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• The Tao of Butter
  on Jan 23, 2010 in General philosophy butter cats caveman commercial geico caveman geico caveman research Haiti health care reform lifestyle losing mojo mango salsa marmalade Marquis de Sade mojo Mommy Dearest my life Office Space reality TV reflections tao The Office
  Times are desperate, and frankly, I’m feeling a bit stressed and afraid I’m losing my mojo. Today, I’m looking to my darling cats, Butter and Marmalade, for some answers. I’ll talk about Marmalade in depth sometime in the f...
• The Pulse of American Idol
  on Jan 14, 2010 in General American Idol Bridezilla Dr. G Medical Examiner earthquake Haiti Katrina my life New Orleans Project Runway reality TV reflections
  It never fails to amaze me how whenever I sit down to write a post for this blog, it often does not end up being what I had originally planned. I was going to write a humorous, maybe satirical, post about how much reality TV I watch and how much of...
• Polite Conversation
  on Jan 8, 2010 in Art General Poetry Academy Award artist Frida Kahlo humanity humans Oscar reflections social norms society suicide
  We are probably at our most human when we are naked, sick, or otherwise emotionally or physically vulnerable. Yet we spend so much energy hiding these real or perceived vulnerabilities, to the point where there are just some things people don’t...
• Warts and All
  on Jan 5, 2010 in Poetry my life poem reflections women
  As rude as it is, I call up for questioning The virtues of which My mirror speaks: Praise for the Hair on my head to The hair on my labia Sprinkled with wiry gray; Love for the orange nectar of life I piss away like spilled sugar; Applause for the...
• Editor, Writer, or Poet?
  on Jan 3, 2010 in Poetry edit editing editor identity identity crisis poet reflections write writer writing
  As usual, I’m not happy unless I have something to worry about. So naturally, I’m wondering about the subtleties between editors, writers, and poets. As you know from previous posts, I started writing poetry when I was a teenager. I tried...
• Can’t Complain
  on Dec 30, 2009 in General Recession marriage family health health insurance insurance layoffs lifestyle my life random thoughts reflections unemployment
  The recession has been like a dull buzzing in the background of my life this past year. I only bring it to the forefront once in a while, as when I say to myself, “I can wait until this item goes on sale,” or “I don’t really ...
• Forgiveness
  on Dec 27, 2009 in Men versus women marriage affairs cheating forgiveness hate infidelity love men my life parenthood relationships women
  Even though I hinted at it in my “about me” post, I thought that from here on out, maybe I would skip over the subject of my husband’s serial infidelities with unimportant women, especially since for the past 5 years there’s b...
• Past and Present Deconstructed
  on Dec 24, 2009 in Poetry daughter men mother motherhood parent parenthood poem reflections women
  I wrote a poem specifically for and about my daughter exactly ten years ago (when she was 10) and I thought it was time to revisit that subject for a new poem. The collection of poetry I’m working on now focuses on life from a woman’s p...
• What Men Can Get Away With That Women Can’t
  on Dec 20, 2009 in General Men versus women 50 cent Bill Clinton Elliott Spitzer gender differences infidelity Jack Kennedy Mark Sandford men my life random thoughts Tiger Woods women
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• Cigarettes and Poetry
  on Dec 17, 2009 in General Poetry cigarettes first kiss first love my life random thoughts reflections
  I recently tweeted about the biggest influences on my writing and thinking back, it occurred to me that I started writing poetry and took up smoking around the same time–when I was 15–and for just about the same reason: To be cool. The...

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