Five years ago, more or less, I started a blog on the late, lamented Yahoo! 360; when that was discontinued, I lost heart and interest and blogged no more. Now I feel the urge to write again; I make no claims of being a great writer or having original thoughts, but I want to share what I have nonetheless.
A little about me: I’m a human being living on the planet Earth; more specifically, the northeastern corner of the state of Tennessee, in the United States of America. I was born a male approximately four decades ago, was socialized as a male, and remain male-bodied. Most of the time, I dress and act more or less in ways culturally sanctioned for men, and use my male birth name. Sometimes, though, I dress and act more or less in ways culturally sanctioned for women, and use the name Wendy. If you must use a label, transgender will do. I am married to a woman who is OK with all this. I work as a server administrator for a smallish corporation in the process of being swallowed by a gargantuan corporation. I lead a rock band, in which I play guitar and sing. I write and record my own songs. I am a member of a Unitarian Universalist congregation.
I sometimes think I'm a walking contradiction. I'm open-minded, yet stubborn. A religious agnostic. A cynical optimist. A sloppy perfectionist. A womanly man. An IT professional with a distrust of technology. A very shy person who loves to play music in front of an audience. You get the idea. I'm mostly OK with contradictions and paradoxes; in fact, I think they make life interesting. While I maintain this blog, I want to share my contradictions, thoughts and history with anyone who might be reading. I want to add my voice to the babble of humanity, if only for a time.
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