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New Rule

I’m going to quote myself at some length in this post, so brace yourselves. This is from a piece I wrote for the Portland Mercury’s 2008 “Back to School” issue… “When you speak of this in future years… and you will… be kind.” Right after she says that, the older lady in Tea and Sympathy […]

Posted inPolitics

From Lewinsky to Breedlove

I’m curious if the Oregonian called on Bill Clinton to resign after his affair with Monica Lewinksy—a pizza-bearing, thong-baring White House intern and a subordinate of the POTUS—was made public? Or did the Oregonian, like a lot of liberals and progressives, argue that Clinton’s private life was his private life, that Ken Starr put questions […]

Posted inCats

RIP Eartha Kitt

I never met Eartha Kitt, but I cleaned her swimming pool once (summer job). From her back yard, I could smell her perfume wafting from inside the house. I ended up putting too much chlorine in her hot tub, but I have a feeling that her shield of perfume could knock out any industrial strength […]

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I’ve Been Preserving the Shit Out of My Boyfriend’s Virginity Since 1994

ABC: Study Reports Anal Sex on Rise Among Teens: Lack of Sex Education, Virginity Pledges, Ignorance Contribute to Risky Behavior Carry—a Colorado college student who had been in a steady relationship for months—was recently cajoled by her boyfriend into some sexual experimentation. He wanted to try anal sex, and even though the 20-year-old said she […]

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