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Monthly Archives: October 2009
Law of the Land
More photos from the signing session can be seen here.
Pick a Peck of Pickle FREAKS
My friend Pickle Freak has been all over the Pickle Press lately, and this new video just affirms her quick rise to the top of the jar. She’s floating on top of the brine these days, and I couldn’t be … Continue reading
Posted in Events, Food, Friends, Things that make me happy
Tagged international pickle festival, pickle club, pickle freak, pickle girl, pickles
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Happy Birthday, Augusten!
Today, Augusten Burroughs turns 44. Here is a picture of him from the NYT (note the cap). Don’t worry, his birthday is not in my calendar; this New York Times article reminded me. It also reminded me of the time … Continue reading
Paradise Lost (but not quite yet!)
Yesterday I saw this bumper sticker: Farmland Lost is Farmland Lost Forever. When I got home I looked it up and found that you, too, can get a bumper sticker like this from the Piedmont Environmental Council. They have a fantastic … Continue reading
Posted in General Nonsense, Observations
Tagged bumper stickers, environment, farmland, irony, piedmont environmental council
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Child-free adults unite!
HA! I loved getting this month’s Atlantic in the mail yesterday. My month-long ritual begins anew. It usually takes me an entire month to get through an issue, but I savor retiring the by-now-dog-eared-and-rumpled previous month’s issue to crack open … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary
Tagged caitlin flanagan, lisa sanford, love, parenthood, the atlantic monthly
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DC Clergy United for Marriage Equality
Hat tip to HRC’s Back Story blog for pointing to this article that I missed from the weekend Washington Post about equal marriage rights in the District. For any DC residents interested in testifying in support of marriage equality, see … Continue reading
Posted in Politics Lite, Washington DC
Tagged clergy, dc, dc marriage equality, equal marriage, marriage, marriage equality
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Writing on the Walls
My friend Sarah used to talk about doing a coffee table book of bathroom-wall graffiti from bars around Memphis. It never happened, despite the fact that we collected a lot of data. Usually I was with her in bars, but … Continue reading
Posted in Books, General Nonsense, Things that make me happy
Tagged art, graffiti, photographs, Regenstein Library, university of chicago, visual arts
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May as well get a little mileage out of Balloon Boy (everybody else did)
I have to say, I’ve got no real feelings for Balloon Boy, his parents or siblings. I was not glued to the television or computer screen watching the `drama’ unfold on live tv. The first I heard about it was … Continue reading →