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No, I Do Not Feel Bad About UnFriending Okay, I've been sitting on this one for years, partially due to the PTSD, troubling lack...
Currently Listening: Sweet Beginnings (Marlena Shaw, 1977)

Another one of my mom's albums that was woven into the fabric of my childhood. A lifetime favorite, not a clunker on it. Marlena is am...
The Absolute Weirdness of Mar-a-lago Face

"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...
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I Am So Sorry, Trayvon

That monster saw a black boy walking in his neighborhood, followed, taunted, confronted and shot that boy for no goddamn reason. George ...
Me and the Loony Bin

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...
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Oh for fuck's sake. I just asked Google a simple question about hanging a birdbath from the porch. I got the most useless and bizarre ...

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ACOSTA FAMILY: Are these girls okay?

When I typed "Acosta..." into Google, the auto-fill came up with "...family." That means I'm not the only one who we...
Never Forget Who Broke That Egg: The Triumph of Marcia Brady

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Me and the Loony Bin

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Losing Your Religion? Consider an Upgrade!

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Music Makers and Dreamers of Dreams

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...
Where Is Lexi Kahn?

No matter how much I try to stop ruminating, there come the thoughts again. Why didn't I do this, why did I pick that, why have I mad...
I Cannot Tell These Two Women Apart: Sarah Shahi and Mercedes Mason

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