thematically fickle

(As published today in San Diego CityBeat. Oh, and I made the California Sex Offender News!!! Hilarious.)
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Snuggled firmly between Tibet and India is the world’s newest democracy, a tiny country called Bhutan, where last Thursday, a very young and handsome man had a colorful raven-topped crown placed upon his head by his father, officially anointing [...]

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Okay. So. Let’s say that Sam fires up his Mini this weekend, scoots to Las Vegas and places a bet on the Green Bay Packers game this Sunday against the Tennessee Titans. He may drop a few quarters in a slot machine or enjoy a lap dance on the way to the betting office, but [...]

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(As published today in San Diego CityBeat.)
Poor ACORN. The social-justice organization has been an unfortunate victim of John McCain’s inflammatory tactics.
The poster child for a GOP-invented voter-registration fraud, ACORN is this election’s lanky geek who’s being bloodied and brutalized by the puffed-up neighborhood bullies. And as The Huffington Post reports, the bullies are feeling dangerously [...]

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I happened to catch the very end of Larry “My Neck Is Killin’ Me” King last night and finally heard someone on the teevee defend community organizing. On Wednesday night, Sarah Palin belittled Obama’s history of community service with a sneer on her face and the Republicans have continued to use this talking point as [...]

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Since Barack Obama and John McCain became the “presumptive nominees”—whatever the fuck that’s supposed to mean—of their respective parties, I’ve been saying that McCain is going to win this election. Not so much because I’m a pessimist but because I have this innate desire to be right about things. There’s something so satisfying about being [...]

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Thanks to a Sudanese woman I met at a local farmer’s market last week, Ruby got her hair done today and we have no combing for two weeks! I know I just wrote about how important and meaningful that time is for me but, to be honest, combing my child’s hair has been extra challenging [...]

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In the light of day, everything seems survivable. But last night, while in the throes of CrySnotCough Fest 2006, I honestly contemplated telling Sam that I was headed out for the proverbial pack of smokes. Seriously. I came dangerously close to needing a straight jacket and padded room. We put Ruby down for bed at [...]

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