Recent Photos - 2006/2007

Several people have asked me to put some recent photos here.  Unfortunately, four things often prevent this from happening:

• I generally don't like photos of myself
• There is rarely anyone around with a camera who subsequently sends me photos to publish here
• I have little or no time
• Did I mention that I generally don't like photos of myself?  I really don't.....

Well, I've collected a few photos from recent months and I have decided to share them here. Some may not be flattering but who cares?  Such is life.  We can't all look good all the time (well, Elizabeth can but that's a whole other story).  This is what I look like - for better or for worse.  

Without further adieu.....here are some Recent Photos.

December 2006

January 2007

A New Year Dawns - 2007 Here are a couple of pics from the end of 2006 and the beginning of 2007.  My hair style seems to change a bit from day to day based on how I dry it, which is actually fine by me.  I'm generally happy with my "look" at the moment, although I wish I had more time to run and exercise. The thing I like most about the photo on the left is the profile shot of my nose.  I don't usually see many of those.  If you had seen my nose before you'd be able to appreciate just how big a difference that makes.

September 2006: Out & Equal (Chicago), SCC (Atlanta) The top left photo includes Joanne Herman, my friend Sarah, myself, Calpernia, Amanda Simpson and Andrea James at the Out and Equal Workplace Summit in Chicago.  Calpernia and Andrea gave a wonderful presentation to a packed room and received a much deserved standing ovation.  Next to it is a photo of myself, George Takei (Mr. Sulu from Star Trek, Jamison Green, and an HRC Governor from Seattle taken as part of HRC's "Talk About It" effort. The bottom 4 photos are from the Southern Comfort Conference in Atlanta. There are two photos of Elizabeth and I.  The bottom left photo is of Elizabeth and I with Mark and Patrick from HRC.  The bottom right photo is of myself and Jenny Boylan just before the Saturday night gala - we look like prom dates or something.  It was great to finally meet her and get to know her a bit.  I hope we have more opportunity to meet here or there in the future.

July 2006: The Ring and the Bling I gave Elizabeth a diamond ring for her birthday.  Some have asked me to describe it but a picture is worth a thousand words so here it is.  Although I don't think photographs do it justice, the photo is untouched and sparkle is real.  There are 3 main diamonds - 13 in all. Secondly, I've attached front/back photos of my Gay Games Gold Medal.  As with the ring - the medal looks much better on Elizabeth than it does on me.

May 2006: Visiting Elizabeth I wanted to post a few photos of Elizabeth from my visit to see her last week.  I get e-mail from people telling me to post more photos of her and I'm still not quite sure how I got the job as her unofficial web photographer other than the fact that we have some great times together.  That being said, my favorite photos of her are the every-day, quiet-moment, just-spending-some-time-together shots.  Those are the ones I'll share here.  The two photos on the left are from a day of sightseeing and shopping.  And, the candid photo on the right is in the stands at the NASCAR race in Charlotte, North Carolina.  I'll tell you - you haven't truly lived until you've attended a car race with 100,000 other people deep in the South.  Truth be told, we had a great time.  :)

April 2006: IFGE Conference in Philadelphia These photos are from the IFGE Conference in Philadelphia in early April.  I particularly like the photo on the left of Elizabeth and I.  She had gotten up at 2am and driven 10 hours to get there in time for the opening lunch, so this is what she looks like after no sleep and a day on the road.  I wish I could look so good after something like that.  The photo in the middle is of me, Elizabeth, and my dear "sister" Mel.  And, the photo on the right is of Elizabeth and Leslie Townsend.  As you may be able to tell, my new 'do and I are getting more and more comfortable with each other.

March 2006: The New 'Do These photos are from the HRC Dinner in Austin on March 18, 2006.  I had just gone to my favorite salon in Austin (Avant downtown) for a new and different hairstyle.  Be careful what you ask for.  I like it - and apparently others have been liking it, too  That's mom and me (Left), and some dear friends from Dell (Right)..

March 2006: The Grand Canyon  with Elizabeth I took beaucoup wonderful photos when Elizabeth and I spent a day at the Grand Canyon in March.  Here are three I particularly like.  In the top photo on the left there's a photo of me with the Canyon in the background.  In the top photo on the right you can see the late afternoon shadows beginning to lengthen across the Canyon, and the Colorado River winding its way into the distance. In the lower photo, Elizabeth had crawled out to this precarious cliff - the drop off the other end down by her feet had to be 5,000 feet straight down.  It made me queezy.

February 2006: Colorado Gold Rush These photos are from the Colorado Gold Rush Conference in Denver.  The photo on the left is me and Elizabeth.  I don't like the photo of me, but Elizabeth looks wonderful as always.  The photo on the right was taken during the keynote address on Saturday night..