Archive for September, 2008
cold…
It’s getting colder here in NY and darker…less sun. less fun. more work. longer hours. longing to write, serving beer instead. the economy is in shambles. i’m grateful we both work. amazing apartment…1,200+ miles north of where we want to be. family nearby. good for the holidays and the surgery. missing great friends. missing great [...]
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Tags: change, learning, living, travel
McCain/Palin=dumb/dumber
When the McCain camp first announced Palin as it’s VP choice, I was angry. I thought it was a patronizing move directed toward American woman. I still stand behind my initial reaction. But I am also enjoying the comic relief Palin provides on an almost daily basis. Click here for today’s laugh.
The scary thing is [...]
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Dear Womanhood…
I have debated posting this for several weeks now. I wrote it last fall for a class. Personifying my womanhood was a difficult thing for me to do. When I set out to write the letter, I thought it would be a piece of cake but once I bean to think about my womanhood as an individual [...]
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Tags: gender, gender ideals, womanhood, women
“other” wars…
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Tags: Election 2008, Iran, John McCain, nuclear war, President George W. Bush, war, warmongers, weapons of mass destruction, WMD
a mistake and a decision…
I made a mistake when I started this blog. I thought that I would burrow into an environmental niche and stay there writing loads of stuff about my fantastic efforts at going green. I was wrong. Turns out, if you don’t own your home, going fully green is a bit difficult and really not that [...]
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I heard a rumor…
I heard a rumor yesterday and like a responsible voter, I googled the rumor to uncover the truth.
The rumor: While mayor of Wasilla, Sarah Palin and Wasilla law enforcement charged alleged rape victims for rape kits.
When I heard this I got angry and then had an internal argument with myself. Could this be true? On the one hand, [...]
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Tags: abortion, Election 2008, Hillary Clinton, John McCain, pro-choice, rape, rape kits, sarah palin, Wasilla
