Animal attraction
I pretty much love anything that walks, swims, paddles, or flies. (Things that crawl? — they’re called creepy crawlies for a reason.) So, I love animals, but what I don’t understand is why I’m so infinitely patient with animals, and so impatient – at least by comparison — with humans?
Must love cats
A few nights ago, I broke my pledge to not go on a date for the rest of 2008 (after a particularly dispiriting dating experience in January). Don’t know why, but I decided to accept an invitation for drinks and so on the night of the full Harvest moon, I took the dating plunge once […]
Redemption Song
After the week I’ve had, this column from July 2006 rings all too-familiar. If you have my book, Sideways in Sarasota, you’ve read it, but hopefully it will be fresh goods for the rest of you. Read it while you’ve got some Bob Marley in the background. Nobody likes to go down for the count. […]
In defense of SCGs
So here’s what I’ve got against strip clubs: They degrade an entire gender. And, I, for one, think men deserve a lot better than to be degraded. I know, you’re out there thinking, ‘Sweetie, men can defend themselves. They don’t have to go to strip clubs. None of us wives or girlfriends are out here […]
Reality … in the age of chickness
This column first appeared in print in October 2007. Chick-ness is in the eye of the beholder, right? That’s all I can say in answer to the deluge (okay, the trickle) of readers who want to know one thing above all else: “How old are ya, Reality Chick?”
Of hope and hoops — my letter to Barack
What I want from you, Barack, as my president, is not so terribly different from what I’d want from any man, really. I want a decent man. One who is measured and calm. One who can inspire and uplift. One who keeps his word. A man who knows how to work up a sweat, shoot […]
In bed with the Bard
I just returned from New England where I was fortunate enough to go back to my alma mater and speak to students, faculty, and folks from the community. It was the most intimidating public speaking experience I’ve ever had — because many of these folks were the very ones who taught me how to think […]
Making marriage moral … really moral, not fake moral
I’m passionate about the rights of same-sex couples to marry! Here’s a column I wrote in December 2007 — but it’s doubly important now. Please look into your heart and vote NO on Amendment 2. Last week, sponsors of a proposal to ban gay marriage in Florida announced that they’ve secured enough signatures to put […]
McCain/Palin supporters’ idea of trick or treat
Last night I woke to the sound of someone in my yard. By the time I threw on some clothes and ran outside they were gone … but here’s what they left behind (and no McCain/Palin signs on my street — of which there are four — were touched):
Pounding out the dents in democracy
As if last year’s blow to Sarasota’s election integrity — found in the August 15th 2006 letter from ES&S (Election Systems & Software) that was received but not disclosed to the public by the local Office of Elections — wasn’t enough, this year we have an entire Senate race missing from the absentee ballots mailed […]