A proud member of the Amalgamated Union of Philosophers, Sages, Luminaries and Other Thinking Persons since 1976. Wednesday, April 22, 2009. The blog in this physical location will soon be dead. Sunday, March 15, 2009.

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Monday, August 16, 2010. Lately though, Gruppie Girl has been creeping into the forefront of my mind. A few months ago my mother lost her battle with appendix cancer. A few weeks later, her mother passed away. I found myself in the unwanted role as a 30-something matriarch. Tuesday, June 9, 2009.

Monday, March 15, 2010. I am scared to put myself out there to prospective employers because I have been fired from my last 3 jobs due to being unreliable due to my health. I have borrowed mooney from a friend to pay my car insurance and am borrowing money from another to have the tooth pulled that is causing so much pain. Thursday, February 4, 2010. Okay so it is .

The State of the Butch Union. I was in an alleyway in Chicago the first time someone told me about Stone Butch Blues. The Butch hangs herself after the cops force her to strip in a bar.

Friday, February 28, 2014. Yes, I finished reading all those short classics that I challenged myself. To read in February! In fact, I am almost finished with an additional book. that I am enjoying much more than I did some of THESE books! By Albert Camus - this guy was so detached from his own life it was depressing. By George Eliot - this was a shocker! I wish I had saved it and read it last so I could end on an high note.