Journey of a Thousand Miles...

I have tried to write this post at least 5 times. Before I started this blog I decided that I wanted to make my story and Journey public because I was hoping to help someone else.  I promised to share the good, the bad, and the ugly of my Journey.  For the last 2 years I have been keeping a secret from everyone in my life, including all of you. 2 years is too long to remain silent yet again.  I don't want to carry this any longer. When your love life, more like the total disaster of your love life, complete with its myriad losers, assholes and total mother fuckers, becomes the punchline of your life it is very difficult to admit that it happened again.  How could it have happened   again?  How could I have chosen so wrong again?  How could I have been so stupid, weak and unable to fight back? How could I have (fill in the blank about how incredibly stupid I was)? Now is the time to start forgiving myself.  Now is the time to start l...

The issue of domestic violence knows no age, geographical region, or even gender.  It is something that has unfortunately impacted the lives of many people I know. On the left hand side of this blog there is a link to the website for the documentary Private Violence.  It follows two very brave survivors, one of whom, Kit Gruelle, I am very honored to know and call a friend.  Private Violence was an Official Selection at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival, won the Human Rights Award at the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival, and won the Silver Heart Award at the Dallas International Film Festival.  At the Sundance Film Festival, Private Violence caught the eye of HBO and the company was impressed and moved by this very important issue to buy the documentary. I am proud to announce that on Monday, October 20, 2014 at 9:00 p.m. EST, HBO will premiere Private Violence as a part of their documentary series.  If you have access to HBO please make sure you tune in....