e.e. cummings, santa and the question mark
this could be considered a Holiday story, given that santa (or a somewhat dadaist version) plays prominently in this account. i wouldn't consider it so-ho, ho, ho-only on its face. a tribute to e.e....
View ArticleKind: a four-letter word
i will freely admit that i am hypersensitive today (i look at the clock and correct-yesterday)...it was my birthday, and memorable only because it was so miserable...friends and family forgot, mom...
View ArticleThe Class of 1982-Who ARE these people?
Near this time tomorrow I will be attending my high school’s reunion, milling around at the local country club. Instead of being thrilled to reunite with my classmates, I’m dreading it. I keep asking...
View ArticleLiveblog: The March for Jobs and Freedom (50 years later)
As I watch live coverage of the 50-year anniversary of the March on Washington, it occurs to me that some others may be watching also. It's just so incredible that we all are still fighting for the...
View ArticleOn That Day: A Young Mother's Loss
When the news came in, she was sitting with her mother at a diner somewhere in south Texas, a lonely lunch on the way to the Methodist Home in San Antonio. They'd both cried too many tears that day,...
View ArticleTurning Texas Blue? A Rec for Snark or News?
A quick diary to let fellow Kossacks know: there is a diary currently on the Rec list about Turning Texas Blue/Rick Perry which has a checkered Tipjar. Diarist did not add a snark tag, and some...
View ArticleTexas Will Turn Blue! (No Snark Needed)
'Rick Perry in negotiations to accept medicaid expansion-Turning Texas Blue' proclaimed a diary that shot to the Rec List yesterday and was shared on facebook/twitter. No surprise on the response! We...
View ArticleRoe v Wade, Wendy Davis and the Dancing Girls
I've never had an abortion. Never had to make that heart-wrenching decision. Never had to sneak down a back alley into a dirty, makeshift operating room. Never had to desperately try coathangers and...
View ArticleI am a Texas Delegate, Thanks to Dkos! (And It's a Blue Effing Deal.)
In many ways, it was a big fucking deal for me, but maybe it should be a BFD for the rest of you Kossacks, too. Or for the next lurker, like me.I live deep in the red clay heart of west Texas, far from...
View ArticleI...(gulp) am a Pagan Agnostic Taoist
There, I said it. Feels good to get it out...My snarkiness aside, I must say that watching pie being flung over the semantics of atheists vs agnostics is one slice too much for me. (burp).Though I...
View ArticleTonight: Rachel Maddow Interviews Wendy Davis
Wendy Davis, the Democratic nominee for Texas governor, will sit down with Rachel Maddow tonight-(MSNBC-8pm central).Maddow has spotlighted Davis before, when she had her more famous filibuster in the...
View ArticleWatch For Me, Will Ya? Wendy Davis on The Daily Show Live from Austin Tonight!
Jon Stewart and the Best Effing News Team know what's up in Texas. They recognize, though others ignore, that whether or not Texas turns blue in November, the election here will be historical. Wendy...
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