I didn’t consider myself to be arrogant.  Yes, I’m smart and self-confident.  And admittedly, I can be impatient with people who don’t see things as clearly as I do.  But arrogant?  My boss at the corporation I work for as a management analyst called me in one day. “Brad, every time I send you to another department to handle some problem, I get calls after your visit saying ‘Don’t ever send that SOB down here again. He’s...

I know to the casual observer, my girlfriend and I would appear to be extraverts or even exhibitionists.  And I guess if one is at ease with one’s body, it can appear that way.  But people are complicated.  Who we are today, isn’t always who we were yesterday.  Life is a journey, and no journey was more surprising than that of my girlfriend. I’ll admit to being the adventurous one, but Melanie, for sure, never was.  I say...

Movement has been my life.  Even as a young boy, all I wanted to do was to jump around, to leap, to express myself with my body.  So it was natural that my parents enrolled me for dance lessons.  I was one of few boys among a lot of girls.  And as I matured, my rarity became even more pronounced.  I was straight, in a calling that attracts many gay men.  Sort of an ugly duckling I suppose.  It’s just that I like women’s b...

It began innocently enough.  This was my first year at college and I was determined to do all the stuff that college kids do.  Isn’t college about experimentation and finding yourself?  And isn’t a girl entitled to have some fun?  I hadn’t dated much in high school.  I’ve always been shy, and I knew I needed to spread my wings.  So I decided to go to Florida for Spring break.  The roommate the school had assigned to share...

The four of us, two girls, two guys, have been friends from our college days.  We dated each other once or twice, but nothing serious developed.  So we remained friends, just not lovers.  But even with friends, flirtations and sexual tension has a way of seeping into a relationship.  I especially liked one of the girls, Amy, a tall beauty, 5’8”, with auburn hair, an athletic build and lovely breasts.  She was just my type...

People who experience a mysterious event sometimes feel the need for a rational explanation.  They seek to explain the unexplainable, and put it safely within a box of reality.  Perhaps, they’ll suggest, what you experienced was just a delusion, nothing more than mental musings.  But what if an otherworldly explanation is actually the truth? Modern people don’t believe in magic or spirits.  I know, as I used to be one of...

Nichole had guy problems.  She had just ended the relationship with her boyfriend, someone she had been dating for a few months.  Nicole met him through a dating service.  She liked him okay, but their sex life was less than satisfying.  In truth, she rarely felt sexually fulfilled with those she dated.  While some sex is better than none, most guys just didn’t know how to excite her.  But she was philosophical about the...

Sexual attraction is hard to explain.  What is it about the sight of the female, curvaceous and well formed, that inflames men’s desire?  Evolutionists posit that such urges are just beneficial traits that have developed over millennia to aid in the survival of the species.  But most animals have a mating season.  A time when the sexes are drawn to each other for propagation.  They get “horny” for a limited time and purpo...

I’m not a big-time investor, but I like to dabble in real estate, rental property.  If I can purchase a house at a favorable price, the rent can cover the mortgage.  I wait a few years, hope it appreciates, and sell for a profit.  Happily, the realty market here in the suburbs of Washington, DC has consistently been strong.  It’s been a winning strategy. I was researching a house that had been on the market for a long tim...

My family owns a piece of land in the woods near our town.  It’s not a place we use often, just a get-away.  It has a cabin and a lake.  There’s a ‘No Trespassing” sign by the lake, but the sign was put up years ago.  Occasionally townspeople use the lake, and we don’t care.  There is decent fishing, and it’s a cool spot for a dip on hot days.  Surrounded by trees and private, it even tempts some into skinny dipping.  Tha...

I’ve always known that I am a voyeur.  Not one of those creepy types that hides behind bushes and peer into windows.  No, more of an opportunist.  Given a respectable situation, one that won’t label me as a pervert or get me arrested, I like to watch.  A recent situation gave rise to an opportunity.  I live in a small condo garden apartment, three stories, with two apartments on each floor – on the right and left side of...

There was a time when there were jobs for women and jobs for men. This was especially true when it came to gender specific activities, like sports.  Women weren’t allowed to be coaches, trainers or even journalists covering men’s teams – I guess to protect the modesty of the male athletes in the locker room.  But whatever, that’s history now.  Gender does not factor into hiring decisions, both by law and by our changing m...

It’s hard to be nonchalant when you’re surrounded by beautiful women, all of them nude.  But that’s what is expected of you on a nude beach, on the lovely French island of Guadeloupe.  Topless bathing among French women is the norm, and nude bathing in the quiet, isolated parts of a beach is not uncommon.  So here I was, a normally shy American, lying naked on that beach, acting like nothing unusual was going on.  Far fro...

Most people view Truth or Dare as a silly game, played mostly by college kids.  A means of shocking your friends, and maybe yourself.  Or maybe as a way to justify doing or saying things that you shouldn’t be doing or saying -- but really want to, and need permission.  Sometimes, though, it’s a way to find out the truth about yourself.  I belong to a co-ed bowling league.  There are four of us on our team, two guys, two g...