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what if I quit my first job?
What if today, I decided to quit my first job? This woman job I’m judged on every day. What if I didn’t even bother to look clean, coifed,…
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the mirror ball
The Las Vegas shooting was horrible. It was also terrorism. How do we know? Because people are more afraid, and feel less safe in their daily lives. The…
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These Songs of Freedom
This is some verbiage GOP Trump-backing officials can use to get free. It is time. Dear Constituents: I am officially and irrevocably withdrawing any support I’ve given to…
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Woke? Noke.
After this past week: Charlottesville, racist presidential comments, violence and division, I keep wanting to “woke” my family and friends who voted for Trump (and still defend the…
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Right to life: MY American birthright.
This is a tough post to write, but I felt I must write it, and attempt to communicate something that is likely felt by many, but hard to…
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If we kiss the friggin’ frog…
I’ve been trying to live the following spiritual truths: once you accept something fully, then it can change know your shadow, and it won’t destroy you kiss a…
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e-fuckin-nough
It’s enough already. We need to face this We need to decide we are better than this we can be dignified. No alpha male, no killing, no social…
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Personal is political
This has been said for a long time, but I am starting to see just how simplistically true it is. The repeal of Obamacare that just spectacularly flamed…
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Derail Doubling Down
Ever notice how exciting it is when someone “doubles down?” It is the very essence of gambling, isn’t it? Whether the hand is good or bad, “doubling down”…
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breaking through
I want more than anything to break through. Break through the fog that’s clouded my country. The dark, gold dust-filtered smoke that chokes my loved ones and mesmerizes…
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please for my birthday, mr. president
I’m asking for only one thing: please start acting like a winner. A good one. Good winners are fair to their opponents. Good winners are kind to all…
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The Fake News Fake Out
If you are regularly shutting down political adversaries using the term “fake news,” you may be falling into a trap. Or worse, you may be intentionally using meaningless…