Donny’s Ramblings: Diary of a Former Porn Producer

Let’s imagine you’re a Stephen King fan (I happen to be a HUGE Stephen King fan) and out of the blue you receive an email from Stephen King. I’m not talking about someone pretending to be Stephen King. I’m talking about an email from the man himself.
Since I first picked up his book [...]

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Have you ever wondered what website owners know about you? Let me show you a bit of what I know about my visitors. If you’ve been reading awhile you may have heard me mention how wrapped up I get in statistics for this blog. Here are a few things I like to [...]

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You’re right, Daphne, most of what people will say to you is going to be trite. There’s simply not a whole lot of substance that the majority of the population will be able to offer to you.
I know how you feel. I can offer that much to you. Perhaps I don’t know [...]

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Craig says the shirt I’m wearing in this pic is hideous, so I put on his watch and had him take a photo. Tell me, would you take fashion advice from a MAN who wore THIS watch?
(By the way, if you’ve known me for awhile you may be able to [...]

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For those who are wondering: the air date is going to be sometime in the first week of April. The date isn’t etched in stone yet. When it is, I’ll be sure to tell you. But Anderson Cooper’s producer told Craig and I that it will definitely be the first week of [...]

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This is Craig Gross wearing the shirt I mentioned in that last blog entry. He says I can’t wear it for my CNN interview tomorrow.
Stephen, a xxxchurch intern that’s here in Illinois with us for tomorrow’s Porn and Pancakes event, says, “I don’t think it’s all that bad. The colors show [...]

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On March 16th I received an email from Craig Gross asking if I was available this coming weekend to attend a Porn and Pancakes event in Illinois. He’s been speaking with the producer of CNN’s Anderson Cooper 360º show.
“Donny, he’s interested in talking with you about XXXchurch, your past, and your current transition [...]

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It’s very difficult.
And very nice.
And very difficult.
And very nice.
Yep, that about covers it. One day I wake up feeling lonely. The next I wake up loving my singleness.
I miss small things I’ve always taken for granted. Like, for instance, having someone to tell about things that amuse me. I don’t watch [...]

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Like I’ll ever be able to shut my mouth…
Last week was a hard week. I felt like a miserable failure due to something that happened more than a decade ago. I’d tried forgetting about it, and had been able to do so to an extent. It rose up and smacked me in [...]

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We interrupt this regularly scheduled hiatus to make the following announcement:
I’ve now lost 40 lbs!
(I started this quest to lose weight on December 3rd, by the way)
We now return you to blog silence.

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