June 8, 2004: It was announced this weekend that Jennifer Lopez – the pop diva known more commonly as “J-Lo” – was married over the weekend to Latino pop singer Marc Anthony. read more (1,554 words)

Dispatch from Nowhere: Blockhead!

June 7, 2004: The Dispatch is back – I guess. It seems like an eternity since I have tried to sitting down and write. I know why I stopped writing – last September, which is the last time I tried to write anything, was a chaotic and tumultuous time for me.  read more (1,009 words)

Well, after having very little success with my first internet personal ad (I got exactly zero responses), and after having all of the emails I sent to potential suitors either rejected or ignored, I decided it was time to change my approach.  read more (300 words)

So I am suddenly single. My ex- dumped me a week or so ago. The break-up was a surprise for me and it certainly changed the world as I perceive it.  read more (2,897 words)

Travelogue – San Francisco, CA

July 16, 2003
I am a nervous traveler. To be honest, I am a nervous individual. Travelling only serves to emphasize that I am on edge most of the time. I guess at some point I should probably consider switching to decaf, but that is another story altogether.
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Dispatch from Nowhere – Adventures in Television

 

Installment Two: Commercials that give food personality.  Maybe I am a coward.  Maybe I am in denial.  Maybe, as Forrest Gump notes, it is a little of both.  Regardless, I really don’t want my food to have personality.  read more (1,089 words)

Dispatch from Nowhere: Adventures in Television

 

Installment One: The Viagra Commercial.   I have to admit, each time I see it, I am absolutely fascinated by the television commercial advertising Viagra.   read more (725 words)

Hooray - he’s a genius! Hollywood celebrates a child molester. Or, he raped a 13 year-old-girl - let’s give him a standing ovation!

 

So the Academy gave the Oscar to Roman Polanski for his film The Pianist. I will tell you right now that I haven’t seen the film.   read more (1,407 words)

Senate Blocks an Amendment to Alter an Abortion Measure 

 

WASHINGTON, March 11 — Senate Republicans today defeated the first Democratic effort to alter a measure that would ban a disputed abortion procedure, blocking a bid to add expanded birth control insurance coverage and education.

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Be Afraid.  Be very afriad - of the Republican domestic agenda.  Or, Excuse me!  Those are my constitutional rights you are trampling on!

NEW YORK TIMES SUPREME COURT ROUNDUP

Supreme Court Is to Review Rehiring of Drug Abusers (2/25/03)

… Abortion Wait

Without comment, the court turned down a challenge to an Indiana abortion law that requires a woman who has scheduled an abortion to receive counseling in person at the doctor's office, rather than by telephone, 18 hours in advance.

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