This Is Stupid
Today I am mad as hell. Yesterday afternoon I found out that a candidate I voted for accepted money – A LOT OF MONEY- from one of my least favorite organizations. Like, THE WORST. The one that I...
View Article13 Things I Learned at 25
Last year, I didn’t want to be 25. 24 had been so great to me and full of so much wonderfulness, I didn’t want it to end. I am blessed enough to say that this journey we call life has once again been...
View ArticleWhy I Chase Unicorns & Leprechauns
Compromise is a funny thing. In politics, you’re asked to compromise on everything: on candidates, on talking points, and most often, on policy. Everything is a negotiation and everything is a chess...
View ArticleCity Life: Not the American Dream
Depending on when you started reading this blog, you may or may not have followed the Green Acres reenactment documented here. If you didn’t, it may help with perspective if you catch up. If you did,...
View ArticleWhy I Can’t Care About My Vote
I knew it when I made my decision early in the summer. I knew people would be mad. I knew some GOP folks would be disappointed and I knew some ‘expected better.’ People are mad as hell about us...
View ArticleWhy Not Honesty?
As we head into another legislative session, everyone is getting their ‘game face’ on, and by ‘game face’ I mean ‘fake face.’ They’re stretching their arms for those ever-so-delicate handshakes, you...
View ArticleDo More Than Exist
“You keep waiting for the moral of your life to become obvious, but it never does. Work, work, work: No moral. No plot. No eureka! Just production schedules and days. You might as well be living inside...
View Article“Where Did You Come From?”
The question I get most frequently in the realm of politics is ‘Where did you come from?’ or rather, why am I the way I am? Don’t worry, this isn’t the beginning of an Eminem song. Like any person, my...
View ArticleOh…The Humanity!
It happened. All of my frustrations from a ridiculous election season followed by an even more absurd legislative session culminated into one, giant hate-filled implosion. But before we get to the...
View ArticleTo all the broken hearts after Election Day
Few things are worse in the political arena than working tirelessly for months, for yourself, a cause, or a candidate in whom you believe, only to find that the votes didn’t go your way. It doesn’t...
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