Category Archives: endorsement

If the bus were cool.

If the bus were cool, more people would ride it. If the bus were cool, car drivers wouldn’t be frightened of the “dangers” of sharing their motorized transit with folks they don’t know – delinquents and vandals. If the bus … Continue reading

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Spun

I spent a lot of time in the gym in 2008. I’d really begun my gym routine back in May 2007, but fell off pretty hard in the 07-08 winter. I think it was March last year before I got … Continue reading

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I hesitate to write about this because I rilly rilly rilly detest it when people write about their gym rattedness, so I’m gonna try to avoid repelling you (the faceless, nameless reader) with too much of my own pomposity on … Continue reading

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You’ve got to Vibrate On

Eating: fair-trade organic milk chocolate (I love you green & black!) Whum, straight into the 8th day frizzle-frazzle. Ima tired. So durn tired, but I will write. What should I write about? Wade sez I should write about the ‘rhythm … Continue reading

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Around town: San Diego, California

      Opening the door to Urban Seed & Flower is a little like opening the lid to a treasure chest except it’s as big as a house and full of magic. Owners Maurice and Michael, highly respected landscape … Continue reading

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the little birdies twittering in the trees

Technology happens in this day and age. It moves forward relentlessly as hungry people engorged by the thought that ‘there is money in them thar tubes’ write ever more code, powering new and oblique technologies to bring people onto their … Continue reading

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La Vida Verde

In the pursuit of leaving less of on impact on Grandmother Earth and ensuring a healthy environment for the wee ones of my wee ones, I have been immersing myself in the treatises and philosophies of the so-called “green” movement. … Continue reading

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money can buy you a new best friend, but money can’t buy my love

My bro & co-poster Rick has kicked-off a new phase of life wherein he has decided to eschew tell-lie-vision for a more involved life, more social connections, more experiences. I wholeheartedly support his efforts. Wade and I moved in together … Continue reading

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I love this!

What Every Woman Should Have and Know By Maya Angelou A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE … enough money within her control to move out and rent a place of her own even if she never wants to or needs to… A … Continue reading

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alterna*-mom’s how not to do it: beauty products

A few years ago I read a book called Curly Girl. It is basically a primer for peeps with curly or wavy hair and describes in rigorous detail how one afflicted blessed with non-barbie hair should maintain it. The main … Continue reading

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An Ode to Black Tea (& Love)

Black tea buoys me It lifts me through my day It makes me feel like a hummingbird Sucking sweet nectar from a bright red flower Alive and swimming on the rich crest of life. When my husband makes me a … Continue reading

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Popozao – I voted for Britney Spears

Another voting day has come and gone — the polls closed at 8. I am too uninterested to see what’s winning since I have little faith in my fellow Californians (no, not you!). So much stuff on this ballot was … Continue reading

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