Category: Life
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Marriage Equality in Mildred Loving’s Own Words
Mildred and Richard Loving were sentenced to a year in prison in Virginia for marrying each other. Ultimately Virginia suspended their sentence IF the couple left the state and never returned at the same time together. Absurd! The State claimed that the Loving’s marriage violated Virginia’s anti-miscegenation statute, the Racial Integrity Act of 1924, which…
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Today is World Cancer Day; What’s Your Story?
Today is World Cancer Day. The Lustgartsen Foundation, whose mission is to advance the scientific and medical research related to the diagnosis, treatment, cure and prevention of pancreatic cancer, asks that you share your story as to why you fight, today on Facebook. If we are close friends you may know that my family and…
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Campfield Cracks in Comments; Calls LGBT Advocates Bullies
Stacey Campfield is failing at any attempt to remain respectful in the ongoing discourse regarding his proposed bills. As the Huffington Post points out today, Campfield “responded to some of his critics Monday morning, debating them in the comments section of the Knoxville News Sentinel.” I’ll let both the HuffPo and the News Sentinel articles…
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A Down Home Phone Chat between a Theatre Manager and a Former Subscriber
I’m from Tennessee and, while some recent posts have noted my embarrassment Tennessee because of the antics of a certain Senator, I still love my home state. I also love theatre and enjoyed many years working in a box office in college. In chatting with some friends today (also Tennesseans transplanted to NYC) we were…
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Parker Posey, Party Girl and a Night of 90s (thanks to Style of Mind)
On January 14th I got to enjoy sitting down in front of (well, a few rows away but still, in front of) Parker Posey at the 92Y in Tribeca, as she shared her tale of filming Party Girl with a group of fans. I won’t go on and on about the event, because Style of…
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TN’s Stacey Campfield Wants to Let Struggling Children Go Hungry
If you follow my posts you’ll know how much I detest the idiocy that is Stacey Campfield, a Republican member of the Tennessee Senate. I owe a significant “tip of the hat” to Mamapundit.com for making me aware of this story. Be sure to visit her blog! Well, Campfield is at it again. Now he is…
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Zealot on the C (and F) Train, STRIKES AGAIN!
Would you believe that I ran into this crazy man again? This time I didn’t spot him on the C train but did see him on the platform at Jay Street waiting on the Manhattan-bound F train. Of course, he again boarded the train and began to spew his hate-filled speech… which he deemed “preaching”…
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Zealot on the C (and F) Train
UPDATE: Zealot on the C (and F) Train, STRIKES AGAIN! Original Post: While riding the C train yesterday, my boyfriend and I were witness to a common scenario to the New York City subway system: the righteous and vehement preaching of a crazed zealot. This one was a pretty disheveled and his clothes were…
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REVIEW: Brother Jimmy’s BBQ; Dire Dive Dining
I have been to Brother Jimmy’s on 31st and 8th before and enjoyed the food and atmosphere, but this weekend I ventured back on a whim with my boyfriend only to have, what may have been, the most frustrating experience possible. We arrived around 5pm and waiting for the hostess as she dealt with some…
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