March 2013
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New Gig! →
I’m the new DC Community Manager of this company. Let the rideshare revolution begin, y’all.
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February 2013
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January 2013
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Secrets: Gone Girl
At the urging of a dear book-loving friend, I picked up a best-selling thriller—something I wouldn’t normally have picked up—called Gone Girl, by Gillian Flynn. My friend’s review was too intriguing to ignore: “Read this book. It will make you want to be single.”
The story is told through the voices of the two main characters, a couple experiencing an extreme marital...
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Dating Tips! Q: How To Get a Guy To... ?
A: You won’t.
Here’s the thing about men, and women: They do what they want to do.
We hear a lot about this notion of “getting someone to like you.” I keep coming across it now that I’m paying more attention to dating. Girls ask one another this misguided question all the time, an idea probably planted by the cover of the Cosmo magazines we’ve been forced...
Take It From a Holocaust Survivor: There's More To...
Mottos like “if it feels good, do it” get under my skin. “Trust your gut” (your gut will tell you to “flee!” in the face of danger), “YOLO” and “whatever you decide to do will be the right thing” also fall into this camp.
Those things are easy enough to say and think when you have food on your table, you’re comfortable and your...
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How Often to Use Which Social Media Outlets?
Been thinking a lot about how often to use the various social media sharing outlets we all know and love. What do you think of these suggestions?
1. Facebook: once every two days, or for daily events. Friend news, quite often idle gossip. Not generally urgent.
2. Twitter: twice a day to READ, more to tweet information-rich content, less to tweet your comings and goings. The best source of...
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For Anyone Whose Heart Aches
My dad and I got to talking about breakups a while back and something he said was so poignant that I asked him to repeat it so I could take notes. I found it to be an incredibly life-affirming message. He’s very faithful, but even if you’re not, substitute any notion of greater good for “God” and it still works. And chin up.
Love is never wasted. In one sense, there is no...
September 2012
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Why I'm a Democrat
Because I want to be on the side of history that chose love, hope and unity over fear, cynicism and isolation.
Because I want to be on the side of history that chose the future over the past, that chose progress over regress, that chose union over division, that chose compromise over bravado.
Because I want to be on the side of history that favored factual, clear, forthright speech over that...
July 2012
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Writing Samples
Favorite Posts from 365 Things to do in DC (formerly Citystream)
Surprising History of Foggy Bottom, republished as How Foggy Bottom Changed by DCentric.
History of Lincoln Theater: Inside the “Jewel on U”
Valentine’s Day Dinner Rave - Elizabeth’s Gone Raw
D.C. Double Lives: Feeding the Revolution, One Cupcake at a Time
VIDEO: 365DC On the Town with the Fojol...
June 2012
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Podcast, Webcast, and on Set With Kevin Spacey
It’s been an exciting week. Actually, it’s been an exciting several months, but I’ve neglected to collect all of those updates in one place. So I’ll start here.
This weekend I was the guest of Philistine Radio’s hilarious podcast. You can listen to it here. I was excited by the level of preparation that went into it. It was just right - about an hour for me and...
February 2012
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Instead of "Sent from my iPhone"...
How about:
Sent from my Polk Audio LF14 Subwoofer
Sent from my Craftsman 10” Radial Arm Saw
Sent from my Singer Redeye Sewing Machine Model 66
Sent from my Motorola StarTAC
Sent from America Online
Sent from my Macintosh 128K
Sent from my Microsoft Clippy
December 2011
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J'accuse: Perry, Your Argument Has Holes in it Big...
Maybe I’m late to the party criticizing this video, but my reaction to it upon first viewing has been so visceral that I had to share. This is why I will vote for Obama. Thank you for radicalizing me, Perry. Thank you for reminding me of the ignorance that threatens to seize this country where it really matters - in our hearts and minds, not our wallets.
There are so many, many,...
November 2011
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October 2011
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September 2011
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June 2011
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Confidence is... [by Tina Fey]
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So I'd Love it if You Checked Out My Other Lil'... →
May 2011
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My Experience Tonight at the White House
I wanted to weigh in on my experience at the celebrations in front of the White House, since it might be of interest to my friends who aren’t in D.C.
Flags galore
I live about ten blocks away, so as soon as I saw the first image of about 40 people gathered in front of the White House, I got caught up in the moment and was excited to see history in the making. (So Zeitgeisty!!) As I...
April 2011
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The Adjustment Bureau: I Wouldn't Change a Thing
Spoiler Alert, y’all!
Wow. I just saw “The Adjustment Bureau,” the film starring Matt Damon, Emily Blunt, Anthony Mackey and John Slatter. As the credits rolled, all I could think was “Yes! That was just like ‘Inception,’ except awesome!”
Not quite. Where “Inception” was action packed and special-effect-laden, “The Adjustment...
March 2011
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Down the Line...
What will our grandkids be super embarrassed about, pertaining to our daily habits, vocabulary, and paradigms? What will make them blush when we barge into the room on one of our tirades? What will make them roll their eyes about and say “oh, you know, old people…”
A few thoughts: Fossil fuel guzzling? Big Agriculture or our treatment of animals? Our ignorance of minority...
February 2011
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So Netflix has done away with its "Community"...
…and so, since I’m afraid they will eventually erase these forever, I thought I’d collect the reviews I wrote here. It would appear there are three types of movies I really like talking about:
French ones;
Ones that deal with race; and
(My all-time favorites) French ones that deal with race
So here’s what I have to say about a couple of movies.
La Haine
You rated...
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The Crusade Continues!
I know that the anti-foodie crusade is not a very popular one. I also know that when I posted to that effect, I got some flack from people who found it too preachy and/or pretentious. Well, I’m sticking to my guns. And to bolster my argument, I will direct your attention to the writing of B.R. Myers which appears in the March 2011 edition of the Atlantic. Here are some of my favorite...
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Gather ye rosebuds
Each year of your life is proportionally smaller than the last. Really, it only goes faster from here.
So, as [inherently sexist but nevertheless perennially relevant] the Robert Herrick poem says, Gather ye rosebuds while ye may!
GATHER ye rosebuds while ye may,
Old Time is still a-flying
And this same flower that smiles to-day
To-morrow will be dying.
The glorious lamp of heaven,...
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Do YOU Dare to Flair?
Because it was just so much fun to post some things from old blogs in the last few weeks, I’ve decided to do it again. This time I was inspired by Gubbi’s awesome post on what could fall under the umbrella term “Stuff Big White People Wear.” Back in 2004 when I was traveling the world with my best friend, we adopted the word “flair” to describe the odd travel...
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Ghosts of Blogs Past: The Arrogant Stalker
Dear friends who have followed my fits and starts in the blogosphere since the early days, here’s a repost of a story written on my Friendster Blog—that’s right—Friendster, on May 9th, 2005. I always enjoyed this story so I thought I’d reblog it here, for old time’s sake. That blog was called the Blacklist Blog, and it was all about men and women who just did...
January 2011
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The Sweetener to End All Sweetness
So I’m always on the lookout for Superfoods. I really like the idea of incorporating a few little things into my diet that will negate the drinking, erratic sleep patterns, and excessive consumption of caffeine, Sour Patch Kids, and fried foods. And lemme just tell you, Black Strap Molasses is about the awesomest thing since sliced bread. Wait, this is way awesomer, and older, than sliced...
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Really Important and Not Trivial Things I Want to...
A really sweet sound system in my shower (with optional recording device).
Cars that drive themselves.
Home self-tanning arches. You walk through the arch after you shower, voilà TAN!
Wireless everything. EVERYTHING. No outlets, no cords, no cables, no wires.
Some way of traveling great distances than doesn’t involve planes.
A hot alien.
Lip gloss that looks really shiny but...
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$t#ff My Dad Says
I’m 30. I live with my dad right now. He is a weird guy. Today began with a lecture on the pressures of love in the modern age. He thinks arranged marriages and ones that are mostly practical are the best bet, though he doesn’t discount the importance of Dionysian attraction. He feels young people today are experiencing unprecedented pressure, as we look for the ONE person who is...
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Top 8 Things You Should Not be Advertising If We...
So I’m dating. It’s the kind of dating that starts on a website where there are a whole bunch of other people who are dating and we’re all looking for each other. Most of the time, it’s rewarding. Sometimes, it drives me a little nuts.
Despite having written a treatise circa 2005 entitled “Online Dating is For Broken People,” and being very wary of its...
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Quora: Dummies Need Not Apply
Last night I joined Quora, which bills itself as “a continually improving collection of questions and answers created, edited, and organized by everyone who uses it,” or as a savvy friend put it, “It’s like Facebook questions, except it works.” It’s not brand new (launched publicly in June 2010), and has obviously already been reviewed, but I’ll offer a...
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Swing and a Miss...
Well let’s hope that as I continue to use you,
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these suggestions will improve. Because this list gave me something of a mini heart attack. A sitting-at-home, up-too-late, playing-with-new-websites-for-too-long, i-need-to-see-actual-people sort of heart attack. And when you get annoyed at what a bot/algorithm “thinks” of you, you know it’s probably time to hunker...
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This is Water
An essay that is both incredibly fitting for New Year’s and constantly applicable.
(If anybody feels like perspiring [cough], I’d advise you to go ahead, because I’m sure going to. In fact I’m gonna [mumbles while pulling up his gown and taking out a handkerchief from his pocket].) Greetings [“parents”?] and congratulations to Kenyon’s graduating...
