Category Archives: propaganda

Crowds of People Asking

By xtina | Published: December 10, 2008

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 that being different from your average Joe is full of gopher holes and such, but [...]

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The Ritual of Voting

By spider | Published: November 4, 2008

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 periodic ritual of voting is to me. Every Vote Counts, or so we are reminded [...]

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By xtina | Published: May 4, 2007

Think you are free? Think again.

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gardening changed my life

By xtina | Published: April 25, 2007

We have a little plot of land here in our semi-urban little neighborhood where we plant flowers, mulch, weed, and water. Over the years our garden has changed from a pretty generic suburban landscape of grass, cement, a few trees, and ordinary plants to something more organic and interesting. Growing up, in every house we [...]

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Self Censorship in Modern Merka

By spider | Published: April 24, 2007

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 in whatever you are smoking than in converting ’58 Chevies into tri5s. I think that [...]

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

By xtina | Published: April 14, 2007

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 in 1998 about one year before we got married. Neither one of us owned a [...]

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I love this!

By xtina | Published: April 8, 2007

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 WOMAN SHOULD HAVE …. something perfect to wear if the employer or date of her [...]

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Sixteen Million Dollars of Marijuana!!!

By spider | Published: April 5, 2007

Apparently, 1-inch tall weed plants are now worth $2000 a pop. At least according to a lame, misleading, sensationalist headline in the Chronicle. The headline and lede hype the number of plants (8,000) and ‘street value’ ($16 million). In the eighth paragraph, however, it is revealed that the 8000 money trees were actually ‘starter plants’, [...]

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Welcome Year of the Fire Boar (18/02/07 – 06/02/08)

By xtina | Published: January 4, 2007

So, yeah, 2007. Lots has changed, lots has stayed the same. Life be life, yeah. Gotta quote the decider here as he opines in the Wall Street Journal: “I believe that when America is willing to use her influence abroad, the American people are safer and the world is more secure. I believe that wealth [...]

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one more kiss, dear

By xtina | Published: November 29, 2006

I am a hypocrite. If you could see my page view history you would see a smattering of social causes and a whole lotta shopping. These two aspects contradict one another. I have enough of an altruistic streak that I seek to help causes for social justice yet I also have an equally strong and [...]

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Sewing and sexing have some things in common: you take two things and make them one, also they are a lot of work.

By xtina | Published: October 27, 2006

I have been silent for a lil while now. Life has been keeping me very busy. I ma thinking about doing NaBloPoMo next month to see if I can get those blog-writing muscles in shape. However I am not sure that I’ll be able to join in the frenzy, tho it looks like a worthwhile [...]

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would you like to see my

By xtina | Published: October 17, 2006

Boo-boo Munini

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