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No, Mr./Ms. President, we’ll grab a beer when you’re done
I don’t want a president like the rest of us.• I don’t want a president I can imagine having a beer with. I prefer my chief executive chugging vodka with Putin or Tsingtao with Chairman Hu…while they’re drunkenly hashing out the fine points of trade agreements and foreign policy. He or... Read more...
Published 3 days ago
Chick pass not valid here
With two minutes to get from the bowels of the Orange Line to the Fairfax Connector, I wove through the rush hour crowd like a piranha through a Discovery Channel special. An empty turnstile loomed in front of me. Like Seabiscuit on the final lap, I put on my blinders and went in, purposefully... Read more...
Published 4 days ago
The democratic process...
All done *...* Actually a rare Siberian horse, but the donkeys in the petting zoo wouldn't turn around for a good picture. You get the idea.Coming up...3 days of sloth - happy Labor Day!Global Chameleon - a series of "posts inspired by place." Read more...
Published a week ago
Leaving? So soon?
Leaving a historic event a day early is a bit like skipping out of a wedding before the vows, or ducking out of a funeral before the "ashes to ashes" part. Not only that, cutting one's stay short means missing out on a lot of good Denver attractions:10. A beer at the Cheeky Monk9. Real Mexican... Read more...
Published a week ago
Delaware represents
Why should one support Joe Biden for VP ... his intelligence, integrity, experience, dry wit, knowledge of world affairs......or because he's got part of a beach named after him? (Cool.)Growing up, my family would regularly visit relatives in Wilmington. I have fond memories of quaint brick... Read more...
Published 2 weeks ago
No kids, no respect
As adorable as Obama’s little girls are, last night’s speech - and the media climate in general - makes me wonder:Would a candidate without children ever have a chance at the presidency?On one hand, we’re not facing a huge population dearth as a planet. And many people are either not... Read more...
Published 2 weeks ago
Look! Look! Crunchy people!
“City Council gives dogs status of ‘human companions’”As a former Rocky Mountain resident, I’d see a headline like that and know there could be only one possible dateline: Boulder, Colorado.Never mind that the rest of the state represents a much wide variety of people, many of them... Read more...
Published 2 weeks ago
How much can one reasonably expect from life?
The recent Salon article about a talented writer turning to a food kitchen to feed her kids got its fair share of comments at Jezebel, and was picked up by City Paper.Most were thoughtful and empathetic. Because really, unless you're Roman Abramovich or Warren Buffet, there but the grace of God... Read more...
Published 2 weeks ago
MP3 malfunction
A good personal soundtrack can make the difference between a relaxing commute and one that has you wanting to curse humanity. The only problem: sometimes headphones become detached from the playing device, making your personal soundtrack more of a shared experience.This happened to me once while... Read more...
Published 3 weeks ago
I can't be poor - I have a master's degree
I had a master's degree. I had a job. But to feed my three children, I had to swallow my pride and go to a soup kitchen.The first in Salon's series on life during the recession provoked thought in many, many ways. Here are 10 of the most vivid (note: 10-9 serious, 8-6 glib - in the words of Tom... Read more...
Published 3 weeks ago
To be or, like...whatever
Like Shakespeare's classics, an episode of The Hills evokes as many questions as it answers...A JC Penney commercial pays homage to "The Breakfast Club" - mysteriously minus Ally Sheedy's "dandruff snowflake" scene. Equally surreal: Bored with her job at Teen Vogue, Lauren envies her friend's... Read more...
Published 3 weeks ago
I get older. They stay the same age.
No, I'm not a player-about-town scoping out the "18-and-up" shows, I'm a nearly middle-age* listener of music on the metro, realizing that the artists in the Musicfone are frozen in my mind just as I remember them in the 1980s and 1990s.What are they doing now?Is PJ Harvey still hoarse, scrappy... Read more...
Published 4 weeks ago
