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ArtSunday: Let the musicians die
Every once in awhile I come across unrelated stories that somehow associate themselves in my mind. Take these, for instance: First, I hope you saw Lex’s tribute to Starchild (given name, Gary Shider),...
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Nota Bene #116: Long Live Elena Pavlichenko
“I think women rule the world and that no man has ever done anything that a woman either hasn’t allowed him to do or encouraged him to do.” Who said it? The answer is at the end of this post. …...
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Pekar Tribute 7: Karl Christian
The seventh panel in this ongoing tribute to Harvey Pekar was the second piece contributed by artist, writer and modern drunkard Karl Christian Krumpholz (here’s his first). Website – Twitter –...
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Nota Bene #119: Think! It Ain't Illegal Yet
“My wife and I were happy for twenty years. Then we met.” Who said it? The answer is at the end of this post. Now on to the links! … “He was a famous figure in Georgian times and he … Continue reading →
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Why I envy people with cancer
That headline probably sounds like the dumbest thing anybody ever said, doesn’t it? In truth, though, I mean it as a profound compliment. Let me explain why. Today is LiveStong Day and it’s also Susan...
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Nota Bene #122: OWStanding
“When I lie on the beach there naked, which I do sometimes, and I feel the wind coming over me and I see the stars up above and I am looking into this very deep, indescribable night, it is something …...
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Finding "Refuge"
#11: Refuge by Terry Tempest Williams (1991) “[W]ithout a mother,” writes Terry Tempest Williams in her book Refuge, “one no longer has the luxury of being a child.” I am at my own mother’s, thinking...
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Komen Foundation pretends to change its mind. One corporate communications...
Read. The language. Closely. Contrary to what Komen’s highly-paid PR crisis hacks and gullible headline writers at newsdesks around the nation would ask you to believe, The Susan G. Komen Foundation...
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Komen VP resigns; an important first step, but a long road to reconciliation...
The Komen Foundation VP at the center of the Planned Parenthood firestorm, Karen Handel, has resigned. A few days ago I predicted on Facebook that she’d be gone within a week, but then retracted the...
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Komen hires the wrong PR firm, missing the boat once again (and some thoughts...
So, the Susan Komen Foundation has hired a big-hitter PR firm. And not just any PR firm, either. Now, Komen is assessing the damage, and it’s using a consulting firm founded by two former Democratic...
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Hysterectomy – who needs one anyway?
Warning, ladies – you probably don’t! Wait, gentlemen, please don’t run away! Yes, I am about to start throwing around words like uterus, ovaries, vagina, clitoris, nipples, orgasm, and hysterectomy....
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ArtSunday: Let the musicians die
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When reaching out to better understand my fellow Americans, facts are...
A shared, common understanding of the facts is a prerequisite for any attempts at understanding the perspectives of my fellow Americans. Continue reading →
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The laundromat is a lovely-shiny-golden human place.
I was in one once that had a “No Slam Dancing” sign… My wife and I live in an 88-year-old house which has never been adequately retrofitted to accommodate the installation of […]
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