Wow! That's why I, as a straight and now happily married man from very far away with very different topics in life, keep coming back to read your blog (which is, I might add, one of only three that I follow): you seamlessly blend the personal with the political and cultural in a way that is nothing less than astonishing!
Thank you for making my day!

IE
IE in Germany | 10.17.06 - 5:59 am | #

That was beautiful, Jake. I needed to read something positive like that. Thanks. :]
Maxine Dangerous | Homepage | 10.17.06 - 9:10 am | #

What a lovely post.
katie | 10.17.06 - 9:57 am | #

The last part got me all verklempt.
Steven. | Homepage | 10.17.06 - 11:23 am | #

Isn't life great?!
Todd | Homepage | 10.17.06 - 3:18 pm | #

Jake that was a stunning narrative.
Christopher Vancouver | 10.17.06 - 5:10 pm | #

Thanks for the tremendous, extremely moving and life-affirming post. By the way, congratulations on the job offer. Did you take it? Are you allowed to reveal the name of the company?
Economist Kevin | 10.17.06 - 7:41 pm | #

Brings tears to my eyes. The good kind. Thanks.
susan | Homepage | 10.17.06 - 8:36 pm | #

Jake, Damn you; you made me cry. And that is why I visit your site every day.
Delta Eighteen | Homepage | 10.18.06 - 6:22 pm | #

Absolutely beautiful. Your story made my day.
Thank you,

Sallie
Sallie | 10.18.06 - 6:43 pm | #

Oh Mr. Jake, you done gone and made me cry. That was truly touching.
BTW. Thanks for the tip on the running shorts. I wore them last weekend when I ran a 3:36 in the Toronto Marathon. A good result for me but not good enough to go to Boston (sniff).

peace,
Don

Ps. Still waiting for a pic of Mr. Wonderful.
Dork Boy | Homepage | 10.18.06 - 9:24 pm | #

And good luck this weekend in the Chicago Marathon Jake!
Dork Boy | Homepage | 10.18.06 - 9:30 pm | #

"I am not too proud to accept donations of large bills."

I got a really large bill from Verizon, would you accept that?
David | Homepage | 10.19.06 - 12:47 pm | #

Jake,
What a pleasant suprise to see your blog on AOL. Tim, Ethan and I have settled back in Little Rock, and I was feeling rather blue about not being in Chicago and missing the Chorus very much. Then I saw your beautiful smile and read your blog.
I hope all is well with your job search and give all the boys in the chorus a big hug and kiss for me.
Thank you for lifting my spirits. When I saw the lyrics to "Our Time", I couldn't help but sing it (the baritone line of course...I think some of my co-workers think I am tone deaf!)
Take care. We are trying to get back to Chicago for the Holiday concert!
Neal
Neal Dodson | 10.19.06 - 5:06 pm | #

Absolutely brilliant. Thank you for that. (Unfortunately, now I have to fix my mascara.)
Alan | Homepage | 10.20.06 - 5:15 pm | #

I don't even know who you are, but randomly linking to your page, i ended up startiong my workweek with goosebumps and tears in my eyes. well done
MELLY | 10.23.06 - 9:48 am | #

Credit where credit's due:
Merrily We Roll Along
Stephen Sondheim and George Furth
1981
Anonymous | 10.24.06 - 9:27 pm | #

A truly wonderful post, I also found your blog by accident, a nice one at that. Where can I hear the words and music to "Out time", beautiful words.... We used the song from Jekyll and Hyde, "This is the Moment" for our Wedding in Masssachusetts 2 years ago, also great words. All the best to all from Boston and the so far equality state.
Ron | Homepage | 11.21.06 - 8:28 am | #