Margaret Ardussi, a highly regarded teacher of the Transcendental Meditation program and a genius artist with water-based paints, was my life partner for over 20 years from Sept. 25, 1984, until her death due to complications of multiple sclerosis on Dec. 7, 2004, in our home under hospice care with me at her side. Margaret …
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UPDATED — THANK YOU ALL!!! Please donate to A Conservative Lesbian
My father’s emergency root canal has left us short $400 we need to raise by 4 pm, Friday, May 28, to make the May mortgage payment (since Monday, May 31, is a bank holiday). If you feel inspired to support this blog by helping me out with a financial donation, now is a good time to …
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Rand Paul is clueless about the Americans with Disabilities Act
I noticed just now at Memeorandum that it wasn’t enough for Rand Paul to fail to clarify the objections the libertarian philosophy has regarding the Civil Rights Act of 1964 for Rachel Maddow. No, no, no. He was in a hole and kept digging. To wit, in an interview on NPR on Wednesday, May 19, …
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Moe, I LOVE bagpipes!
Well, after all, the bagpipes ARE a double reed instrument, like the bassoon, which I play. The first bagpipes I heard in person wafted over the small campus of Guilford College, in Greensboro, North Carolina, where I spent my summers from 1968-70 when I was in high school, attending the Eastern Music Festival, which is …
Why we want to live, why we want to work, why we want to play
Last night I watched a video linked by dear Jenny, The Bloggess, on the most powerful motivators for jobs that require cognitive abilities, rather than mechanical ones. Then tonight I was looking for a few laughs before bed and after perusing LOLCats it popped into my mind to visit Cracked.com, where I came across a …
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A Conservative Lesbian will be a guest on The Rick Moran Show on BlogTalk Radio tonight, 8 pm Central
I’m sorry for the late notice — WordPress is acting up. The show is on for an hour — call in at 1-718-664-9764. Update, 5/11/2010, Tues.: Rick Moran invited me this afternoon to join him on The Rick Moran Show on Blogtalk radio at 8 pm Central Time with fellow guests Clarice Feldman (see her …
Jeff Katz of Boston's Rush Radio 1200 will interview A Conservative Lesbian at 7 am, ET, on May 11
I hear tell that Monday morning, May 10, Boston conservative radio talk show host Jeff Katz at Rush Radio 1200 talked about my piece published on May 9 at Pajamas Media, “Why is it a slur to suggest Elena Kagan is a lesbian?” for his entire show. This evening his intrepid producer, Jason Pothier, tracked …
Charlie Martin at Pajamas Media made history today
I think Charlie Martin made history at Pajamas Media today when he defended the equality of lesbians and gays in the comment section of my piece on why it is a slur to call someone lesbian or gay, which came up due to the possibility that Obama will nominate Solicitor General Elena Kagan, who is …
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Everyone is beautiful, including Gabourey Sidibe
Fat is a feminist issue. If you don’t understand that, you can’t call yourself a feminist. Because I say so. Yes, I do so, too, have that power. I love it that People Magazine included Gabourey Sidibe in its list of the “100 Most Beautiful People of 2010.” I don’t believe they are holding her …
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Tea Party demonstration in Bel Air, Maryland, draws crowd of at least 250 people
I attended part of the Tea Party protest on Main Street in Bel Air, Maryland, in front of the county courthouse this afternoon. I counted the protesters lining the street on both side and got at least 120 people — but I had to estimate the crowd in front of the courthouse, which was much …
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