Category: Life
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Jane Elliott and the Brown Eyes vs. the Blue Eyes; Equality Simplified
I’m embarrassed to say I had never heard of Jane Ellliott and her Blue Eyes/Brown Eyes experiment until I stumbled across it on Reddit today, but having just watched this 14:37 clip of the 1970 Peabody Award-winning filmThe Eye of Storm (made for ABC News and later included in the 1984 documentary A Class Divided) I am…
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Ladies, Beware of Crazy in OKCupid’s Clothing
A friend of mine moved to NYC last year and, in the hopes of meeting some nice guys, she joined OKCupid a few months later. “How’s the experience been?” I asked. “Fine,” she said of the guys she has met. It has all been very innocent and she’s enjoyed coffee or dinner here and there.…
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Steve Madden and the Case of the Defective Boots
I usually love Steve Madden shoes but these boots (which I’ve only worn a few times since purchasing them in February of this year) have completely come apart. Hoping to exchange them for a non-defective pair, I sent the following letter via email to Steve Madden Customer Service (info@stevemaddendirect.com) on November 8th. Today I still…
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Why I’m Voting for Obama Tomorrow
President Barack Obama is a kind and compassionate leader who cares for ALL of his constituents (unlike Romney who doesn’t care about 47% of the U.S. and will do what he can to stop the LGBT community from living equal lives under Federal law. On November 1st, President Obama replied to Sophia Bailey Klugh, the…
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Audio Captures #Romney Urging Employers to Tell Employees How to Vote
Mitt Romney, in speaking with members of the National Federation of Independent Business was caught on tape making the following questionable suggestion. Slight threat there Mr. Governor? Yeah, he dilutes it with the “whatever your political view” comment, but the message is clear. Vote for me, or else. (Tip of the hat to ThinkProgress for this…
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My @BarackObama Facebook Cover Photo
Created this for my Facebook cover photo tonight. Feel free to use it if you’d like… just promise, if you do, you’ll go out and vote this November!
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Are you a Romney supporter? If so, you don’t support me.
If, after last night’s debate, you, as my friend or family member, like/support/plan to vote for Mitt Romney, please tell me NOW because you are also telling me that you also: do not support my freedom to marry whomever I choose do not support my rights to non-discrimination in the work place do not support a…
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Bill Clinton’s Math Mocks Romney’s ‘rithmetic
Bill Clinton debunks Mitt Romney’s “$5 trillion tax cut plan” in a new ad from the Obama/Biden campaign… and, as he has said before, it is simple math (a subject at which Romney is apparently not so great). “The effect will be to give people with incomes over $3 million a $250,000 tax cut…We simply…
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Why this Presidential Election is Personal for Me!
This Presidential election is very personal to me. It’s a choice between President Barack Obama, who believes that marriage equality should be legal and that people like me, deserve equal protection under the law and Mitt Romney, who does not support marriage equality and, in fact, does supports a Federal Marriage Amendment to define marriage…
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NYC Apartment Hunting – Even the “Big Dogs” Can Disappoint
I’m in the midst of my apartment hunt here in NYC and, if you’ve never experienced this process let me tell you… it is hell. On September 16th, via Craigslist, I found a lovely apartment in Brooklyn that looked ideal. It was the right price, a good size, accepted pets… great! So, because I’m always leery…
Tommy Karr 