Mickey Hadick

Thanks For Being You, America

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July 4th is the day we set aside to celebrate the birth of our nation, but our nation wasn’t born that day so much as it was conceived. The embryonic nation gestated during the Revolutionary War, underwent difficult labor during the Articles of Confederation, and was born, finally, with the Constitution and the Bill of … Read more

I Carry A Purse

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For all of my adult life, since leaving high school, I have carried a purse. I didn’t realize it, or, rather, wouldn’t admit it to myself, until a few years ago. For thirty years, I have been a man that loves carrying a purse. I won’t bullshit myself and call it a man-purse, or compare … Read more

Hair Envy

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Many years ago, one of my coworkers at the office got hair implants. He was just a couple years older than I was and, at the time, we were both in our early thirties. We would often chat about our common maladies of marriage, fatherhood, and working for the man. While we chatted, he stared … Read more

What Roger Said That Woody Said

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Here is a post by the famous movie officianado (sp?) about what must have been the source material for “Midnight in Paris”. I cherish the thought that Woody Allen had these ideas kicking around in his head for decades. Read it here! I also have thoughts in my head that have bounced around for decades, … Read more

My Dead Gay Mormon

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I earn my living as a professional in the field of Information Technology. I have a B.S.E. in Computer Engineering, and a Masters of Computer and Information Science. I take my job very seriously, but everyone has moments of weakness. Twenty-five years ago, I worked on a project that created a case management solution for … Read more