I Dare You to Move

When I was 22 (as in the fresher side of 22, not nearly soon to be 23), I met a man would who be known in my family as Old Man Joe. Though his name was not Joe, nickname fever is a genetic trait. My younger brother assigned this moniker.
My brother often asked, “What’s a [...]

The Protest March: Where America Was Born

On December 16, 1773, a group of Americans, fed up with being bossed around by a government 4,000 miles away that they had no say in, decided to engage in a defiant act of protest that would shock the authoritarian-dominated world. They decided to board a ship in Boston Harbor and throw its contents, 90,000 [...]

Hodgepodgeatorium - How Far We’ve Come

I really don’t get why more people aren’t concerned, invested in or outraged about the current happenings in Jena, Louisiana. It’s practically a modern day trial of Tom Robinson, complete with separate and unequal justice systems and an apathetic public. Except that this trial isn’t set in the Jim Crow [...]

I’d Rather Be Invisible

I used to believe that I slink through my apartment building unnoticed; Sunday gave me unequivocal evidence that I absolutely do not blend in with the walls. I can only assume that they know me by my hair, my coffee habit, my sporadic gym attendance and my scowl. I hope that since I have been [...]

MCS: Congressional Approval Ratings

If you tell Congress everything about the world situation, they get hysterical. If you tell them nothing, they go fishing. - Harry Truman
One of two things occurred during the Bush administration (amongst other occurrences which number far beyond two). Either Americans became interested in politics or I noticed that Americans were interested in politics. [...]

A Bowlful of Hatred

My dad’s obsessed with two things: fresh produce and meticulously landscaping every inch of his property. Every Saturday morning in the summer, he wakes up at an ungodly hour to do the Home Depot/Farmer’s Market run and then start on his eight hours of mowing, edging, raking, mulching (yes, he makes mulch; no, I don’t [...]

MCS: Thinking About 9/11

“Genuine tragedies in the world are not conflicts between right and wrong. They are conflicts between two rights.” -Christian Friedrich Hebbel

I debated the ways I would commemorate this. Perhaps I should put a blog discussing some other event from the same day with less media attention into the spotlight or send up a piece [...]

Random Exit: A Plagiarized Life

How much of our lives are our own and how much are borrowed or even stolen from other people? Think about it. I think it is safe to say that most of us have plagiarized our lives from others without acknowledging them as the source. In school that could get you kicked out of class [...]

MCS: Bin Laden’s Message

“Those with real power and influence are those with the most capital. And since the democratic system permits major corporations to back candidates, be they presidential or congressional, there shouldn’t be any cause for astonishment – and there isn’t any – in the Democrat’s failure to stop the war.” –Osama Bin Laden, September-ish of [...]

Coincidence Turned Marriage

The fact that I even met BTH is a total fluke.
Up until the day before I met BTH, I’d had a boyfriend. And to be fair, I was a pretty terrible girlfriend to my ex. By they way, he totally reads this – everyone silently say hello to him. In my infinite wisdom, I thought [...]