Abbie's Real Life Blog

I’m so discouraged by the general Democratic populace response to Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama’s respective ’08 Presidential primary runs. A party full of self-described feminists, liberals, and equal-rights proponents, and a female candidate is derided in sexist, misogynist terms without any hint of irony.  I know of no one who is interested in voting for [...]

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Sure, now you want us in the armed services.  You won’t take us when it’s peacetime, but you’d love us to all get signed on while we’re mired in an unwinnable desert war. I guess it’s the easiest, most legal way that the Bush administration has to kill off the gays, now that Congress is [...]

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And now the Democrats look to take the Senate as well.  I almost said that in my post yesterday, and then left it vague because I didn’t want to be wrong, even though it seemed clear that Webb had enough of a lead to win.  Now that the AP has projected it for Webb, some [...]

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It’s been a long time since I was up so late!  I’m still a little hungover from the soymilk and slightly too much sugar, so bear with me.  Let’s round up a few things from the BESTEST WEEK EVERS (and it’s only Wednesday!) – The Democrats proved that you can wait for the other party [...]

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I’m consuming vast quantities of chocolate soymilk while sitting in front of no less than eight active browser tabs, all pointed at various media outlets, and simultaneously watching CNN. The elections tonight have been better than the Super Bowl in terms of excitement. They’re still working on the Missouri results. Should I go to sleep [...]

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The New York Times this morning has an interesting article on Casa Susanna, the 1960s transvestite retreat.  I read an article about this maybe a year ago, but with the publication of a book of photos of the place and quite a lot of public interest, they’ve managed to track down some stories from the [...]

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