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Daddy, don’t say that word
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2 min read
We just went for this short walk in the muggy, post-rain heat, looking for puddles in which to jump (a favorite past time, like her favorite, Peppa Pig). Our street is severely lacking in it’s ability to make puddles, so we have to walk a ways. After pressuring me to go out for a walk…
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Flying: how change came before you noticed it
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3 min read
Remember the old image of flying in an airplane? The smoky cabin, everyone dressed in suits, the stewardesses pretty and amiable. Everything with the nostalgic sheen of an episode of Mad Men. Flying was the purview of the wealthy and the hardworking. It wasn’t for the common man. Of course, those that fly routinely know…
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Chasing Amy—still teaching what love is about
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3 min read
Over the years, I collected quite a few movie posters, but I only have one left. It sits in my home office: the original poster from Chasing Amy that my friend, Binky brought back on a plane from a trip out to LA while we were in college. I like that it has a few…
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“What are you thinking?”
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2 min read
I just ran into a couple at an airport gift shop that were so quintessentially “the couple”. They were both fairly pretty people, traveling with an infant in the three-wheeled stroller. She was in line checking out: he was getting tired of maneuvering the stroller inside the shop. So he parked the little guy in…
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Power to the People (Women’s Rights Remix)
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4 min read
Power to the People “Turn it up! Turn it up! Power to the people, y’all!” –Public Enemy, Power to the People By now you have heard of the class-action suit against Wal-Mart and this week’s decision by the Supreme Court to throw out the case. The case made news in two very important ways. First,…
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Violence is not a given
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3 min read
I used to play over 30 hours of video games per week, so as a former gamer, the recent Supreme Court decision overturning a California ban on violent video games on free-speech grounds makes me happy. I’m predisposed to supporting a maligned and misunderstood industry. However, it is how the industry won that is deeply…
Make a New Normal
