so with storm beryl looming overhead still our memorial day weekend is stuck mostly indoors at the moment. we did manage to get the kids out for a little puddle jumping in the back yard though.


as such it gives me time to catch up on all the great sets that have come out recently and read up some of the various blogs from fellow members. one thing that has struck me is how great this site is for letting people be who they are. some recent topics that stand out from the blogs i've read are how family, friends or work don't accept the fact that someone is (gay, tattooed, smokes weed, etc.) i think one of the reasons my wife and i love this site so much (aside from all the great naked cuties ) is that it's so diverse and accepting. sure i may personally not find every model to be attractive to me or agree with every blog post i read, but i sure as hell believe that they should not feel ashamed to put it out there.

my wife's dad is super cool, but her mom is a different story. while i believe her mom clearly loves her kids she's become a bit of a bible beater recently and for some reason has a real hang up on the whole tattoo thing. out of the four siblings 3 have tats and anytime one of them gets a new one her mom can't let it go without a "oh how disappointing" statement of some kind. i was fortunate to have parents that never made me feel judge or belittled (step parents were occasionally another issue) and my folks instilled an abnormally high level of confidence in me that may or may not be warranted. we intend to do the same for our kids, as long as their interest and lifestyle doesn't directly hurt others.

so with a coming election year here all this news in the US about upper class, legalizing pot, gay rights, women's rights (what an embarrassing back slide that is) inspired me to put together a website late last year. i'd like this website to become a business that could help raise awareness and make money...

so with storm beryl looming overhead still our memorial day weekend is stuck mostly indoors at the moment. we did manage to get the kids out for a little puddle jumping in the back yard though.


as such it gives me time to catch up on all the great sets that have come out recently and read up some of the various blogs from fellow members. one thing that has struck me is how great this site is for letting people be who they are. some recent topics that stand out from the blogs i've read are how family, friends or work don't accept the fact that someone is (gay, tattooed, smokes weed, etc.) i think one of the reasons my wife and i love this site so much (aside from all the great naked cuties ) is that it's so diverse and accepting. sure i may personally not find every model to be attractive to me or agree with every blog post i read, but i sure as hell believe that they should not feel ashamed to put it out there.

my wife's dad is super cool, but her mom is a different story. while i believe her mom clearly loves her kids she's become a bit of a bible beater recently and for some reason has a real hang up on the whole tattoo thing. out of the four siblings 3 have tats and anytime one of them gets a new one her mom can't let it go without a "oh how disappointing" statement of some kind. i was fortunate to have parents that never made me feel judge or belittled (step parents were occasionally another issue) and my folks instilled an abnormally high level of confidence in me that may or may not be warranted. we intend to do the same for our kids, as long as their interest and lifestyle doesn't directly hurt others.

so with a coming election year here all this news in the US about upper class, legalizing pot, gay rights, women's rights (what an embarrassing back slide that is) inspired me to put together a website late last year. i'd like this website to become a business that could help raise awareness and make money so that it could then give back to related causes but unfortunately with my day job and three kids my wife and i don't exactly have tons of free time. so this is an open invitation to anyone that may be willing to contribute with either design work, additional slogan ideas, building a reader following or by posting to the blog to keep readers engaged. really this would just be charity with your time i'm afraid but i will always give credit to the individuals who participate and if it ever has a chance to make real money i will work out some details and gladly pay what i can to contributors.

the idea is simple "choose to be proud" and the blogs initial mission statement can be found here: choose to be proud - if you're interested or would like any more details or would just like to offer some constructive criticism feel free to contact me