men women

I am glad that someone has taken me up on the offer to post any grand openings in town. A new Salon is opening and Dee Haupert asked me to post on it.

I wish I could say that we are doing better, but, women are still fighting for the same rights they have always been fighting for, things like access to adequate health care, equal pay.

I braved the gauntlet of country and western fans to travel downtown last night in order to attend the Contributor's first (and hopefully annual) Art-Luck, held at the historic Downtown Presbyterian Church.

Sincerely, America.  I had to get up out of my sick bed and come here to ask you “Is Bill Maher writing Erica Jong’s columns for her while she is in a coma or something?”

This is just lovely:

Inside the store, hooded Klan robes hang on the same rack as the racist T-shirts. Pictures of men, women and children in Klan clothing and pamphlets tell a partial history of the organization.

…snip…

“If anything turns people off, they shouldn’t come in here. It’s not a thing in here that’s against the law,” Howard said, adding

I was wrong.

Back in January, I hammered the reality television show Celebrity Rehab, but also that I completely forget what is on my television set sometimes, I started watching the show with one eye on the tube and the other doing whatever I do.

And then I noticed I had two eyes planted on it after a few showings.

I mean, they’re supposed to be scientific. If you ask the right number of people and get a diverse group, it’s supposed to represent accurately what the populus thinks about anything. But still, it almost seems like voodoo at times. However, the NY Times and CBS poll shows support for Obama is widening and, for the first time he has more support than Clinton. Two-thirds of the registered voters surveyed said he’s more likely to be able to unite the country, versus 51% for Mc

What's always disturbing to me is how easily some folks can end up homeless, especially those with tenuous or non existent family connections. It doesn't take much to wind up homeless and once you're there, its often a journey through hell to get off the street...