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“I never travel without my diary. One should always have something sensational to read in the train.” —Oscar Wilde
“I never travel without my diary. One should always have something sensational to read in the train.” —Oscar Wilde
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Hot Head v. Cool Head : Who Really Prevails? (Notes On The Kavanaugh Hearing And The Frail Male Ego)I'm among those who did not tune in to the Kavanaugh hearing today, because I've had enough. Of everything. And all these old w... -
This is not Rosie. Rosie the Riveter, and the perpetuated myth about who she was and what she stands for, is an example of ... -
"Mar-a-lago Face." Photo belongs to Huff Po UK Look, everyone is free to do as they like. But when I was a little kid, my aunt Sh... -
“I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.” ― Douglas Adams, The Long Dark Tea-Time ... -
Jaws is my favorite movie, but to be frank, I hated the book. I don't like Peter Benchley's writing at all, may he rest in peace. Th... -
That's a lot of peanut butter wasted unnecessarily, in my opinion. Could have "honored" the dead artist, Wim T. Schippers, ano... -
Ya know, if I had like, $7000, my whole entire life would be different. I wonder what it was like centuries ago when there were patrons... -
Boston Globe writer Christopher Muther has unwittingly sparked another round of heated debate amongst my circle of friends today. No, it...
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There has been some talk on Facebook and Reddit in recent weeks about blogging--whether it's still relevant, who is doing it, and what ... -
Long ago in a galaxy we 40-somethings refer to as "childhood," we built a cherry Kool-Aid world with rad high tech toys like ... -
One of my buddies confided that he can't stand it when his other single friends goad him into going "tom-catting around" on ... -
When I typed "Acosta..." into Google, the auto-fill came up with "...family." That means I'm not the only one who we... -
A Short Primer for the Spiritually Conflicted If your thousands-of-years-old religion's definition of "dec... -
Self-Portrait The first time I went into the mental hospital was in early 2014. I'd been fired from my job at the end of Nove... -
When I was 24 years old, I found it necessary to retract and re-submit my * theory about musicians and just what the hell is their deal a... -
Sarah or Mercedes? "This actress shows up in so many shows I like!" I said, watching re-runs of The Finder and Person of In... -
Jaws is my favorite movie, but to be frank, I hated the book. I don't like Peter Benchley's writing at all, may he rest in peace. Th... -
These things are good: ice cream and cake a ride on a Harley seeing monkeys in the trees the rain on my tongue and the sun shi...
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Alms For The Poor?
This is in case you appreciate any of this. $10 is all, don't go nuts with it.
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