Category Archives: politics

Proud to be a Mutant

Well here it is, after all this time. A great promise will be fulfilled today when Barack Obama takes the oath of office and is sworn in a as the President of the great nation. And the country is abuzz … Continue reading

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Things I discovered in 2008

Even though life doesn’t exactly adhere to the calendar,  I can honestly say that 2008 did have a unique personality, different than any year I’ve experienced before. Here’s a look back at some of the new discoveries in my life … Continue reading

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Crowds of People Asking

Sometimes I think it is a curse to be aware. Consciousness can be a burden. If I were less aware then I think I might cringe less than I do. My life has been full of cringe lately. I know … Continue reading

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allegro maestoso

Each of my grandmothers endured many hardships that I will never have to face. One of these challenges is the burden of compulsory pregnancy. My grandmothers each had 7+ pregnancies resulting in 17 births. In most cases, the amount of … Continue reading

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The Ritual of Voting

As I stood in the voting booth shortly before 8:00 this glorious November morning, between marking my ballot YEA or NAY to two of nearly 50 state and city referendums, I realized what a meaningful part of my life this … Continue reading

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The first thing that I’ll do

Children learn from watching their adults. They are watching and listening and creating a detailed profile of all the behaviors you exhibit, even the ones you may not be aware of. Many times Lucas has astounded me by asking “Mommy, … Continue reading

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I’ll be good tomorrow

One of the things that we are trying to teach the kidlet is the value of delayed gratification. The idea being that by learning this valuable lesson at a young age, he might be able to avoid some of the … Continue reading

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Politico

What have I been up to til now? Heretofore, my political activism has been sporadic. In college, I didn’t do much, if anything. I attended rallies (we were faced with a bunch of anti-immigrant state initiatives back then), and probably … Continue reading

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Convening in Austin

The Preamble For the 1.7 regular readers of this periodically forsaken blog, you may still have a vague recollection of an earlier era (may even have been when we still went by The Duologue!) when a significant portion of my … Continue reading

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Think you are free? Think again.

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Self Censorship in Modern Merka

I was reading a (quite humorous) email from my uncle that went something like this: Whatever you two are smoking, please send me two tons as a sales starter package. I think that there is a lot more profit potential … 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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