Growing up in a super dysfunctional household, I had very little in the way of nurturing. Between working full time and regularly engaging in marital battles, my mom had little quality time with us kids. I spent a lot of time with my …
Reading
23 Things They Don't Tell You About Capitalism
Ha-Joon Chang
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Family
Granny
KKK
Poppy
My Klansman Poppy Taught Me How To Love Republicans
My So Called Life
2009
home
Middleton
Wisconsin
Home Is Where Your Heart Is
A friend of mine moved to Indianapolis, Indiana from New York because in his words, “Indianapolis feels like home.” As someone that’s always hated living in Indianapolis, I couldn’t understand how someone would WANT to move …
My So Called Life
Joy
All That I've Let In, I'm Blessed Beyond Belief
I’ve always found great joy in music, but there are few songs that impact me to such an extent that I cry the first time I hear them. Tonight I heard the following song did: All That We Let In - Indigo Girls
“Dust in our eyes our own …
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climate change
climate change deniers
right wing nutjobs
Climate Change and the Search for Truth
(Recently on a progressive e-list I’m on a person pointed to the work done by Science and Public Policy Institute and suggested that we “learn the truth” about climate change. The following is my response to him)
When someone claims …
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relationships realizations
The Pressure to Date is Off
For many years I thought I needed someone else to make me whole. Someone to "complete me." I've tried many ways to find that completeness, but sometimes the cliché is the truth. The easy truth is sometimes the hardest to actualize/realize/deal with. …
*color me amused*
chicken fuckers
Dokken
Youtube
Dokken: Chicken Fucking Heavy Metal Rock Gods
I recently was watching the new Dokken/Norton Antivirus commercial (DENY version):
I think they're funny as hell, but they led me to watch this old video: …
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Deborah
divorce
marriage
Nicholas
recordings
StoryCorps
My Story Corps Interview
This recording was done at a mobile StoryCorps trailer on September 16th, 2007. The StoryCorps website describes itself this way:
StoryCorps is an independent nonprofit project whose mission is to honor and celebrate one another’s lives through …
*color me amused*
music
80s
punk
Zero Boys
My Civilization's Dying
Music kept me alive and sane when I was a teen/tween. One of my favorite bands was the Zero Boys. This song crystallizes that moment in time:
The really fucked up thing about the song is …
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balls
festival
Thanksgiving
turkey testicles
Great Balls of Turkey!
Late last Wednesday I started my trek across Indiana, Illinois, and Wisconsin to Madison for Thanksgiving. About 2 AM on Thanksgiving morning I stopped at a 7/11 in Huntley, Illinois to take a restroom break and to get a java refill. When I brought …
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If You've Ever Wondered What Privilege And Entitlement Are All About
Then you should read this. It's the best piece on white privilege and entitlement I've read in a while.
My So Called Life
1986
high school
Southport High School
teachers
Most Significant Teachers
I recently wrote about my high school experience over at Classmates.com:
I had so much bad stuff going on in my life, I came to school to get away from the drama at home. I really didn’t care to do the work (something I regret now). School was …
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adoption
family drama
Kinda Killed My Buzz
Recently I went to the health department to get a copy of my birth certificate. One of the women at the ISDOH pulled me into an office to tell me, "Usually, it doesn't take so long to process this, but since you're adopted, it takes longer."
I …
bike
mini-marathon
my life change
run
Feeling Good, Looking Forward
I can’t believe it, but I’ve kinda got the workout fever thing going on. I usually try and work out Tues-Sat. Lately that workout schedule has been pretty even, and rather intense. (Friday I biked 6.5 miles, ran 2 miles, then biked back …
My So Called Life
LJ Reprise - Life At This Moment
I was searching for an old post on my LiveJournal that I wanted to share with my cousin, and I started reading old posts. I read this old post and almost cried. I wrote a post called “I live, I die” on March 10th, 2004. This is an …
writers that moved me
My Heros
radical
Twain
Mark Twain, Ya Ain't So Bad
Today my son was complaining about how he hates being forced to read books, that it took all the pleasure out of them. Finally I had found a way to pounce on him and tell him about my love for Mark Twain! I too had the same sanitized version of …
*color me amused*
I'm Kinda Pregnant!
Ever been complimented and offended at the same time?
I hadn't, until today...
A woman I didn't know asked me:
"So when are you due?"
As in pregnant!
:p
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It Must Be In My Blood
I’m not sure why, but I’m really excited about the October 12th release of Elizabeth, The Golden Age.
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Maybe it’s because my mom’s side are Doughertys (Irish) and my dad’s side are …
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photos
Asian Art, Bills, and A Hot But Beautiful Day
Because I had to go pay my electric bill, I made a detour after I paid my bill and went to the Indianapolis Museum of Art. I took this pic while i was waiting for the tour on Asian art…
I love tours so much more than just walking around. It …
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I'M GONNA SEE JERRY SPRINGER
Well, kinda. I reeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeally want to go see “Jerry Springer: The Opera.”
I mean…who can resist dancing Klansmen:
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I’m so there. :)
It opens in Chicago May 14th.
racism
White People Fighting Racism
:) I love this, in an embarrassing, no shit, acknowledgment kinda way.
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Post of the Day
Post of the day goes to one of my favorite local bloggers, Steph Mineart:
"In reality, religious people seem more obsessed with anal intercourse than gay people are. So here's the thing, for all you religious homobigots out there - it's not about …
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Tucker Carlson Is A Stupid Turd
Maybe that’s denegrating poop, I’m not sure. From Jen at Transcending Gender:
"On 'The Situation with Tucker Carlson', MSNBC host Tucker Carlson made defamatory comments about Lily McBeth, a transgender New Jersey substitute teacher. In …
ponderings
Christianity
An Apology To My Christian Friends
Writing a response to a hateful, bigoted blogger, the words of Gandhi came to mind.
"I like your Christ. I do not like your Christians."“Your Christians are so unlike your Christ. I consider western Christianity in its practical working a …
Christianity
Sometimes You Find Beauty And Truth In The Strangest Places
From Anarcho-Judaism:
It is difficult to be human. It’s scary. Because in fact we are alone, we never really get to fully know anybody—not even ourselves. At the most we can touch, for a moment, the mystery that other lives are, for a moment of …