In 1996, when I was nineteen, Parliament-Funkadelic landed the mothership on the mall of the university campus where I lived, just outside of Washington, DC. It was a free show on a warm spring night, open to the general public, so there was a racially and economically diverse crowd of about 30,000 people in attendance.…

Stillman Brown’s post last week about blogging got me thinking about media in general, and I wanted to write a post in conversation with it. The fact that I can do that alone says a lot about what so amazing and new about blogging. The fact that you can then converse with me about my…

A few weeks ago, I freaked out…on a cat. Granted, the cat was being an asshole- yes, cats can be assholes, but my reaction caught me completely off guard. I experienced a sudden surge of anger and it obviously wasn’t about the cat…or just about the cat. Upon closer examination, it was probably about something…

ARE WE ALWAYS MAKING BABIES? My Take On Interdependence. Saturday Guest Blog by Imprfectionist Not long ago, a friend of mine, a former girlfriend, sent me a birth announcement. She had recently delivered a baby girl, and I was on the mass e-mail blast she sent to broadcast the happy occasion. This friend had once…

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