Category Archives: rhetorical question

allegro maestoso

Posted on November 7, 2008 by xtina

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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San Diego’s water is safe and healthy to drink for most people*

Posted on October 17, 2007 by xtina

Living in a semi-arid land like San Diego has made me conscious of potable water as a precious and scarce natural resource. Growing up in NorCal, I remember drinking water from the faucet or even the hose without a second … Continue reading →

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Like a vegetarian with a leather couch

Posted on October 4, 2007 by xtina

It’s easy to revile smokers. Their pastime results in dirty air and unhealthy symptoms as well as environmental degradation. Like the overweight or the poor, they are easy targets for feelings of superiority in the observer. Here in San Diego … Continue reading →

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Into a world of dreams and nightmares

Posted on August 7, 2007 by xtina

About 4 weeks ago, a writer named Theresa Duncan reportedly killed herself in New York. She had a blog of some acclaim that until her death she updated daily. Her death was not widely reported even by by NY and … Continue reading →

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Posted on May 4, 2007 by xtina

Think you are free? Think again.

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odd things are afoot at the villa straylight

Posted on December 9, 2006 by xtina

Every year for the last twenty years or so I read Neuromancer by William Gibson at least once a year. I remember being 13, going on 14, when I came home to a paper grocery bag full of books. Our … Continue reading →

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Oubliette. Oblige. Obliterate.

Posted on November 20, 2006 by xtina

Words. Words are powerful. Words are imaginary and yet…wherever they are, there you are. I watch my son become indoctrinated by our language and I mourn for the self that disappears each day, the self beyond words that is so … Continue reading →

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we’ll see you again

Posted on November 14, 2006 by xtina

This posting every day is tiring me out. You see I write for work as well. Letters, executive communication, press releases, project descriptions, &tc. So although I love words, both ingesting and excreting, I do sometimes feel speechless when faced … Continue reading →

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Don’t ask, don’t tell

Posted on November 5, 2006 by xtina

Oopers, someone forgot a key ingredient for a good time in the desert: a good attitude. Sometimes I get so fixated on the plan that when plans get haywire, so do I. So when things started out on that note … Continue reading →

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You said we were make believe and I thought you said ‘maple leaves’*

Posted on September 22, 2006 by xtina

The internets is so funny. Sometimes I experience meta-jealousy about the cool lives that peoples lead. I think of my quotidian struggles that revolve around developmental milestones, diapers, and spills. Then a writer who makes interesting cultural commentaries on life, … Continue reading →

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Don’t ask, don’t tell: Is Alberto Gonzales an Alien?

Posted on July 31, 2006 by xtina

GONZALES: I understand why they come. I think all Americans would understand why someone would come to this country, which is the greatest country in the world, is because they want a better life for themselves and a better future … Continue reading →

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Fun with Infographics!

Posted on July 21, 2006 by spider

From The Independent [via kottke], the answer to the question “Which countries support the immediate ceasefire in the Middle East demanded by the UN and which do not?

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