September 2010

Working Mothers: The Horror

September 9, 2010

Athenae points out an article in which someone named HollyBaby refers to Angelina Jolie as an irresponsible parent for leaving her brood behind to travel to Dangerous Pakistan and help millions of little children left homeless and orphaned by the horrible recent floods. Apparently, it’s Jolie’s “obsession with thrill” that makes her commit such a [...]

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This Is Not The Threat You Are Looking For

September 9, 2010

Reason’s “I’m Not Going to Be Interrogated As a Pre-Condition of Re-Entering My Own Country” reminds me of the fall of 2005 when United States Border Patrol detained me for an hour on the Progreso International Bridge, as a girlfriend and I returned from a daytime walking trip to Mexico and back. Border agent: “Your [...]

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Electoral Question

September 8, 2010

Ohio has semi-open primary elections, which requires a voter to have a party affiliation. This approach has its pros and cons, but that is not the issue here. The problem: my precinct requires me to announce my party affiliation out loud to poll workers while they check and match my identification. Following this, one of [...]

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Searching For My Books

September 6, 2010

In high school, college and graduate school, the shelves held my books first by binding and then by height. Sense memory guided me to the location of each book. More books came. I attempted organization by genre. But, does a book on Louis Armstrong fall under Music or New Orleans? Hmmm. Back to organizing by [...]

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Narratives a.k.a. Of Happy Hive Minds And Prevailing Versions Of History

September 3, 2010

It appears America up and exploded in these past few weeks. Specifically in the last few days. But It’s All Under Control. As you were. On August 22nd, a 400-person riot broke out in the peaceful, hippie-beatnik town of Ft. Collins, Colorado. Irony: It happened right after Earth, Wind & Fire performed at something called [...]

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Checking In

September 1, 2010

This blog post from the second segment of my two-week, four-city tour. New Orleans – Colorado – Columbus – Akron – home. America, f*** yeah! The fifth annual Rising Tide conference was a great success as was the A Howling In The Wires book launch. There are posts coming on the experiences of moderating the [...]

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