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A Year Ago Today…

By Gretchen ⋅ September 10, 2008 ⋅ 6 comments

A year ago today I was in a lot of pain. I looked and felt as though I had been run over by a truck. I was hooked up to I-Vs and drugs, my husband by my bedside to wake me out of my anesthesia and hold my hand. And I was completely joyful. Because [...]

Notes From an Undecided Voter #1 - Health Care

By Chad ⋅ September 8, 2008 ⋅ 28 comments

Yes, it’s true.  I am an honest-to-goodness undecided.  I don’t want to get into the reasons that I am undecided as much as get my thoughts on screen as to what it would take to make me stop being an undecided voter.  This first one is directed at the Senator from Illinois.  
Hey there Barackster. [...]

“Life Forces Sale”

By Zack ⋅ September 2, 2008 ⋅ 24 comments

I’ve been an avid motorcyclist since I was 16 years old. I’ve always preferred to spend my Sundays checking the side mirrors and dragging my knee through canyons. I’d rather be washing my bike than washing my hair. I laugh at people who sit in traffic on the 405, while I whizz by between lanes. 
During this love [...]

From the Top

By Sharolyn ⋅ August 30, 2008 ⋅ 4 comments

I want to give a shout out to my new favorite show, From the Top. Rather than highlighting failing youth, as the media too often does, this show introduces its audience to awesome kid musicians. Watch out for these guys; we’ll likely be paying to hear them soon.
One episode featured a teenage [...]

Consumerific!

By michael lee ⋅ August 21, 2008 ⋅ 12 comments

We had some friends over last night. To protect their identities, let’s just call them … Ryan and Karen. In the course of the evening, the following conversation took place.
Karen: We’re trying to reestablish our credit to qualify for a mortgage, but we paid off all of our credit cards.
Ryan: So, we need to [...]

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