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September 2004
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Coming soon to a theater near you
09.21.04 | Permalink | Comments Off on Coming soon to a theater near youAs lunch today a co-worker who just started taking night classes in counseling cautioned us that before long she’d have a DSM-IV category for each of us. I added that I’ve heard the DSM-V is on its way but that I didn’t know what was holding it up. Someone responded that they heard there was […]
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Bush probably not (all that) ahead
09.21.04 | Permalink | Comments Off on Bush probably not (all that) aheadI about had a fit a couple weeks back when everyone was talking about how Bush was ahead by 11 points following the Republican convention. There are good reasons why this isn’t the case. For one, that was only one poll from one out of a dozen pollers. (One pollster had Kerry ahead by a […]
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Show tunes v. bible thumpers
09.21.04 | Permalink | Comments Off on Show tunes v. bible thumpersFrom this post over at the Ladies Village Improvement Society, it seems that even though every knee will bow and every tongue confess, the name of Jesus takes a distant second to someone singing show tunes on the NY subway. Priceless.
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Looking my people square in the face
09.15.04 | Permalink | 4 CommentsEarlier this week I attended a public panel on US-Islamic relations. I have to say that my people (that is, liberals) have a long way to go. 1. If your central point it that “we must look US history square in the face,” you cannot catalog only US actions of colonialization/oppressision/etc., ignoring US actions on […]
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Meet my spirit guide
09.13.04 | Permalink | 2 CommentsI got to see the new musical adaptation of The Color Purple here in Atlanta this weekend. Reading the program during intermission I noticed that one of the cast members thanked her angels and spirit guides in her bio. This intrigued me. Growing up with a strong dose of charismatic/Pentecostal Christianity, I know all about […]
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Zell, I want my $2!
09.11.04 | Permalink | Comments Off on Zell, I want my $2!My friend Mark wants a refund from Zell Miller, and that right soon. Is it too late to issues a “Buyer Beware”? Could someone call the Better Business Bureau? We Georgians were not given what we were sold. Or maybe we should just challenge him to a duel.
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