April 2008
The Archives
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04.30.08to the woman pulling her handbag tighterTo the woman pulling her handbag tighter as I walk behind: Come on, what is the deal? I see you frequently looking back over your shoulder at me. Do you think I am going to rob/rape/murder you? It's 6:30pm on a Tuesday, Surely there is a better time for rape and murder than this. Do I look like a thug? What is the point for living in a racist society, If I don't even get credit for being on the winning side? My shoes are from American Eagle. My jeans are from Target. The song on my iPod: "Casimir Pulaski ...
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04.23.08reducing my personal dependence on foreign oilFor the last couple of weeks I’ve been taking MARTA to work instead of driving. Every morning at 7:30, I get up, take a shower, get dressed and check my email (not always in that order). I then walk two blocks to the Midtown Marta station. I switch trains at Five Points and take the East Line to the Inman Park station. I then walk half a mile or so to my office. My decision to do this has little to do with the war in Iraq, the planet, or even the price of gas. I live so relatively close to ...
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04.20.08open mic revisitedOpen mic night went well (I guess). People generally laughed. I felt my story was a bit more pedestrian than the others and definitely had more of a “cutesy” feel to it, but whatever. Thanks to those who came!
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04.15.08open mic nightI'll be reading one of my stories at open mic night at Wordsmiths Books in Decatur this Friday. I won't guarantee a new story - this'll be my first open mic and I'm too chicken to read something new - but don't worry, it won't be the Santa Claus story. Come if you want, show starts at 7:30p.
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04.12.08texas polygamistsI haven't been following this story (or any news, really) at all, but I feel compelled to say, just in case: these people aren't Mormon. I realize it can get confusing when all they do is put "Fundamentalist" in front of "Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints", but seriously, don't let your tendency for conspiracy theories get the best of you; they aren't the Mormon's "dirty little secret". We don't have anything to do with these people. The macumbeiros (Brazilian voodoo) use lots of Catholic imagery and doctrine in their own rituals and beliefs, but that doesn't make them Catholic. ...