pencil or fork the accepted way? Horrific. But I knew I was good at other things, especially Atari, […]
Read More Lightening The Load While Embracing the Inner Geek
By Kristoffer Gair |
It’s amazing just how much two people can accumulate over the years. No, it’s bloody staggering is what it is. My husband and I decided to do a little cleaning when my father-in-law-who-doesn’t-know-he’s-my-father-in-law went into the hospital after Christmas. We started at his house. There’s a chance he may need the assistance of a walker […]
Read More One Year of Being Legally Married Coming Right Up!
By Kristoffer Gair |
I’m writing this on a Wednesday and the day it goes live (today for you, Thursday) will technically still be one day shy of the 22nd. Why open with this? Because the 22nd is actually my 18th anniversary and my 1st anniversary as a legally married husband to my husband. The oddity is that, going […]
Read More I Am Iron Man
By Kristoffer Gair |
Alter egos have been a topic of conversation as of late between fellow author Dorien Grey and myself. There’s Dorien and there’s Roger, but where does one end and the other begin? Many authors use pseudonyms for various reasons. I had a need for privacy some sixteen years ago that would allow me to keep […]
Read More My Plans For the Afterlife
By Kristoffer Gair |
I’ve been thinking a bit about the afterlife lately. Morbid, right? It’s not really my fault. With things going wrong in both families, it’s natural that someone is going to steer us down that path of discussion. I find, though, that their idea of the afterlife and my own are very, very different. More on […]
Read More Building The Perfect Beast (Part 1)
By Kristoffer Gair |
A favorite subject of mine is music, but, honestly, music from a specific decade; the 1980s. I now understand what music of the 1960s mean to my parents because there’s just no decade of music like the one we grew up with. And I use music to this day, especially when I’m brainstorming, talking to […]
Read More Not Being Able To Pick Your Family Is Such A Crock Of Bullsushi!
By Kristoffer Gair |
You can pick your friends, but you can’t pick your family. What kind of bullsushi is that? Can you imagine if we could actually choose each one of our family members before finding our way into the womb? Put all the crazy people with each other, the arrogant ones together (so they can drive each […]
Read More The Face of Gay 26 (Monique Thompson)
By Kristoffer Gair |
It’s official: I’m a guilty pleasure. Or, rather, I’m guilty of something. A few things. I may possibly guilt people into offering up a post for this series from time to time. It’s a generally accepted alternative when begging doesn’t work. And, believe me, I’ve begged. Today’s post comes from someone who not only nominated […]
Read More I Have Seen the Future! Got Poop?
By Kristoffer Gair |
Guess what yesterday was? Correct! Thursday. And guess what I didn’t complete on time? Right again! My blog post. Now, I could make up some really incredible excuses that would blow your mind and delight your senses, but it would be a lie and that’s what you buy my books for. That’s why we call […]
Read More A Very Personal Message For Someone Special
By Kristoffer Gair |
I imagine my ad while in the pre-conception spiritual waiting room went something like this: “Wanted: Semi-serious, passive-aggressive, adorably cute, well-hung, science fiction movie watching, sarcastic, cute-bunned, hardworking, family-devoted world traveler with a good sense of humor for future boyfriend/husband/eternal playful tormentor ” Then, somewhere off to the side and quietly reading a book while […]
Read More The First Entry in My Jedi Journal at Age 13
By Kristoffer Gair |
It’s not fair. My husband’s birthday is coming up and he’ll be back at work and away from home again on that day. He’s typically either in Hong Kong for it or he’s away. However, his father has been moved to a rehabilitation facility, so the latest crisis should be over. Should. Am going to […]
Read More Proof For My Hubby I May Have Written Something People Read
By Kristoffer Gair |
So I was in a bit of a panic last night when I realized at 8 p.m. that I hadn’t written something brilliant yet—or at least a blog post—for today. Ralph turned to me and asked “Well, what did you write last year that people liked?” It received a loud “huh?” from me, which then […]
Read More Adorable Fluffy Buns and the Friday Night Phone Call
By Kristoffer Gair |
Have you ever had an unusual response to medication? I have. Tylenol IV gives me headaches, morphine makes me warm and tingly, and Entex mentally turns me into a zombie…the Romero kind, not the running, jumping, climbing trees kind movie/TV audiences love that couldn’t possibly exist. The reason I ask is because my father-in-law who […]
Read More Those Emotional Moments With Your Half Vulcan Husband
By Kristoffer Gair |
Ralph isn’t entirely convinced emotions are a worthy facet to one’s personality. They irk him. Well, mine irk him. And it may be because I have a plethora of them going on…typically all at the same time at any given moment…which then change without notice. I can’t help it. In that, I am most definitely […]
Read More And on the Topic of Quality of Life…
By Kristoffer Gair |
I had a very odd moment with my mother yesterday. We were chatting while I was taking a new microwave oven out of the box for them and one of the topics that got brought up was how much we were cleaning out of our respective homes and giving it all to a local charity. […]
Read More Sucker Punch
By Kristoffer Gair |
I remember a feeling of panic when I’d get a bad grade in school. I knew it was coming, but it still brought on panic. And, of course, I remember receiving a 35% grade on an exam, panicking, only to find out the letter grade associated with it was a B-. It was a punch […]
Read More The Face of Gay 23 (Martha Davis of The Motels)
By Kristoffer Gair |
Who doesn't remember hearing music from The Motels? And now that Martha Davis and her troupe have released a brand new album, it seems fitting we should dig up this post from 2013 for a very special Face of Gay!
Read More Naughty, But Nice and My Token African American Card!
By Kristoffer Gair |
You’ve heard the horror stories about family gatherings and seen the dysfunctional Christmas comedies, but have you ever lived through one yourself? Probably. You’ve just never lived through one with my family. I’ve avoided the phenomena known as the “extended family gathering” on my mom’s side for the past seventeen years. They didn’t invite me […]
Read More Seasons Greetings & The Future of the Face of Gay: 2013
By Kristoffer Gair |
Did you ever have that dream? You know, the one where you see yourself standing in sun-god robes on a pyramid, with a thousand naked women screaming and throwing little pickles at you? Me either. Seriously, I think Patricia Logan may be the only person who has that one…or the only one who ripped it […]
Read More December Wars: The Third Week Strikes Back
By Kristoffer Gair |
The month of December apparently didn’t appreciate me speaking ill of it this past Monday, so it decided to give me a Round 2 rematch because it’s sadistic and could. It’s not enough there have already been fatalities in the last couple of weeks or that we’re expecting another passing in the next couple of […]
Read More A December of Sorrow, A Year of Remembering
By Kristoffer Gair |
Is it me or does December 2012 seem like a morose one for the record books? I mean, here we wait all year long for this one month when we can create a little colorful, non-Halloween chocolate, non-Easter chocolate magic for the children in the family and buy up a few Blu-Rays at ridiculously low […]
Read More The Face of Gay 22 (J.P. Barnaby)
By Kristoffer Gair |
My delightful friend Trish may not be going by her pseudonym anymore, but her story remains just as important as it ever did. Please join us as we take a look back at the last FOG post of 2012.
Read More Nightmares of a Writer’s Mind
By Kristoffer Gair |
I joke about having nightmares regarding a certain unnamed author named Patricia Logan, but, really, can one have nightmares about a living nightmare? No. I do, however and in all honesty, continue to have nightmares about my university years. And I don’t mean for you to think that anything bad happened back then. Nothing did. […]
Read More A Grand, Exciting, Phenomenal and Borderline Orgasmic Writing Experiment!
By Kristoffer Gair |
The Following Blog Post Trailer Has Been Approved For All Audiences: (cue dramatic announcer’s voice) In a world full of deceit, empty spaces on the shelf where Twinkies used to be sold, juvenile sex jokes, and Publisher’s Weekly nauseating authors the world over with their naming of E.L. James as Person of the Year for […]
Read More The Face of Gay 21 (Thom)
By Kristoffer Gair |
RECOVERED I can honestly say I knew Thom before he became a publisher author! Granted, I still haven’t met him in person yet, but we’re working on that. Maybe one year at DragonCon. What I thought I knew about him recently went right out the window when I read his post for this series. It’s […]
Read More The Face of Gay 20 (Paul Bright)
By Kristoffer Gair |
RECOVERED Filmmaker Paul Bright first came to my attention a little over a year ago when I visited a TLA booth at the WEHO Book Fair and saw one of his films, Altitude Falling, for sale. The film stuck in my head, but it wasn’t until I saw Paul in person at a booth at […]
Read More These Over Those: Your Feminine Wiles Have No Effect On Me!
By Kristoffer Gair |
Do you remember a cartoon with a little boy and girl standing next to each other arguing? The boy thinks the girl should listen to him because he has ‘one of these’ and she comes back at him saying that her mother told her because she has ‘one of those,’ she can have all of […]
Read More Keeper of the Flame
By Kristoffer Gair |
Keeper of the flame. It sounds important, doesn’t it? Well, I’m the keeper of the flame. Sort of in an unwilling way. Mom is HUGE into family history. I’m not. Mom is HUGE into printing it all out and putting it into books. I’m not. Mom is HUGE into talking about it. I’m not. And […]
Read More The Face of Gay 19 (Angel Martinez)
By Kristoffer Gair |
RECOVERED I originally wasn’t going to have a Face of Gay post this weekend. It was even a topic of conversation on my Facebook page because I honestly wanted to know if people thought they’d be around to read it. I just didn’t think it was fair to have someone write something up only to […]
Read More What Doesn’t Kill Us Makes Us Mushy
By Kristoffer Gair |
I’ve been a bit chattier than usual about my better half lately and pointing out some of the differences between us. I don’t do this to complain, but rather to try and understand him as I write through them. Differences are a healthy thing, especially in a relationship since most folks new to having them […]
Read More The Face of Gay 18 (Julie L. Hayes)
By Kristoffer Gair |
RECOVERED One of the things I’d hoped to accomplish with this blog series is establishing some common ground between the GLBT community and everyone else. It’s that whole “If you tickle us, do we not laugh? If you poison us, do we not die? Wrong us, shall we not tell your friends and family just […]
Read More The Recognition Admonition Explanation
By Kristoffer Gair |
Recognition is one of those oddities in life. Some people crave it, some people won’t give it, and some take it when it doesn’t belong to them. I’ve had jobs where my boss has taken credit for everything the staff has done, then not shared it, and I’ve had jobs where the boss has always […]
Read More Thanksgiving: Thanks for Giving and Would You Please Give It Again?
By Kristoffer Gair |
In an effort for me to understand just what I should be thankful for during the holiday today, I decided to look up the word Thanksgiving. Unfortunately, all the books in the flat are either IT manuals or they’re written in half English, half Cantonese. So, I broke it down like any author worth his […]
Read More Tales From Being Married To My Half Asian Husband
By Kristoffer Gair |
Being a kept man has its advantages. I’m best if kept silent and fed (so I will remain silent) or so my husband says. “Kris should be occasionally be seen, but rarely heard.” Not to worry since it’s never deterred me unless we’re overseas. I don’t say much then, mostly because it makes people wonder […]
Read More The Face of Gay 17 (Rick Reed)
By Kristoffer Gair |
RECOVERED There are certain people you hear about, read about, interact with and hope to meet one day. Rick Reed is one of these people. For those of us in the publishing field, it’s difficult not to discuss authors who also happen to be a part of the GLBT community and not hear his name […]
Read More Waking Up The Sleeping Giant: An Open Letter To Mitt Romney
By Kristoffer Gair |
Dear Mitt, I suspect you’re still smarting from your loss to President Obama, so when you’ve had a little time with your family and are feeling up to it, come back to this letter. If you’re ready now, then I’d like to share something important with you. I want you to know why I didn’t […]
Read More The Face of Gay 16 (Adriana D’Apolito)
By Kristoffer Gair |
RECOVERED We’ve all heard and read the horror stories associated with someone coming out to their family. Rarely is it a Hallmark moment and some families just couldn’t exist without drama. I know. My extended family can be like that at times. Half acts like white trash and the other is just nuts. It’s truly […]
Read More It All Comes Down To This (My Final Word On The Subject)
By Kristoffer Gair |
I swear it’s like I’m psychic this week. Even before the storm on the east coast hit–at least I’m pretty sure I put it out there in the world before it hit–I posted a question asking who would be the first to blame the gays for Hurricane Sandy. Seems a little silly, right? Sure enough, […]
Read More Discovering You’re Doing It All Wrong
By Kristoffer Gair |
Mom and I have been reading some books on Alzheimer’s and realizing these would have been helpful long before now. Oh, yes. I love reading up on suggestions from people who’ve already gone through this with loved ones only to discover we’re doing almost all of it wrong. How so? Because, as the book rightly […]
Read More The Face of Gay 15 (Kharisma Rhayne)
By Kristoffer Gair |
RECOVERED Everybody has had their fill with talk about the upcoming election, myself included. Yet, it’s why I started The Face of Gay blog series back in June. I feared the future. I feared what would happen if people didn’t sit up, take notice, and realize that every member of the GLBT community is just […]
Read More What 5 Horror Movies Scare An Author…Specifically Me?
By Kristoffer Gair |
The more I read last Monday’s post, the more I realized I was concentrating on recent Blu-Ray releases (minus the bits about Elvira, but, really, how can you talk about Halloween and NOT mention Elvira?) instead on films in my collection that have given me a solid ol’ scare through the years. Not that The […]
Read More A Few 2012 Halloween Film Musings From Yours Wickedly
By Kristoffer Gair |
My husband enjoys reminiscing about the time he almost threw out my entire Fangoria Magazine collection. He’s lucky he didn’t. Damn lucky. He may have wanted to get even with me for leaving them in the bathroom for him to find when he’s looking for something to read. Why? Because the curiosity drives him insane […]
Read More A Few 2013 Halloween Film Musings From Yours Wickedly
By Kristoffer Gair |
My husband enjoys reminiscing about the time he almost threw out my entire Fangoria Magazine collection. He’s lucky he didn’t. Damn lucky. He may have wanted to get even with me for leaving them in the bathroom for him to find when he’s looking for something to read. Why? Because the curiosity drives him insane […]
Read More The Face of Gay 14 (David)
By Kristoffer Gair |
RECOVERED It’s crossed my mind recently how I would have felt growing up if I’d found out a teacher whose class I was in was gay. Would I have felt a little more at ease? Would I have felt a little better about myself? Positive visibility might have been and still be a helpful thing. […]
Read More External Entropy of Entitlement Exemplified
By Kristoffer Gair |
It’s no secret that the city of Detroit has issues, right? I mean, you almost don’t have to live here to know that, especially with the crime rate. The depression didn’t help and has only been compounded by a mayor and city council interested only in maintaining their power and authority over the good of […]
Read More The Beautiful Lie (Or How To Get A White Guy To Shut Up)
By Kristoffer Gair |
Ever wonder how we’d live our lives if we knew from very early on everything we know now? Admit it. We’ve all thought about it. “I’d have gone to see this…I’ve have gone to do that…I’d have spent more time with this person…I’d have slept with all these people before they got old and ugly…I’d […]
Read More The Face of Gay 13 (amy with a lower case /a/)
By Kristoffer Gair |
RECOVERED I get the feeling that any of the three ways I started this intro might embarrass amy. Why? Because, in a nutshell–don’t ask which nut, she’s good people. There are some folks who you meet in life and just intuitively know that there’s something special about them. They often can’t see it themselves, but […]
Read More Lend Me Your Rears…er…Ears For A Tiny Little Rant & Challenge!
By Kristoffer Gair |
Were I single, I’d be standing on a chair and asking you all to “Lend me your rear!” Well, if you were cute and I was remotely interested. I’m not, however, single that is, so perhaps you’d lend me your ear. Ever have one of those months where you suddenly stop and say “Enough!” I’m […]
Read More A Kristoffer Gair Mystery: Would You Like A Kumquat With Your Asian Erotica?
By Kristoffer Gair |
I had a rather intriguing conversation last week with someone who contacted me and asked if I wrote intimate scenes in my books. Provided I did, he wanted to know–since I’m in a relationship that could be described as multicultural–how I described those scenes and if they also happened to be multicultural. That’s quite a […]
Read More The Face of Gay 12 (Dorien Grey)
By Kristoffer Gair |
RECOVERED There are three things you should know about author Dorien Grey. First, never ever under any circumstances stand up and offer him your seat. He doesn’t like it and he’ll likely have his security detail get you banned from wherever you are. Second, never ever under any circumstances send him SPAM mail. He doesn’t […]
Read More The Face of Gay 11 (Rob)
By Kristoffer Gair |
RECOVERED The words humble, modest and one tough cookie come to mind about Rob. The first two have to do with his personality while the third has to do with his being a teacher. And it’s not that he’s difficult. Far from. But in order to do his job, he sets an expectation level for […]
Read More Digging Up The Dirt…On Myself: The Early Years Part 1
By Kristoffer Gair |
Do you remember your formative years with any degree of joy and happiness? We probably should because, my, how things have changed between then and now. And I’m not being flippant when I say that. Oh, hell. Yes, I am. I was recently looking through a school years scrapbook my mother kept for me that […]
Read More I Do What I Do…Despite What Anybody Else Might Say!
By Kristoffer Gair |
You know those little cartoon things making their way around Facebook and other social media sites? They’re the ones with a couple of panels separated into What Someone Thinks I Do, What Someone Else Thinks I Do, What My Mother Thinks I Do, etc? Yeah, those. Some of them are really quite funny and it […]
Read More The Face of Gay 10 (T.J.)
By Kristoffer Gair |
RECOVERED There are a couple of misconceptions people have about writing a post for the Face of Gay series. 1) They feel they have to be a writer. You don’t. 2) They feel they have to compete with the other stories being submitted. You don’t. 3) They think their life isn’t special enough to write […]
Read More Things I Learned Taking A Road Trip With An Alzheimer’s Patient
By Kristoffer Gair |
“Would you take me for a walk?” and “I’d appreciate it if we could go for a ride” are the two most common things I hear from my father these days. And like Richard Marx, he won’t give up until he’s satisfied. That’s a reference to a song by Richard Marx for all of you […]
Read More It Seemed Like A Good Idea At The Time
By Kristoffer Gair |
My father may not have stormed the beach at Normandy like Teddy Duchamp’s dad allegedly did in Stand By Me, but he did serve in the military. I bring this up because there was a reunion this past weekend in Nashville for folks who served back then at a base in Germany. Mom really wanted […]
Read More Giving And Taking It In The Comedic Way
By Kristoffer Gair |
A huge number–usually one or two people, typically the same number of people who’ve read one of my novels–have in the past come up to me and asked “Aren’t you that gay author who makes fun of people and takes it up the bum from that extraordinarily cute Asian guy? What makes you laugh?” It’s […]
Read More How To Create The Persona Of An Author (The Easy Way)
By Kristoffer Gair |
Being a writer is extremely taxing, very difficult, and borderline excruciating work. It really is. The writing part is easy, though I’ve been told by friends that you really don’t even need talent for it. How else can you explain Twilight or Fifty Shades of Grey? That’s according to them, my friends. I’ve never read […]
Read More The Face of Gay 9 (Katherine Trick)
By Kristoffer Gair |
RECOVERED I’ll admit that even I need a little reminder from time to time that my faith in humanity is founded. It’s way too easy to become jaded these days and let the ugliness cloud everything. And I remember a time when it was easy to get jaded, like first coming out to my friends. […]
Read More The Face of Gay 8 (Anonymous as Scott)
By Kristoffer Gair |
RECOVERED Has anyone ever told you–as someone has me–that no matter how difficult you think you have it, somebody somewhere has it worse? There’s a definite ring of truth to that with today’s post. I’ve had drama in my life. My friends have had drama in theirs. People I only know through social media and […]
Read More The DragonCon 2012 Files (Profanity Not Included) Part II
By Kristoffer Gair |
Have you ever had too much of a good thing? I never used to believe I could because things always somehow managed to stay fresh. But, in the last couple of years, it felt a bit of a stretch to attend conventions without a slight “been there/seen that” feeling. It got to the point where […]
Read More The DragonCon 2012 Files (Profanity Included) Part 1
By Kristoffer Gair |
DragonCon is a fascinating experience, especially when it comes to documenting it and also getting online to check one’s email. Unlike other hotels that offer free wireless, the Hyatt where I stay doesn’t. And, naturally, the first message I looked at had the subject line “6 Local Girls Want To Meet You.” I’m sure they […]
Read More The Face of Gay 7 (Danny)
By Kristoffer Gair |
RECOVERED My mother frequently told me that not everything is funny. I think the reason she had to remind me of this was twofold. First, I was learning to laugh at myself and once you can do that, you take the power away from anyone else laughing at you in a bad way and things […]
Read More Hey, You! Come Out And Play!
By Kristoffer Gair |
Sure, I could come with some brilliant bit of personal insight and adventure to tantalize you with today, but, really, why keep the expectations so high? Or…I might be bluffing and simply have decided that I’m in a bit of an introspective mood this morning. If that’s the case–and I’m not saying it is–then it […]
Read More All The Way In
By Kristoffer Gair |
I’m always intrigued when the little notification thingy for Facebook pops up. No, not the Google Alert thingy with links to what unannounced changes Facebook is making or how they’ve been caught selling off our private information for a profit again. I mean the Friend Request thingy. They’re a mixed bag for me and friends […]
Read More The Face of Gay 6 (Sue Brown)
By Kristoffer Gair |
RECOVERED I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again… Actually, I have no idea what I was going to say, so let’s pretend it’s my first time. Even my husband pretends that line works when I use it on him. Moving right along, readers have been very kind regarding my pleas for submitting an […]
Read More Ever Have One Of Those Weeks You Swear Was A Conspiracy?
By Kristoffer Gair |
I sometimes tend to be a little bit like fellow author and blogger Dorien Grey in that I don’t always know what I’m going to write about for these posts until I actually sit down and start typing. Even then I don’t know. Well, not this week! Oh, no. I ended up with two topics […]
Read More Even My Imaginary Friends Were Only Children
By Kristoffer Gair |
I was a fairly typical only child for the first twelve years of my life. Share? Share with whom? Why should I have to share when there was nobody to share it with? If it was there, it was mine. Even my toys had a strict regiment of sharing when it came time to play. […]
Read More The Face of Gay 5 (Patricia Logan)
By Kristoffer Gair |
RECOVERED Authorette Patricia Logan and I have a couple things in common; we know how to entertain people and we enjoy it. We also share a mutual respect for each other, only the trick is we never show it in public. Folks prefer to grab a bag of popcorn and watch the banter fly when […]
Read More Spacehunters: The Story It Almost Was and Thank God Isn’t
By Kristoffer Gair |
I never liked it when a story ended and there wasn’t a sequel. As a child, I wanted more. As a young adult who’s just barely old enough to know more than some of the dipshits running around today, I still want more. Well, less of the dipshits and more of the stories. I once […]
Read More The Face of Gay 4 (Tom)
By Kristoffer Gair |
RECOVERED For those of you who know Tom, he needs no introduction. For those of you who don’t…well, then I guess he kinda does, doesn’t he? I was introduced to this kindhearted gentleman on Facebook. He’s a reviewer, an author and quickly became a favorite to follow and team up with whenever authorette Patricia Logan […]
Read More (Interview) As Good As Gold…Her Way: A Conversation With Linda Eder
By Kristoffer Gair |
I’ve been doing a little summer organizing while down with a sinus infection over the past week. And in going through old files, I came across another interview I did back in 2003 with singer Linda Eder. Up until my hubby moved to Chicago, I’d never heard of Linda Eder. I’d walked to number of […]
Read More The Face of Gay 3 (James Taylor Jr.)
By Kristoffer Gair |
RECOVERED Being an internationally known author—South America counts, right?—I have the opportunity to meet and become friends with some absolutely wonderful people. It doesn’t always mean they like me back, but because of my fame, they’re at least polite about it. That might have been a little bit of fluff there, or as my friend […]
Read More Guess What? I’m Dipped In Honey!
By Kristoffer Gair |
I remember being fascinated by certain people, usually actors, throughout my life. What did they eat? What did they drink? What did they like for dessert? What TV shows did they watch? Did they listen to Abba, too? I was 7. Naturally, the questions changed as I grew older. What did their staff make them […]
Read More Growing Old The AbFab Way, Sweetie Darling
By Kristoffer Gair |
When the few subtle signs the universe sends you about aging are dutifully ignored, it’ll often reach out in ways that can’t quite be anticipated. The first subtle sign I received was in the form of kidney stones in my early 30s. “Here’s some pain,” the universe whispered and gave me a little wink. I […]
Read More The White Noise Surrounding the Colorado Shooting
By Kristoffer Gair |
Let’s blame Canada! No…wait… We already did that when a chunk of the east coast blacked out some years back. Let’s blame Batman! Er…or you know, that Christopher Nolan guy, especially since he writes scripts. No…wait… Let’s blame Hollywood! Maybe we should just blame the gays! Or everybody who didn’t get to pray in school! […]
Read More Being Your Own Best Friend! Left Hand Or Right Hand?
By Kristoffer Gair |
I had a dream last night where I was presented with reviews from all my co-workers at the previous job. One person said I was “too drunkenly”–hey, it was a dream, so language kinda goes all over the place–and another said I was frequently 8 minutes late. I remember being struck at how ludicrous it […]
Read More Monday: Pulling Another One Out of My Derriere
By Kristoffer Gair |
This may come as a bit of a shock to some of you, but I’ll own it and say it. I’m not exactly the most social person in the world. There. It’s out there in the universe and can’t be taken back. Now, this in itself isn’t a huge deal. Why? Because the overwhelming majority […]
Read More The Face of Gay 2 (By Bobbie B)
By Kristoffer Gair |
RECOVERED First, a sincere thank you to everybody who read and commented a couple of weeks ago on the debut of The Face of Gay. The author of the piece and I weren’t entirely sure if it would attract an audience or not and it did. Also, I received an e-mail from someone shortly after […]
Read More Sex IN The City…And A July Wedding (Part 2)
By Kristoffer Gair |
Okay, we’re going to go with asking you to pretend you hear Sarah Jessica Parker’s voice speaking as Carrie Bradshaw again for the start of this. Ready? Here we go… “There are three life changing events during a New York male’s life. The first is discovering he has a penis, the second is when he […]
Read More Sex IN The City…And A July Wedding (Part 1)
By Kristoffer Gair |
Pretend for a moment that you can hear Sarah Jessica Parker’s voice as Carrie Bradshaw. “New York City is home to some amazing places and amazing people! If you have a taste for something, then there’s probably three restaurants that offer it within a few blocks of wherever you happen to be. If you want […]
Read More The Debut of The Face of Gay 1 (Anonymous)
By Kristoffer Gair |
RECOVERED A month or two ago, I extended the invitation for anyone to write a guest blog post for a series I wanted to start called The Face of Gay. This was in anticipation of hostilities increasing after President Obama declared his support of legalizing gay marriage. If enough people were to come forward, offer […]
Read More The Subconscious Pookalicious Wookie Buns & the Tale of the Asian Muse
By Kristoffer Gair |
I used to be told I was borderline crabby some of the time. People said that, but they didn’t really mean it. Nope. What they were really saying is I was downright crabby most of the time, only they were being nice because of that whole aforementioned crabby thing. You don’t poke a dog with […]
Read More The Author Formerly Known As The Actor
By Kristoffer Gair |
I think I may have mentioned once before quite some time back my brief stint in acting when I was in junior high and high school. If you don’t remember it because you’ve only recently tuned in, bonus! If you do remember or kinda sorta hazily remember, I didn’t have pictures back then and I […]
Read More Confessions Of A Recently Semi-Finely Aged 42 Year Old
By Kristoffer Gair |
Birthdays have always been a big thing in my family. It would be easy to chalk it up to me being an only child and my parents overcompensating a bit, only my mother’s side of the family has always done them up with style, class and fun. I believe, perhaps, it had to do with […]
Read More Excuse Me, Sweetie? You Look Like A Stuffed Sausage.
By Kristoffer Gair |
My father used to enjoy taking me to the mall when I was a teenager only because he didn’t feel the need to keep his sarcastic comments to himself. “Look at all these teenyboppers,” he’d mutter just loud enough to for me to hear. “What is up with that hair?” It was the eighties and […]
Read More Sheraton Republicans & A Husky Bear With A Big Basket
By Kristoffer Gair |
Did you know I have an agenda? At least I’m told I do, which is odd because I’m not fond of agendas. If you have an agenda, it usually means there’s a meeting in your future and that means taking notes. I’m not a note taker. And if you take notes, that means you have […]
Read More I’ve Never Gone Anywhere! Well, except London, Germany, Japan…
By Kristoffer Gair |
I’ve had a pet side-project I’ve been wanting to work on for the last two years and I finally started it over the weekend. For those of you who haven’t already seen them, I scanned in and posted on Facebook a substantial number of pictures from over the years and there’s a huge number of […]
Read More My Bum Performs Quality Control Tests
By Kristoffer Gair |
All things considered, I should be a total wreck. Emotionally. One friend’s dementia-suffering mother is back in the hospital under serious circumstances, another’s canine member of the family is in equally serious circumstances, my father continues his own downward spiral journey with Alzheimer’s, the home improvements we’re doing are moving faster than I’d expected, which […]
Read More Battle Beyond The Snores II: The Sleeptalker
By Kristoffer Gair |
Infinite space… Infinite terror… Not a chance! I’ve always wanted to use that tagline for a book and I have one in mind, only it’s about 5 books away from being written. Jumping the gun a bit? Maybe. It’s been that kind of a week. Sorry about the cliffhanger Monday thing. Dad has had a […]
Read More There’s One Thing You Didn’t Know About Me…
By Kristoffer Gair |
They move among you, quietly and not so quietly, breathing the same air, eating the same food, shopping at the same stores, watching the same TV shows and movies, working out at the same gyms, being managed by you, managing you, and pretending to be your neighbors, friends and/or family. You’ll never know that they’re […]
Read More MotorCity Comicon Weekend 2012: A Shirtless Jason Statham Is a Good Jason Statham (Part 2)
By Kristoffer Gair |
Ralph called me verbose once. Just once. It only took one time, then I managed to get my hands on some incriminating evidence. He won’t be calling me that again anytime soon. Well, at least not for another 16 months, then he’ll be free and clear to call me that once again. You people have […]
Read More MotorCity Comicon Weekend 2012: Fondling My Twin Peaks (Part 1)
By Kristoffer Gair |
Just how much can you pack into a weekend? You’d be surprised. Between my husband and my friends, I don’t think I’ve had a short vacation where I’d come away feeling refreshed and rested in fifteen years. And no, I’m not whining and crying. I’m just pointing out the obvious. It’s also only fair to […]
Read More Ever Wonder What’s Up With Male Celebrities and Boobage?
By Kristoffer Gair |
Stop me if you’ve had this happen to you before. You’re somewhere with other people and you’re being absolutely delightfully social. Your friends are overjoyed that you’re not acting like your typical prickish self, you haven’t pissed anybody off, people are laughing and not at your expense and the hours are passing phenomenally. Naturally, that’s […]
Read More Some Boys Just Want To Be Butt Pirates In Space
By Kristoffer Gair |
Anyone notice it’s gotten a little serious around here lately? Sorry about that. Between a friend passing away and my thoughts on President Obama’s announcement on gay marriage, things have been acting stereotypically drama drama drama. Let’s step away from that for a moment. Uh…so many things I could start with here…so maybe I should […]
Read More An Endorsement For Gay Marriage To Keep You Awake At Night
By Kristoffer Gair |
I’ve been having a little trouble lately coming with what I think are quality ideas for blog posts. It’s a tiny bit of a struggle after writing a certain amount on a regular basis, but then OutlantaCon gave me a few nuggets I could see working with and expanding on. I had the perfect one […]
Read More A Wee Bit Anal Over OutlantaCon
By Kristoffer Gair |
One of my more charming qualities is that I’ve grown a bit anal over the years. No, not that kind of anal. That’s a given. I mean the other kind of anal, the almost over-preparedness kind of anal. I refer to it as charming because it’s afforded me many a good night of sleep instead […]
Read More A Letter to Roxette’s Per Gessle and Marie Fredriksson
By Kristoffer Gair |
Dear Per Gessle and Marie Fredriksson, I know your latest album, Traveling, reflects your time during the Charm School tour, but as I’ve listened to it, I’ve been doing a little reflecting of my own. You see, Roxette has been in my life since I was a college freshman back in 1988 and heard the […]
Read More Call Me Underdog: A Stream of Thought
By Kristoffer Gair |
What follows this intro is the result of a couple crappy nights of sleep, some dodgy days with dad out in public, and an overall need to let some poison out of my system. I tried to go to sleep Sunday night and finally gave up after a few hours. It wasn’t happening and my […]
Read More Pirated Ebooks Piss Authors Off, State “We Are Legion!”
By Kristoffer Gair |
I have this friend. She’s a fellow author. And if you say the word “pirate” around her, this former law enforcement officer’s trigger finger literally starts twitching. Then comes the rage. Ah, but the lovely G.A. Hauser has a reason for her reaction and it has to do with the sheer amount of money being […]
Read More Catching A Memory
By Kristoffer Gair |
Finally getting my guy to answer a few interview questions turned out better than I’d hoped. The blog post about him received more than double the amount of traffic I usually bring in. I mentioned this to him, which prompted the response “Bet you wish you wouldn’t have asked me to behave. I might have […]
Read More An Interview With the Man Behind the Author…Literally and Figuratively!
By Kristoffer Gair |
It only took…what…a year to make this happen? If there’s one thing about Ralph, it’s that he’s always got at least 4 or 5 things going on at the same time. He’s a multi-tasker, so trying to get him to sit down and concentrate on something like this isn’t the easiest thing in the world. […]
Read More Aging: It’s Like A Swift Kick To The Balls!
By Kristoffer Gair |
A friend of a friend was bemoaning the fact that at his age of 31–which seems young to me–a 19 year old he was hoping to engage in nocturnal mating rituals with told him not too long ago that “It’s okay you’re 31. I like older men.” This made my friend’s friend feel very awkward. […]
Read More Reconciling One Outta Three Ain’t Bad
By Kristoffer Gair |
Do you ever feel that, despite adversity, you’ve found something resembling a balance within the imbalance? And for some reason you can’t quite put your finger on, which is probably for the best, it works or at least exists at the moment? I didn’t realize until last week just how much I was in that […]
Read More Does Writing Make You Horny, Baby?…Yeah!
By Kristoffer Gair |
Coming down sick has an interesting side-effect on me. Or, rather, it’s the medication that has a side-effect. Nyquil makes me…well, hormonal. So does Dayquil. And now that I think about it, so does Tylenol Cold and Flu, Thera-Flu, Wal-Greens Cold and Flu and just about any other general cold medication. The only other time […]
Read More OutlantaCon, MotorCity Comicon, DragonCon…Oh, My!
By Kristoffer Gair |
One of the highlights of being a G-list celebrity–not my term–is the privacy you’re given whenever doing public appearances. I mean, sure, those of you who hang with Dorien Grey know that he just has to walk into a bookstore and people flock to him. It probably doesn’t hurt that he wears a t-shirt with […]
Read More Die Happy With A Vengeance: The Bucket List
By Kristoffer Gair |
Hey, did you hear about my wedding? Kidding! Seriously, even I’m talked out about it after 5 blog posts. Please, my kingdom for a new subject. Just a moment. One of my staff members, soup maker, I think, just shouted out something sarcastic. <2 minutes pass> Okay, taken care of. Kinda difficult to want to […]
Read More The Korean Chicken Karaoke Aftermath: A Gay Wedding Part V
By Kristoffer Gair |
Like all eyeballs-rolling-up-into-the-back-of-your-head inducing, room-shaking, obnoxious, calling-out-the-wrong-name-which-is-okay-just-as-long-as-it’s-loud, wet orgasms, festivities sometimes come to an end. Not that I had any orgasms during my wedding week or even on my wedding night. I thought about it. I really did. I’d have even been happy with one. I’d have been happy just watching one that wasn’t even […]
Read More A Half Asian and His Gweilo in New York Part IV: The Gay Wedding
By Kristoffer Gair |
Ralph calls me verbose, but then I just stretched a single blog post into four, plus there will be a fifth discussing our post-wedding exploits. Okay, I might be a tiny bit verbose. It doesn’t matter, though. It just doesn’t. Why? Because we’ve arrived at the day a half Asian gave up his right after […]
Read More Let’s Get This Gay Marriage Planned: Pre-New York Part 1
By Kristoffer Gair |
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before. A self-professed extraordinarily intelligent half Asian stud and a self-deprecating smart ass author white guy fly to New York City, dress up in their best suits, and ask a Jewish Rabbi to marry them in a non-religious ceremony. You’ve heard it, right? Great. Okay, let me back […]
Read More The Gweilo, The Witch & Her Grandson’s Wardrobe
By Kristoffer Gair |
Ancient Chinese prophesy foretells of a grand matriarch, a woman so devoted to her grandchildren that any potential suitor who doesn’t meet her expectations and challenges her authority, soon disappears under mysterious and unpleasant circumstances. Her reign of terror is said to last nearly thirty years. Prophesy also foretells of a stranger from the West, […]
Read More Uh, Right Ethnicity, Wrong Person…And Hoping For Closure
By Kristoffer Gair |
So I was at J.C. Penny last night after work where they were holding a pair of dress pants for me. The pair at their sister store the previous night was too short. Naturally, these were too long. But the suit jacket was my favorite, so I figured I could get the pants tailored. One […]
Read More Don’t Steal One of the Gay Author’s Pictures on Facebook…He Doesn’t Like It
By Kristoffer Gair |
I do some work for a company that pays very close attention to social media. I know, I know. Moi? Work? Ralph says if I’m not barefoot and pregnant at home, my supple ass has to get out there and earn us some money. Personally, I think I’d make a pretty awesome house husband. We’ll […]
Read More 2012: A Mostly Brilliant Ralph Odyssey
By Kristoffer Gair |
Did you know that my guy, my Ralph, my soon-to-be-hubby, is brilliant? See, I know this because he’s told many, many, many times. His Grandmother even thinks he’s the Second Coming. I could make a really cheap sexual innuendo here, but you go ahead and make that connection for yourself. It’s probably accurate. Anyway, his […]
Read More Life, Love, Alzheimer’s and Prelude to the Lair of the Hong Kong Grandmother
By Kristoffer Gair |
I look at children these days and, aside from being generally annoyed by them, relish in the look of wonder and amazement if their eyes at what they see around them. There will come a day when they realize the world is a much more complicated place, but as dark as it can be, there’s […]
Read More 8 Most Frequently Asked Questions For Justin Bieber and Kristoffer Gair
By Kristoffer Gair |
From Hot In Cleveland: Joe Jonas: I’m a little surprised by all the Justin Bieber.” (on Betty White’s Ipod) Betty: Really? I love her!
Read More When Grandmothers and Hong Kong Grandmonthers Team Up And Go Bad
By Kristoffer Gair |
Grandmothers are believed to be warm, kind, cookie-making wisdom-sharers willing to embrace the future while keeping us grounded by reminding us of our past. Can’t you just smell the ham or turkey cooking in the kitchen and the sweet voice of reason reminding us why should keep perspective on life when things don’t go our […]
Read More Kristoffer Gair: Unzipped and Less Than Wholesome!
By Kristoffer Gair |
Psst! Wanna know a secret? When it comes to blogging, I only have an idea for 1 in 3 blog posts that I sit down to write. They’re a crap shoot. No, not that kind. The other kind. The clean kind. My first pass at writing one is usually allowing my mind to upchuck whatever […]
Read More Kristoffer Gair Vs. Patricia Logan’s 2012 New Year’s Assassins
By Kristoffer Gair |
So with Ralph home and the amount of cooking, cleaning up after him, catering to his every whim, offering to sit on his lap like Santa and running around places we didn’t need to go for things we didn’t need or end up buying, I missed my Monday blog post. That’s the short of it […]
Read More Sheerluck Holmes & The Mystery Of The Amazon Christmas Gifts
By Kristoffer Gair |
It was a chilly evening as I walked up my…well, walkway. It sounds redundant to say since I’m walking and it’s a walkway, but I was and it is…as in it was since this was two days ago. I’ve continued walking since–sometimes even on walkways–only I’m digressing because of you. The point is I’d been […]
Read More The Author Who Makes Little Old Ladies Haul Wrinkled Rear Ends!
By Kristoffer Gair |
You know how there’s always one person who gets blamed for things gone wrong that there’s no damn way they could possibly be responsible for? Aha! I see by the look on your face you do. I am apparently one of those people. How do I know this? Easy. It’s just my lot in life. […]
Read More Why Can’t We Have Our Happy Endings & Sequels, Too?
By Kristoffer Gair |
Singer Ellen Aim looked up at Tom Cody and wanted nothing more than for that moment to freeze so she could savor it forever and ever, only it wasn’t meant to be. He’d saved her life, come for her when even the authorities wouldn’t…an old boyfriend and former soldier who picked up a rifle and […]
Read More That One Perfect Defining Moment Frozen In Time
By Kristoffer Gair |
There’s a picture I carry in my wallet since the day it was taken. My guy and I had been going out for a week or two and I decided to take half a day off of work and drive us north to Port Huron. There’s a mall there that had–at the time–a large carousel […]
Read More The Power of Maybe
By Kristoffer Gair |
My guy told me more than once after we started going out that he would be surprised if he lived past 30 years old. He couldn’t explain it, there was no rational explanation for it and I think he actually believed it. It really freaked me out when he’d say that. This is an odd […]
Read More When Harry & Kage Met Sally & Pookie…You Know, For Lunch
By Kristoffer Gair |
Everybody seems to be on a movie kick lately and I think it’s the holidays that are doing it. Ralph and I used to go and see a lot of movies at the theater. A lot. And we mostly agreed on what we’d see. These days? Either films just aren’t impressing us anymore or we’re […]
Read More Wuv Doesn’t Ask Why. Yes, Wuv.
By Kristoffer Gair |
Yes, wuv. I’m being cute about it because I can. A number of folks were featuring blog posts about what they were thankful for before the holiday, only I wanted to hold off a bit, see how the holiday went, collect my thoughts and then give it a shot. I’m glad I did because having […]
Read More Kris Trek: The Search For A F***ing Christmas Tree
By Kristoffer Gair |
“Consistency is the root of all repetition.” I responded with that in an IM to someone at work last week. He thought I was being a smart ass, but the truth is I had no idea what it meant, what it was supposed to mean or what relevance it may or may not have in […]
Read More It’s All About Starting New Traditions, But Including Star Trek
By Kristoffer Gair |
Did you know that a small, kinda largish number of people don’t keep up with me on my blog? I know, crazy, right? I’ve been documenting my progress on Operation Decorate-Before-My-Guy-Comes-Home-For-Thanksgiving on Facebook for the past week–I told you all about it in my previous blog post–and I gotta tell you, it’s an uphill battle. […]
Read More Guess What My Ralph Has For Me!
By Kristoffer Gair |
Here’s a perfectly unrelated-to-anything-else-going-on-at-the-moment random thought; why does split pea soup go in smelling like split pea soup and come out still smelling like split pea soup? I can’t quite figure that one out and I only ever remember to ask when I’ve actually eaten split pea soup the night before. And it’s not like […]
Read More Senate Bill 137: Why Do Republican Leaders Hate The Gays?
By Kristoffer Gair |
It’s an odd feeling to think of your life as a threat to those who call themselves the moral majority. It’s also an odd feeling to see so much of the church being brought into government after those before us specifically set the government up to keep them separate. In moving towards this reunification, it […]
Read More Happy Halloween! (aka Horror Films Made Me Gay)
By Kristoffer Gair |
Yes, you read the title correctly. Horror films made me gay. Don’t believe me? Then I’ve got three words for you; Elm Street 2! Aside from that, the truth is that I grew up watching horror movies, mostly because my father had a sweet tooth for them and mom didn’t. So, if he was going […]
Read More A Non-Porn Blog Post That Mentions the Word “Porn”!
By Kristoffer Gair |
Talk about life and you get a small, but polite, bit of response from folks. Mention porn like I did in my Monday blog post and your Google Analytics explodes in a traffic orgasm! Maybe it’s just a magic word. Let me try it again…porn. I’ll check analytics tomorrow. In the meantime, my guy and […]
Read More Ah, To Be Mounted By Jordan Young, Brandon Lee & Brent Everett
By Kristoffer Gair |
It may shock some of you to learn this, so prepare yourself. I may, just may, have seen an adult movie…or two…or 200…in my life. I know, bizarre, right? You have no idea how difficult it is at times to convince folks I’m as pure and angelic as I need them to think I am. […]
Read More Vampires, Clowns and Low-Budget Filmmaking: Talking With Tommy Lee Wallace (Part 2)
By Kristoffer Gair |
This was first published on Modamag.Com in 2002. My kind thanx to the owner of the site for letting me putting it on my own site now. Part 1 was posted yesterday. And now, the exciting conclusion of an interview with director Tommy Lee Wallace:
Read More A 1995 Sweetest Day Booty Call in Mackinac
By Kristoffer Gair |
My hubby-to-be-in-the-legal-sense isn’t a fan of holidays, specifically Hallmark holidays. Valentine’s Day? Sweetest Day? He tolerated them sixteen years ago because of me and because my family has always enjoyed these little occasions. They can be fun and I fought my guy for years trying to show him that we can have a good time […]
Read More Boys Just Want To Have Fun
By Kristoffer Gair |
This past weekend with my father was a good one. Well, 50% good and that’s actually better-than-average, so I’m not complaining. We even had a little breakthrough that’s giving me some false hope, but more on that in a bit. I’m also getting a little more geeked about Ralph’s and my upcoming wedding next February. […]
Read More Vampires, Clowns and Low-Budget Filmmaking: Talking With Tommy Lee Wallace (Part 1)
By Kristoffer Gair |
This was first published on Modamag.Com in 2002. My kind thanx to the owner of the site for letting me putting it on my own site now. In celebration of the upcoming Halloween holiday, I thought I’d dig up this interview about a director who’s responsible for some wonderfully scary ass movies! Welcome back to […]
Read More Author Trek: The Motion West Hollywood Book Fair
By Kristoffer Gair |
My good friend, fellow author…and self-professed cougar…GA Hauser, shared her thoughts this past Monday on the West Hollywood Book Fair we attended together over the weekend. There just wasn’t enough foul language for my taste, so I thought I’d expand on it a bit and share a few more humorous moments that came out of […]
Read More The Bitch Is On A Rant
By Kristoffer Gair |
Some asshole once said–and I’m paraphrasing–that life won’t give you more than you can handle. Does anyone want to guess how long it took before the f***er was stoned to death after he said it? I’m guessing not long. Yes, it’s been that kind of a week and I can only be so much of […]
Read More Fracked Monday Update, the Detroit FanFare, Bruce Campbell and Peter Weller
By Kristoffer Gair |
It’s Monday! I know. It just means the day is totally fracked up, right? Well, I’ve got some pretty cool stuff to share with you today and some not-so-cool stuff. It always seems to be a balance and it kind of puts a damper on things when you’re just not in the mood for moody […]
Read More The Enormity of a Lack of Security
By Kristoffer Gair |
My boss and his wife just welcomed their second child (and first son) into the world yesterday. I’ll tell you what, that kid has been born into a world that already has Blu-Ray. How exciting is that? He totally saved time bypassing Beta, VHS and DVD!!!! So, you know, aside from that, I’m a little […]
Read More Technology Confuses Author on Thera-Flu: News at 11
By Kristoffer Gair |
I have a wonderful friend and delightful fellow author, the prolific Dorien Grey, who shares my curiosity and childlike tantrums about technology. It’s a blessing in disguise because my partner has a childlike curiosity about technology that he loves to see me fly into tantrums about. It bothered him in the beginning. Now it just […]
Read More A Nightmare on DragonCon Street 2011: Children of the Con
By Kristoffer Gair |
ConCrud: noun, The condition one finds oneself suffering from after being around thousands of people at a convention, some of who do not embrace proper shower etiquette and who enjoy spreading germs that make you feel like they look. It happens.
Read More Exposing The Cult Of Wil Wheaton (With William Shatner)
By Kristoffer Gair |
I woke up Friday morning to the sound of annoyed knocking at my hotel room door. It was William Shatner. He’d lost a bet and had to bring me my morning tea each day during DragonCon, which irritated him since he was used to people bringing him tea. But, like a semi-good sport, he sat […]
Read More An American Virgin in Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands (Part 1)
By Kristoffer Gair |
Most folks tend to take pictures when they take a trip, right? I used to do that. We took a ton of pics during my first trip to Hong Kong, then it tapered off very quickly. Maybe a few here and there, like London and Japan, but that’s it. I just got out of the […]
Read More It’s What I Do (and a Week of Oddities)
By Kristoffer Gair |
A couple of very odd things happened this week. First, I had two absolutely peaceful and wonderful nights of sleep. It’s such a rarity these days because I’ll overheat, freeze, overheat, toss, turn and repeat multiple times throughout the night. I blame previous co-workers for this who were hot flashing at work. I think I […]
Read More Eternal Life Could Only Be Screwed Up By Your Kid
By Kristoffer Gair |
My freshman English professor at Grand Valley State University once told us that we always think we’ll live forever. Yet, if you look at history, it makes for a pretty strong argument that we’re not going to live forever on this earth. Logic was never my strong point, but even I got the gist of […]
Read More Telling Stories Out Of School About the West Hollywood Signing
By Kristoffer Gair |
I’d planned on dishing a bit more than I did in Monday’s blog post about the weekend in West Hollywood. After all, it wasn’t all work. Mostly, but not all. Just, you know…mostly…because that’s what authors do when they aren’t at home. They…uh…we work. Sometimes we even have to forage for our own food. True, […]
Read More Big Trouble In Little LA (With A Funloving, Psychotic Redhead)
By Kristoffer Gair |
Book signings are a funny animal. They really are. I’ve done a number of them since the first version of A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to My Sexual Orientation came out and each one continues to be a unique experience. This time around, though, the lovely GA Hauser arranged the event–at Book Soup […]
Read More Together: A Little Piece of Heaven in a Blu-Ray World
By Kristoffer Gair |
My co-workers and I stepped out to lunch on Tuesday and caught part of an episode of Family Feud. The question was “Name something you’d see when you pass away.” Five of the answers made sense, but the last one? Not so much. We all thought it would be relatives. It was clouds. Clouds? Hell, […]
Read More Andy Stevenson Vs. Kage Alan & the Lord of the Loins
By Kristoffer Gair |
Did you know there were actually people with the name Andy Stevenson? I didn’t, not until the last year when my Google Alerts were actually producing a number of results, especially in social media, by guys with that name who weren’t related to my book. I imagine it must be a little strange for them […]
Read More A Moment I’m Not Proud Of
By Kristoffer Gair |
This is going to be a tough one to write and possibly equally tough for you to read. I don’t offer any excuses, but I will set the scene for you so that you have a better understanding–or at least as much of one as possible–as to what happened. My general week has me working […]
Read More I’ll Dine With Him, But I Won’t Sleep With Him
By Kristoffer Gair |
It took me the better part of the weekend between getting the place ready for my mother-in-law’s impending visit, taking dad for drives and then not grinding my teeth because of allowing the behavior attributed to Alzheimer’s to get the better of me–and I didn’t win many of those battles the last three days–but I […]
Read More Which Political Party Has A Corner on Being Acerbic?
By Kristoffer Gair |
Acerbic. I like that word. I like the way it rolls off the tongue and it’s not something you’d hear a drag queen say. It’s like a personal little word that few people ever use. I’m slightly acerbic when I’m not generally cranky or annoyed. The funny thing is that some folks have a difficult […]
Read More Frankie Says READ (Cuz Authors Need Places To Sign Books)
By Kristoffer Gair |
I started this morning off popping in an old unmarked VHS tape I recently came across that turned out to be episodes of VH1 Bands Reunited. Does anybody else think host Aamer Haleem comes across as a complete tool? Seriously, the guy’s a tool on the show. Anyway, beyond that, I did a book signing […]
Read More Five of the Seven Stages Of Hell (aka Why My Eye Is Twitching)
By Kristoffer Gair |
My eye started twitching over the weekend. I’m not sure if it’s because work had been a bit stressful, because I had to break a personal rule and go to Wal-Mart to buy the latest Def Leppard, because my guy was moving rather far away for work, because my father had started telling me yet […]
Read More We’re Just Like Everybody Else: A Week in the Life
By Kristoffer Gair |
Last week was one of those rare times when my guy was home for a whole 9 days in a row. It just doesn’t happen very often and I do miss those stretches. Not at first, but only because he’s used to staying up until midnight–two hours past my bedtime–and he’s somewhat accident prone. Bumping […]
Read More Please Take My Temperature The Old-Fashioned Way!
By Kristoffer Gair |
“The temperature has gone up to 84.” My father has become the ultimate source of weather in southeast Michigan. Nothing gets by him. Not a cloud, not a percentage of humidity, not a forecast–well, all forecasts technically get by him because the man can’t remember shit due to the Alzheimer’s–and not a chance to explain […]
Read More July 4, 2011: Will Gay Marriage Be The Next Fabulous Revolution?
By Kristoffer Gair |
I’ve been writing a bit lately about Alzheimer’s, family and some of my favorite b-films. Well, while I was looking to see if any sites out there might be interested in running a RSS feed of my blog posts–like Alltop–I realized that I do technically fit into the GLBT classification or category. After all, I […]
Read More Winning The Struggle Over Dealing With Alzheimer’s
By Kristoffer Gair |
Ever have internal conversations in your head that you don’t even realize you’re having? My guy did a double take a couple of years ago because I asked him a question, then answered for him, then retorted to the response he didn’t say and quipped right back burning my own ass in typical Ralph-fashion. The […]
Read More This Blog Has Been (Censored) For Your Amusement
By Kristoffer Gair |
This weekend with my father might have been the best one in the last year and a half. I think I’ve finally found a happy medium with how I want things to be versus how they really are–or reality–and there was almost a Zen-like feeling during our time together. His behavior didn’t change; mine did. […]
Read More Opening Up A Can Of Stupid
By Kristoffer Gair |
What the hell is up with people these days? You want to talk about folks doing some absolutely stupid things, I’ve got four that take the cake! It’s not like the good old days when communication was slow and slanted. Heck, I remember that time. We had TV, radio and newspapers. Okay, and TIME Magazine […]
Read More Geminis Are The Hottest In Bed And I’m A Gemini!
By Kristoffer Gair |
It was 1977 when my birthday fell on Fathers Day and my parents informed me–as a joke–that I couldn’t celebrate my birthday that year because I wasn’t a father. Ultimately, the joke was on them. At the time, however, I was furious. It was unfair. And I couldn’t find it written down anywhere that this […]
Read More Confessions Of A Not-So-Teenage-Writer
By Kristoffer Gair |
I had the distinction of turning 40 last year around this time and I’ve been doing some reflecting back on it. Picture it, Sicily, 1970… Sorry, wrong series. That and I’m half German, so, you know, huuuuuuuuuuge schnitzel! Anyway, I was–a year ago–waiting for Gaylias: Operation Thunderspell to be released, busy planning the book launch […]
Read More I May Be Fragile, But My Friend From San Diego Will Roger You Senseless!
By Kristoffer Gair |
A friend from San Diego flew in a week and a half ago to attend our Pride Fest and he stayed with me for a couple of days. Wonderful guest, too! Then again, I’ll say that about anybody who likes what I make for breakfast; Banana Split pancakes. But the stories he tells… That man […]
Read More Would Tennessee Hire Paul Bunyan If He Was Gay?
By Kristoffer Gair |
Someone on Twitter gave me a nice compliment the other day. He said that I give things a nice twist when I talk about them and that I should keep expressing myself about things that go against what the masses think. It’s food for thought. The masses certainly go against me from time to time. […]
Read More Now THAT’S Funny! Well, Kinda Sorta. Mostly.
By Kristoffer Gair |
I have a pretty good idea when I stick my foot in my mouth. The biggest subtle hint is the look on someone’s face; squishy, irritated, uglyish and typically attempting to blurt several responses all at the same time, yet usually never finding their way into intelligible words. And then sometimes there’s the less-than-subtle hints. […]
Read More Medication Can Suck It…And Here’s Why
By Kristoffer Gair |
The grocery shopping is done, dinner is finished, the dishwasher is running, the shower was nice and hot and I’ve got episodes of Johnny Sokko and His Flying Robot playing on the TV. Life is good. I did have to take a Benadryl, though. Stupid allergies kicked in. And that got me to thinking about […]
Read More Taylor Lautner, Vienna, Madonna & the Banana Splits
By Kristoffer Gair |
I was watching the latest Harry Potter Saturday night and a couple of friends e-mailed their surprise that I’d even give something like that the time of day. They usually e-mail to tease me about many of the b-movies I enjoy, but Harry Potter? If it’s any consolation, I’ve never ready any of the books […]
Read More OMG I Love You, Now Change! Meanwhile, the Lesbians…
By Kristoffer Gair |
One of my co-workers was telling me about his ultimate stalker. He gets up in the morning, she’s there. He goes home at night, she’s there. When he goes out with his friends, she’s there. He goes to sleep at night, she’s there. He wants to watch TV, she’s there and she makes him watch […]
Read More Move Over King Tut. It’s Time For The Kristoffer Gair Curse!
By Kristoffer Gair |
Naughty folks like myself are running out of places to work our trade. No, no. Wrong trade. Not that authors who happen to be gay and feature gay characters in our books have had tremendous luck getting into mainstream bookstores, but still, there have been some. Doesn’t it just figure, too, that the one Borders […]
Read More Eeeeeevil Is Visiting Europe…And Snoregasms
By Kristoffer Gair |
It’s a bizarre thing when Ralph goes out of town for a couple of days or even a couple of weeks. I mean, not just out of town, but really “out of town.” Like…Europe out of town. I won’t get to drive him mental by insisting on saying goodnight to him and I won’t get […]
Read More And That’s Why We Make Faygo…
By Kristoffer Gair |
Okay, let me just say it. CDs sound much, much clearer than anything else, but vinyl sounds authentic. And the Star Wars figures I grew up with are much, much better than the ones they came up with for the second trilogy. It seems like they made everything smaller in recent years, including the ships. […]
Read More When It All Goes Right Over A Weekend
By Kristoffer Gair |
It’s amazing how someone can have a somewhat crappy week, go through the things they need to in order to get to the weekend only to have everything go right and then some. It makes it all worthwhile, but at the same time, makes you crave the next weekend. Ironically, my main career is the […]
Read More New York Never Sleeps, But I Do (Part 1)
By Kristoffer Gair |
It gets to be the little things when you get to my age. Things like going through security at the airport and waiting behind people who act like they’ve never done this before just irk the hell out of me. “Oh, I’m not allowed to take water through?” Yeah, it’s kinda on all those signs […]
Read More It Comes Down To Who’s Right and Who’s Wrong
By Kristoffer Gair |
I spent the day with my father this past Sunday as I do one day each weekend. He loves working on the main computer because of the large monitor, which makes seeing his word search program that much easier for him to see. The computer is the first thing he asks to see upon walking […]
Read More Seriously? You’re Dating An Asian? Why?
By Kristoffer Gair |
You know it’s going to be one of those days when somebody says “You’re dating an Asian? Why?” I’ve been asked that before and it’s usually followed by someone listing the ethnic anatomical stereotypes before getting into the whole “Oh, so you’re like a rice queen and he’s a potato queen?” Ironically, those may be […]
Read More A Letter To My Father
By Kristoffer Gair |
Dear Dad, You’re never going to read this. I know because you’ve stopped reading books and magazines since it’s difficult for you. So maybe this is for me or maybe it’s just something for the future. It tore me up when you apologized for not being able to read my last book. Of all the […]
Read More The Boy From The Chemist Was Here To See You
By Kristoffer Gair |
I’ve taken a cue from the great Captain Malcolm Reynolds in that “I aim to misbehave.” Don’t know who Mal is? Shame on you. Look him up. My method of misbehaving this weekend was to flip my set schedule the proverbial bird, splurge a little and stay up way past my bedtime. Yeah, how crazy […]
Read More If I’m So Popular, Why Won’t Ellen’s People E-Mail Me?
By Kristoffer Gair |
It never ceases to crack me up when someone IMs or e-mails me and makes the comment about how nice it is that a famous author is talking to them. The first thing that always goes through my mind is “Who the hell are they talking about?” Fortunately, these folks are generally from overseas, so […]
Read More Did I Just…Oh, Yes…Yes! Yes! Yes! I Had A Scoregasm!
By Kristoffer Gair |
I needed to lighten up a little in this week’s Monday post, so I thought I’d chat about something kinda fun. Ready? Here we go. I’ve been teased for years about my love for soundtracks. Well, okay, I’ll be honest. I’ve been teased about my love of b-movie soundtracks. Sure, I love some of the […]
Read More Um…Awkward!
By Kristoffer Gair |
I once again had something else in mind for this Monday blog, which would have been the remaining idea I had from last week that never wound up fleshed out, only this other bit seems to have taken precedence. Life can be like that, huh? Two quick things first; I’ll be attending and signing books […]
Read More Snoring Your Way Through Romance!
By Kristoffer Gair |
Didn’t we just do this whole Monday thing last week? Seriously… Maybe we ought to just start having 3-day weekends instead. I’m betting that idea would win if we took a vote. All in favor? Motion carried. Now, on to my guy and the reason I didn’t get a whole lot of sleep this weekend.
Read More The First Boy I Ever Had A Crush On
By Kristoffer Gair |
I made two semi-kinda promises last week. The first was to make an announcement on Monday, which I did because I accomplished all that I promised myself beforehand so that I actually could make the announcement, and the second was kinda digging deep into my past about the first boy I ever had a crush […]
Read More Blame It On The Lights Down Low…
By Kristoffer Gair |
Monday is a day to fear. Why? It’s daunting. The weekend is far away. The boss has no issue with delegating crap to you because you’ve got 40+ hours to “make it happen.” Your boss, not mine. I like my boss. He brings me my favorite kind of donut when he stops by Tim Hortons […]
Read More Dodging Assassins, Ninjas and Triads
By Kristoffer Gair |
It’s Thursday! We made it. Now if we only had tomorrow off. I have a quick announcement before getting to the meat of this thing: Saturdays are now–at least on my website–officially Classic Blog Post Day! What does this mean? It means that MySpace has a ton of blogs I wrote from 2006 on and […]
Read More Sequel: The Sequel!
By Kristoffer Gair |
As an adult writer, I write to give my ideas and fantasies life. As a child writer, I did it to continue stories I loved and wanted more of. Our fourth grade teacher once read our class Otherwise Known As Sheila The Great by Judy Blume and I wasn’t satisfied thinking the story was over […]
Read More Service With A Smile: A Gay Man’s Motto
By Kristoffer Gair |
Service with a smile is usually a gay man’s motto, right? Oh, get your mind out of the gutter. That’s a different blog. Anyway, the entire reason this subject is coming up is because of an observation my mother made last month. We’d just sat down in a restaurant, the server came over, asked how […]
Read More A Writer’s Mortality: The Undiscovered Country
By Kristoffer Gair |
RECOVERED I’ve seen two films twice each on opening day in my life. The first was “The Lost Boys” back in…well, not so long ago. The second, which was a little more recent, was “Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country.” Both have very warm places in my heart and I actually have a tradition that […]
Read More People of Interest Episode 3: Dorien Grey
By Kristoffer Gair |
It’s the end of the year and we’ve experienced so much worth noting; economies rising and falling, politicians’ libidos rising and falling, Lindsay Lohan serving not nearly enough jail time, Paris Hilton putting something in her mouth not already attached to a male, Prince William getting engaged and, of course, Mark Zuckerberg making TIME Magazine’s […]
Read More The Closing of the Year 2010
By Kristoffer Gair |
2010. It may not have looked anything like Arthur C. Clarke’s vision, but it certainly has been memorable. I was reminded recently by a song to celebrate the things we’ve gotten to do versus what we haven’t; dance like no one is watching, sing like no one is listening and live like it’s your last […]
Read More People of Interest Episode 2: James Taylor Jr.
By Kristoffer Gair |
Amidst the first half of the “Gaylias: Operation Thunderspell” book tour these past couple of months, I’ve had the distinct (questionable) pleasure of hanging with some youthful (nefarious) underlings. One who comes immediately to mind for reasons I can’t fathom (desperation) is James Taylor Jr., who I’ve actually known much longer than six months. Unfortunately, […]
Read More What do you write? Oh, you’re one of those…
By Kristoffer Gair |
A good friend gave me a sweatshirt for Christmas a couple of years ago that has “Careful or you’ll wind up in my novel” printed on it, which I love! And as several of my friends have found out from book to book, it’s kinda true. Anyway, I’ve been wearing it again since we started […]
Read More People of Interest (Episode 1): Edwin Wendler
By Kristoffer Gair |
This was previously published on MySpace and Facebook in August, but since I’m finally continuing on with the series, I thought I’d publish it here before the second one is ready. So without further ado…
Read More The Privileged Life of Cents and Sensibility
By Kristoffer Gair |
It’s occurred to me again over the past few weeks that I lead a fairly privileged life. And no, it doesn’t mean I’m rich. I’m not, at least in a monetary sense. My last royalty check was around the $80 mark and I’m currently making less than my first job after I graduated from college. […]
Read More The Top 8 Things People Said To Authors at Palm Springs Pride Fest
By Kristoffer Gair |
For your reading pleasure, I present to you the Top 8 things heard at Palm Springs Pride Fest by folks coming up to the authors tent sponsored by QTrading. And our internal responses that became external the moment folks walked away and were out of earshot…
Read More Operation San Francisco Signing
By Kristoffer Gair |
While book signings always sound like fun, they actually scare the living hell out of me! Fortunately, I recently found out that one of the authors who appeared with me in San Francisco also gets terrible stage fright. Whew! It’s not just me.
Read More Winger…or Wanger? (Gaylias: Operation Thunderspell)
By Kristoffer Gair |
This is the first chance I’ve had this week to sit down and spend a little quality time with a couple of folks from the upcoming “Gaylias: Operation Thunderspell” novel. They weren’t easy to convince to open up and chat with me–mostly about opening up about each other…well, one of them opening up about the […]
Read More Bullying: It Gets Better? Don’t Wait For Then.
By Kristoffer Gair |
I had “Robocop 2″ playing in the background last night while cleaning the place up, cooking dinner etc. when I heard the 14-year-old drug dealing bully tell one of his lackies “Don’t be such a fag.” It made me stop and realize, wow, that was 1990. Things have come a little ways since then.
Read More Things That Make You Go “Huh?”
By Kristoffer Gair |
First, welcome to the blog section of my website! I’ve been blogging on MySpace, Facebook and AuthorsDen for a while now, but just never had a blog added to my own site. So, now I do (duh!) and I’ll be adding new blogs to it on an irregular basis, plus adding older blogs that folks […]
Read More We Define Ourselves
By Kristoffer Gair |
Do you want to know one of the lessons I’ve learned from watching my father progress with Alzheimer’s? Let’s start with the fact that he and my mother were supposed to be enjoying their retirement. They wanted to travel all over, maybe move out west or up north, get a nice single floor home in […]
Read More Meet Debora, Maven of Malevolence (Gaylias: Operation Thunderspell)
By Kristoffer Gair |
It’s less than a week before you-know-what is released and I’m playing a new game called “let’s-see-how-much-weight-I-lose-due-to-stress-before-the-event.” Hey, I didn’t say it was a good game. I just said it was a new game. So, I know, blah blah blah. Affirmations, 290 W. 9 Mile Road, Ferndale, MI 3-5pm on Saturday, July 24th. Oh! I […]
Read More So This World Cup Thing Isn’t About A Giant Jockstrap?
By Kristoffer Gair |
Happy New Release CD/DVD/Blu-Ray Tuesday to everybody! Cyndi Lauper may be singing the blues on her new album today, but we’re working overtime here at Gaylias Central. Okay, I’m working overtime…here…at home…staff of one.
Read More A Writer’s Mortality: The Undiscovered Country
By Kristoffer Gair |
I’ve seen two films twice each on opening day in my life. The first was “The Lost Boys” back in…well, not so long ago. The second, which was a little more recent, was “Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country.” Both have very warm places in my heart and I actually have a tradition that goes […]
Read More Death of a Nemesis
By Kristoffer Gair |
You know those people who touch our lives? No, no. Not the ones who touch us. That’s a whole different blog. I mean the ones who touch our lives in a non-physical sense. But even beyond that. I mean the ones who touch our lives in a non-physical sense who we wish would go touch […]
Read More Halloween H20 + CiSO4 = CuSO4*Too Many Bad Halloween Sequels
By Kristoffer Gair |
Ah, there’s nothing quite like Halloween season, a time when most wimpy people I know actually stop complaining when I pull a horror movie out to watch. Now, mind you, I only bring out the best discs when I have company; “The Howling 2”, “Dracula 3000”, “Jaws: The Revenge”, “Amityville 3”, “I Still Know Who […]
Read More Episode 2: The Publishers Strike Back
By Kristoffer Gair |
Original MySpace Publication Date: July 31, 2009 The following is a reprint from Novelspot.net when I hosted a series of behind-the-scenes blog posts during the week of July 20-24. Enjoy! NovelSpot Blog Day 2 Magandang hapon po! Or as they say in Detroit, good afternoon…or “yo” or “wassup”. We’re a bit informal around here.
Read More The Good, The Bad And The Oh-Why-Did-I-Write-This-Awful-Thing?
By Kristoffer Gair |
The following is a reprint from Novelspot.net when I hosted a series of behind-the-scenes blog posts during the week of July 20-24, 2009. NovelSpot Blog Day 1 Hello! Or, as one of my writer friends says, “Hail and well met!” Or, as another writer friend blatantly rips off from a film, “Greetings and salutations!” Or, […]
Read More The Hilarity of Stupidity
By Kristoffer Gair |
I witnessed two events last week that deserve to be pointed out, documented and thoroughly enjoyed by the masses. Honestly, I live for this crap because if I wrote and put it in a book, nobody would believe that it actually happened. You know the kind I mean, right? The kind that when you get […]
Read More My Reading With Psychic Sylvia Browne
By Kristoffer Gair |
Right, so some of you posted or e-mailed some curiosity aimed at the reading I had yesterday with uber-psychic Sylvia Browne. I figured rather than respond to random questions, I’d simply type up a bit of the information that was shared with me. Now, for those of you who think it’s all a bunch of […]
Read More The Direction $hit Rolls
By Kristoffer Gair |
This blogging thing is seriously feast or famine with me. Either nothing comes to mind (in which case people start calling me McLeod) or it all comes flooding out. I do want to preface this one by saying that I’m feeling bluntly honest about quite a bit today, so consider yourself warned. The bad words […]
Read More Cheers, Fears and the New Sedaris-Fearing-Gay-Writing Mafia
By Kristoffer Gair |
Blog, they said, and people will read you. Blog frequently, they said, or people will not read you…and instead read someone who actually does blog frequently because those are the rules we just made up since they sound wise and sage-like. Kinda makes you want to wear an old pair of shoes and put your […]
Read More From Finland With Love
By Kristoffer Gair |
I wrote a post a couple of days ago about why I blog and saving a bit of myself for the years to come. Memories are important. They’re important to us and there are times we share them and they ‘click’ with someone else. We become connected by sharing. Memories are extremely important at the […]
Read More Muffy The Slipper Slayer–An Evening At Kohl’s
By Kristoffer Gair |
Why is it that the simplest things so often turn into the most complicated ordeals? Seriously. It’s like somebody in some little office somewhere referred to in hushed conversations as “the Controller” has a hard-on for some of us. What makes it worse is I pretty much hate leaving home and dealing with certain areas […]
Read More Having A Good One…At A Funeral
By Kristoffer Gair |
My father is not necessarily one who has ever jumped on the bandwagon when it comes to socially linguistic trends. He never came up to me while in my early teens and said: “Oh, my God. You’re like totally wearing that shirt with those parachute pants? That’s like so gross! Totally gag me with a […]
Read More Out of the Lair of the Hong Kong Grandmother (Afterthoughts)
By Kristoffer Gair |
Kris’s Hong Kong Vacation Log (Afterthoughts) Experiencing another culture is something I believe everybody should do, especially Americans. We can be arrogant about the rest of the world and it’s the worst kind of arrogance; we don’t realize we’re arrogant. We’re fed stories of how things should be and how we should hope that they […]
Read More Out of the Lair of the Hong Kong Grandmother (Days 8-9)
By Kristoffer Gair |
Commence Recording Today is promising. A family Ralph’s Grandmother has known for many years is coming by to visit. Now, I’d like to think they’ve stayed in touch because she used to tutor their two sons. The nice thing is the family has always been very good to me. They’ve included me in the gift […]
Read More Into the Lair of the Grandmonster (Day 5)
By Kristoffer Gair |
Commence Recording “This time, it’s war!” Aliens 5 days of bliss is apparently 5 days too many. Yes, folks, war was declared today and it started off so splendidly…maybe evenly. At least not unexpectedly. We woke up around 8 a.m., had a nice cup of tea together as a group and then hastened out to […]
Read More Into The Lair of the Grandmonster (Day 4)
By Kristoffer Gair |
Commence Recording Kage’s Vacation Log Date 1/28/09 “Push it. Push it real good!” It’s funny how one day begins versus how it ends. Wednesday began somewhat peacefully and then not so much at the end. Let me explain.
Read More Into The Lair of the Hong Kong Grandmother (Day 3)
By Kristoffer Gair |
“Hot patootie, bless my soul, I really love that rock ‘n’ roll!” I’ve always loved that song, only I never knew what a “patootie” was until I froze both of mine off last night. Ralph gave up his room for me and in doing so, decided to express how much enjoyment he was about to […]
Read More Bang Your Head (Mental…Not Metal…Health)
By Kristoffer Gair |
There’s been quite a bit of holiday banter going on and I thought I’d share a few things that happened to me during Christmas and New Years for no other reason than because I can!
Read More Red Profit Margin, White Christmas, Blu-Ray!
By Kristoffer Gair |
Season’s Greetings! Yes, nothing like waiting until the last minute to send out a Christmas blog/letter. So what can be said about 2008 that hasn’t been already? It would be easy to concentrate on the negative things because so many people have been in the muck of it all, especially with the economy. Heck, my […]
Read More Happy Holiday Double Entendre
By Kristoffer Gair |
ClassiHappy pre-holidays! Or as they say in Sweden, “Gersh gurndy morn-dee burn-dee, burn-dee!” Quite literally, that translates into English as “Gersh gurndy morn-dee-dee burn, burn-dee”. I know. I used an online translation site.
Read More The Ugliness We Should Never Have To See
By Kristoffer Gair |
I enjoy horror films. They’ve been an adrenalin rush, a curse, a healthy jolt and recently, again, something quite ugly. Let me go back in time for a moment. A co-worker and fellow horror film fan ushered me over to his cube one day about four years ago and said he had something to show […]
Read More First 2 Reviews of Andy Stevenson Vs The Lord of the Loins Are In!
By Kristoffer Gair |
The first reviews from gay magazines/newspapers/websites are starting to come in and I’ve got two for you here (one for each book).
Read More My Amusing How-I-Spent-My-DragonCon 2008 Report
By Kristoffer Gair |
Sit back, relax and dig in as I attempt to amuse you with my slightly overdue DragonCon report. Yes, slightly overdue. Dodging the Hong Kong Grandmother’s hit squads is bad enough, but to avoid Julie Caitlin Brown’s, too? Ugh. Let’s start at the beginning. I flew into Atlanta Thursday afternoon (no delayed flights…uncanny and almost […]
Read More Annoying People Should Not Discuss DVDs…and a Question
By Kristoffer Gair |
Annoying people should not be allowed to say anything about DVDs, have an opinion about them or be allowed to express an opinion about them. They just shouldn’t. Enter today’s little tale.
Read More I’m a week late…”, Gossip Girl and First Review Comments
By Kristoffer Gair |
Okay, I’ve been quiet for a couple of weeks now, which means I’ve been good. Good is boring, so I’m at it again. Writing, that is. I’m at the writing again. I can’t help it. I have to do something while I’m catching up on Season 1 of “Gossip Girl”. My partner lives for that […]
Read More It Is What It Is, A Pet Peeve
By Kristoffer Gair |
Has anybody heard this phrase going around, “It is what it is?” Yeah, that used to be a simple little saying with a rather innocent meaning. It was also rarely spoken because it was so innocent, just a pleasant little “that’s all there is, folks” kind of thing. And people smiled when they said it. […]
Read More Read Em’ & Weep…With Delight!
By Kristoffer Gair |
Привет всем! That’s Russian for…something someone in Russia would say to someone else who might also be in Russia who’s also hopefully Russian so they’d understand the sentiment. Scary how my this steel trap of a mind I have works, isn’t it? Right. So, a couple of updates:
Read More Book Is Released…Sort Of! Also, Tales of the Hong Kong Grandmother
By Kristoffer Gair |
‘allo everybody! Yes, company from Hong Kong is amongst us. More on her in a moment. And now a word from our sponsor:
Read More Coming Soon: Tesla Girls, Book Covers and the Ultimate Evil!
By Kristoffer Gair |
“…Tesla Girls…Tesla Girls…I’m in love with Tesla Girls…” Gotta love OMD and you gotta love the fact these guys got back together some 20 years after parting ways to release a live DVD of one of their classic albums, then deliver another 12 of their delicious hit songs. But seriously, what the hell is a […]
Read More Forget Indiana Jones…Andy Stevenson Has Sex!
By Kristoffer Gair |
Hey gang! Exciting news. I would have added another exclamation point there, but I don’t want to overdo it. Oh, heck, let’s overdo it. Exciting news!!! There. I feel better. Don’t you? A draft of the cover art for Andy Stevenson Vs. the Lord of the Loins should be in my e-mail box this week, […]
Read More Lick Me…and Other Assorted Cheese
By Kristoffer Gair |
I walked into work, set my things down, stepped out on the production floor and damn near ran clear into my delightfully cranky older friend.
Read More The Propensity for Perfection
By Kristoffer Gair |
Sorry, folks. In a bit of a serious mood tonight. A subject has recently come up with friends and I’m thinking this out as I go. Where to start? Do we expect our partners to be perfect? Do we expect ourselves to be perfect? Truthfully, are we perfect?
Read More A Double Entendre, Constipation & Expecting the Unexpected
By Kristoffer Gair |
Expect the unexpected. Isn’t that what people expect? Oooooh, the irony and most people don’t even know what that is. You do, though, right? Good. Thought so. That means you get the joke. One of my coworker’s daughters is pregnant with her second child with the second father–it’s the whole you-can-make-a-joke-out-of-this-10-different-ways-routine and it’s still all […]
Read More Gonna Burn For This One–The Absurdity Zone
By Kristoffer Gair |
This is one I’m going to burn for. Okay? I’m just letting you know that I’m aware of it, just so we’re all on the same page. This naturally won’t stop me from blogging and telling you about it, but there will be repercussions in the next life.
Read More Pud-Pounding Pickler Chuggers–Interview With A Character Part 2
By Kristoffer Gair |
Interview 2 I’m very pleased to be sitting here with Miss Kim, a feisty transplant from Gary, Indiana, and one of the characters from my upcoming novel, Andy Stevenson Vs. the Lord of the Loins. This college sophomore is sassy, she’s brassy, she’s living proof that black is beautiful and she has personal protection orders […]
Read More That Character Who Slept With His Cousin…By Marriage ONLY
By Kristoffer Gair |
Hej och någonting! That was Swedish for hi and…something. I thought about doing this whole thing in Swedish, then figured it just wasn’t worth having my account blocked by everybody out of frustration. I’ll save that for my day job.
Read More A Civil Infraction and My First Would-Be International Stalker
By Kristoffer Gair |
You’ve had a day where you’ve come to realize you’d have been better off staying in bed, right? We’ve all had them…unless you’re Paula Abdul because, well, she’s a gift to us all. I’m not. And, incidentally, today was my day to realize I should have just stayed in bed. Except I really had to […]
Read More My E-mailed Response to Rep. Sally Kern
By Kristoffer Gair |
This was my response sent to Rep. Sally Kern after listening to her speech on gays that was posted on YouTube over the weekend. It didn’t strike me at first to actually post it here, but since it’s still in the news and people are talking about it, I figure it couldn’t hurt. I didn’t […]
Read More Phone Calls, Reunions and Porn…All In A Day
By Kristoffer Gair |
Did you ever get a phone call out of the blue from that person you never thought you’d hear from? Okay, let’s be honest, that you never wanted to hear from? Yeah, that one. I’ve had my share of people I just never wanted to hear from again or see…unless in obituary form. And no, […]
Read More Introducing The New Site!!!
By Kristoffer Gair |
In 1978, you believed a man could fly… (Superman: The Movie) After puberty, you saw a man’s fly and believed… You know. Or not.
Read More Since You And I Haven’t Had Sex (Dealing With Negative Energy)
By Kristoffer Gair |
I was going through my CDs the other day looking to make a compilation of some 80s songs that brought back very specific memories. While making my way through the “B”s (Baltimora…Berlin…Big Pig…Blondie…), Bon Jovi caught my eye. It was an album I hadn’t listened to in a long while, so I popped it in […]
Read More Gay For Dummies
By Kristoffer Gair |
Good morning! Freezing rain here this a.m., so I’m actually forced to stay put and type out a few e-mails I’m behind on. Not that it’s a bad thing, but the albino catfish are annoyed I haven’t replaced one of the lights in their tank, which was on my list today. Have you ever seen […]
Read More It’s Business. It’s not Personal.
By Kristoffer Gair |
In the midst of suffering from Bronchitis over the past week, I’ve had a bit more time on my hands to dwell on things that are just, for lack of a better phrase, pissing me off. It concerns the day job. Allow me to acknowledge first and foremost that the majority of people who read […]
Read More Key West, Bronchitis and a Conversation With My Left Hand
By Kristoffer Gair |
Right, so I’m a little bit evil, right? I fortunately come by it naturally, so it’s not like I have to summon the willpower when an opportunity presents itself. Oh, no. I have to summon the willpower not to do something. And now that we’ve established that again, I can tell you what I did […]
Read More OnStar and a Tale Of Busch
By Kristoffer Gair |
Has anybody heard those OnStar commercials on the radio? Kind of annoying, aren’t they? Seriously, shut up and let me listen to Sly Fox’s “Let’s Go All The Way” on DougFM. Oh, and as an aside, I woke up at 5am this morning, turned my mp3 player on and proceeded to shower to “Me So […]
Read More Holiday Tales…and btw, the Hong Kong Grandmother Thinks I’m Christ
By Kristoffer Gair |
The holidays have been a wee bit crazy over here, so I apologize for not sending out a mass bulletin. Hopefully everybody had a terrific Christmas, holiday celebration or whatever it is you do or don’t practice per your beliefs. I believe that’s the PC way of putting it. I gave some very nice gifts […]
Read More Black Friday / Go Writer’s Guild! / Shopping
By Kristoffer Gair |
Before I get to the meat of this blog (meager as it may be), I’m wondering if anybody knows who coined the term “Black Friday” this year. It’s a terrible expression. Why not “Green Friday” since profits are supposed to go from red to green…the color of money. There would be a certain amount of […]
Read More The Big, Big, Big, Big Announcement Has Arrived!
By Kristoffer Gair |
Breaking News Breaking News Breaking News Finally, after months of being patient, dealing with lawyers, negotiating and all that other business stuff… Right, enough of the blah blah blah. Let’s get to the big, big, big announcement!
Read More Preamble To The Big, Big, Big Announcement
By Kristoffer Gair |
How does one tell when a gay man is going through mid-life crisis? We all know that straight men start looking at girls between the ages of 18 and 24, but gay men? My partner is only 4 1/2 years younger than I am…so would that mean I’d be looking at someone 27? Or, for […]
Read More Do You Have A Beaumont Doctor?
By Kristoffer Gair |
It inevitably happens whenever I’m driving home from work, only this time it was when I was driving to the airport to pick Ralph up. Now, those of you who aren’t from the Detroit area may have something similar in your hometown to what I’m about to describe. If not, be thankful.
Read More Reflections of a Gweilo on New Release DVD Tuesday
By Kristoffer Gair |
Two things come to mind right off the bat. First, the friend’s mother who I worked my butt off revising the next book for passed away last night. It was long coming and somewhat painful for her during these past few months, but I hope that when the end came, it was peaceful. My partner’s […]
Read More This Blog May Be Postponed
By Kristoffer Gair |
What else? Right. While also working on the new book, a friend and fellow writer who I went to University with are trying our hand at writing a screenplay. He’s already finished his own first one and I assisted with some editing, so I’m confident we’ll at least finish the first draft of this one. […]
Read More Beware Bony Bawling Blond Bobs (A Little Update From Moi)
By Kristoffer Gair |
Did you notice something was once again right with the universe when you woke up this morning? Your soul felt a little warmer, you weren’t losing consciousness and waking up with the feeling you’d been mind-controlled to do evil things or perhaps your pet(s) started coming around you again? Yes, that’s right. My husband’s Hong […]
Read More For Roger Reinsmith (1961-2007)
By Kristoffer Gair |
A group of friends and I suffered a loss last week. His name was Roger Reinsmith and he was only 46. To those of you in your 20s reading this, it sounds old. To those of us in our 30s, it’s not. I knew Roger socially through a number of acquaintances over the past 12 […]
Read More The Call A Child Hopes Never To Receive
By Kristoffer Gair |
It was the call no child ever wants to receive from his or her parent(s). Everything had been fine. They looked happy. They were healthy. They ought to be considering all the organic food they buy these days and how careful they are about they aren’t putting into their bodies. My mother’s birthday was fast […]
Read More Megaforce: Special Edition Blog
By Kristoffer Gair |
“Despite official denials by leaders of the free world, sources now confirm the existence of Megaforce…a phantom army of super elite fighting men whose weapons are the most powerful science can devise. Their mission…to preserve freedom and justice, battling the forces of tyranny and evil in every corner of the globe.” Would you believe I […]
Read More White Hair, The Sushi Nazi And A Heavy Metal Birthday
By Kristoffer Gair |
I remember thinking it was the end of the world when I turned 24. After all, 24 was OLD. What did I have to look forward to? High school was thankfully over, college was finished and I’d been at my post-college job for a year with a lifetime to look forward to. It was the […]
Read More Werewolf Movies Give Me Wood…Is That Wrong?
By Kristoffer Gair |
Horror movies are fun! I grew up watching Creature Feature, Sir Graves Ghastly and just about anything else on TV that had a horror element to it, like the acting in “Buck Rogers”. But werewolf movies? Kind of a favorite even way back when. I think it was that whole puberty thing because I’m so […]
Read More Live It, Love It And Send DVDs For A Birthday Gift!
By Kristoffer Gair |
Update: The Grosse Pointe Bitch contacted me the other day. It seems the psychic I introduced him to who we now apparently share requested him to ask me to give her a call. “Convoluted,” by the way, is our word de jour for the day. Now, remember, the GPB is the one who wants to […]
Read More Delusional Quote Of The Month And The Comicon Lowdown
By Kristoffer Gair |
And starting our blog off this lovely Monday morning is the winner of the Delusional Quote of the Month: “The chairman of the Michigan Republican Party said Wednesday that he will try to bar Ron Paul from future GOP presidential debates because of remarks the Texas congressman made that suggested the Sept. 11 attacks were […]
Read More Premature Articulation (Or “How My Weekend Went”)
By Kristoffer Gair |
It still feels a little premature and I’m most likely getting my hopes up, but the publisher of my first book was bought by some people claiming to have a better grasp of the business. They’re reviewing “A Funny Thing…” for possible re-publication (with a new cover!) as well as the sequel for its first […]
Read More Pool Chemicals, Pet Food And Brittany’s Vagina Hair…WTF???
By Kristoffer Gair |
Yes, I’ve been remiss in my blogs again I see. I usually try to bring a little grin to the faces of those who dare to read my exploits…but have you wondered recently what in the hell is going on around us? In a word, d-e-p-r-e-s-s-i-n-g. Cats and dogs are being poisoned, a college student […]
Read More Verbally 69ing With A Psychic
By Kristoffer Gair |
I hesitated writing anything else about the party with the psychic, but only because there was some very personal information related during my session. Does one ever really know what will find its way out into the light of day…or at least a brightly lit room? Heck no! There are things about me that I […]
Read More My Psychic And I…or is that My Psychic And Me?
By Kristoffer Gair |
I’ve told several of my friends about a party my boss at the day job threw a couple of weeks ago, the night I returned from Kentucky actually. She invited a psychic and anybody who wanted a reading could pay for one. I’ve always wanted to do that, only never had the opportunity and my […]
Read More Ya’ll Need To Read This Here Blog
By Kristoffer Gair |
I was supposed to have last week off and it was something I was very much looking forward to. You know…that whole relaxation thing, that writing thing, that cleaning thing and that catching up on a whole lot of that blah blah blah thing? A friend was going to fly in Friday night for the […]
Read More I’m Not Catholic, But…
By Kristoffer Gair |
I’m not Catholic. Saying this means a bit more to me now than it did growing up only because I understand a little more about religion than I did then. I never took communion, never went up for the wafer and juice/wine and never had religion forced upon me. It was left open for me […]
Read More Cancer, Strippers, Health Insurance & Me…Oh, My
By Kristoffer Gair |
I had dinner with friends late last week and “the question” finally managed to work its way around the table; how’s your life going? Being that we all actually know each other, it’s not the kind of question that one can blow off in that way we all do when passing by somebody who could […]
Read More Living Proof That Gay Men Aren’t Always The Smartest
By Kristoffer Gair |
There’s a stereotype about gay men being one of the richest demographics and also the most intelligent. The Religious Right would most likely argue that case now, but I’m here to tell you that it’s probably not true anyway. I’m living proof. Okay, follow me here…
Read More And Now…A Few Words About The Most Spectacular Man You May Never Have The Opportunity To Meet
By Kristoffer Gair |
Let me get this little bit out of the way real fast: congratulations to the airline crew who escorted the family with the child throwing a tantrum off the plane! Well done. Passengers have to be on a plane 30 minutes prior to departure. If that little girl couldn’t be made to behave in that […]
Read More This Blog Now 40% Off!
By Kristoffer Gair |
So…there’s this whole festive holiday season thing we just went through. There were the inevitable gifts, surprises, jackass drivers, post-Christmas markdown sales for crap we paid full price for not expecting it would still be there afterwards and good cheer that are supposed to carry us through until the next holiday season, right? Okay, so […]
Read More Ultra-Man Was A Bully & Other Tales From The Glass Tiger/Cutting Crew Era
By Kristoffer Gair |
Is 36 too old to be considered “middle aged” yet? I do have to wonder. Why, you ask? How nice of you to indulge me! I don’t get enough of that…and I don’t have enough indulgences either. Wait. Where the hell was I? That’s right; a tangent. Um…shit. Where do I want to pick this […]
Read More That’s Nice Dear…Now Hand Me The &^$%@.* Solarcain!
By Kristoffer Gair |
Red…it’s a nice color, isn’t it? Pretty things are red. Women like red. 99 Red Balloons. Remember that song? Yes, German singer Nena liked red, too. I’m convinced, however, that red is not exactly a color that’s particularly friendly to the male gender. For instance, there are a disturbing number of gay men who embrace […]
Read More Lance Bass Comes Out, But Is He The Chicken Or The Egg?
By Kristoffer Gair |
When fans heard Lance Bass announce to the media and essentially the world that he was gay, what do you think was the first thing that went through people’s minds? If you happen to be me–and you aren’t–I immediately imagined Lance and Darren Hayes meeting up at the same resort on their honeymoons. If you […]
Read More Not Just A Song By the Go-Gos
By Kristoffer Gair |
Two weeks… That’s right. I had two weeks off from the ol’ hellhole known as “work” or “that place I go to pay the bills.” Now, don’t get me wrong. I love my co-workers. They’re a unique bunch, each with quirks that make being around them worthwhile, but sometimes it’s nice to get away from […]
Read More Darren Hayes Marries Partner…Author Annoyed
By Kristoffer Gair |
I once saw Darren Hayes in concert back when he was with Savage Garden. Decent show, wonderful opening act (Billie Meyers) and a distinct impression he might be gay. My boyfriend, who, mind you, doesn’t have the best Gaydar in the world, even asked if Darren was gay. Did it really matter? No, but it […]
Read More Intergalactic Asian American Seeks Promotion: A Candid Conversation with Garrett Wang (Part 2)
By Kristoffer Gair |
One thing I’ll mention before getting to the meat of this post is that in discussion with Garrett since 2004, he’s been toying with the idea of writing a book about his experiences on Voyager. Nobody else from the cast has done that yet and with renewed interest in Trek following the reboot, he’s got […]
Read More Intergalactic Asian American Seeks Promotion: A Candid Conversation with Garrett Wang (Part 1)
By Kristoffer Gair |
I was watching a DVD release of Star Trek: Voyager with a friend of mine back in 2004 and, at some point, I looked over at her and said “I should interview Garrett Wang.” You see, I was writing for an online magazine at the time called Modamag doing film reviews, music reviews and the […]
Read More I Married A Vorlon…And Other Tales From Beyond The Rim: A Conversation with Patricia Tallman (Part 2)
By Kristoffer Gair |
Note: I did a little poking around on Facebook today and it looks like Pat does have a Babylon 5 Scrapbook that she’s releasing on August 17, 2001. Not sure about anyone else, but I’m definitely looking forward to getting my hands on a copy! Anyone interested can order it here. Now, onto the second […]
Read More I Married A Vorlon…And Other Tales From Beyond The Rim: A Conversation with Patricia Tallman (Part 1)
By Kristoffer Gair |
Originally published in September, 2003 on Modamag.com Yes, it’s true that Patricia Tallman married Jeffrey Willerth, the man behind the mask of Ambassador Kosh of the Vorlon Empire, but there’s no alien funny business going on there. No sir or ma’am. And while Pat will more often than not be recognized as having played tough […]
Read More 1000 Years Of Wisdom Behind Her Eyes: A 2003 Conversation With Robin Curtis (Part 1)
By Kristoffer Gair |
This interview was conducted on 2-02-2003 and first published on Modamag.com. I had the pleasure of meeting Robin twice after this interview, once at DragonCon in Atlanta and the second time at the MotorCity Comicon here in Novi. She’s absolutely delightful! I can also say that my conversation with her has stayed with me long […]
Read More 1000 Years Of Wisdom Behind Her Eyes: A 2003 Conversation With Robin Curtis (Part 2)
By Kristoffer Gair |
This was originally on 2/02/03 on Modamag.com. Continued From Part 1. KG: There was a rumor at one time that Saavik might be pregnant with Spock’s child, especially since she went through Pon farr (Ed. Note:the time in a male Vulcan’s life when he is driven to mate) with him. Was that ever toyed with? […]
Read More The G-Files
By Kristoffer Gair |
First published in The Third Coast Magazine, Volume 4, Number 6 (Grand Rapids, MI), August of 1998. A good friend of mine told me a few months back that he had come out to his boss at work. While his boss spoke of his belief in equality for all people, gay or straight, the man […]
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