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HRC Baby, You Know Me

I feel like I need to get this on “paper” for my daughter: Thank you Hillary Clinton for your work tonight. You represented me, my mother and my daughter so well. You made history tonight; feminine, a...

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Not Quite the Blue I Was Hoping For

I don’t know why it is that I assume that every.single.person I know and respect must be an Obama voter. I didn’t say Obama fan, freak or bumper-sticker-holder, but simply an Obama Voter. But my view...

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My Prop 8

Last night we as Californians gave more rights to animals and fewer to same-sex couples. It’s mind-baffling. I have never believed in the idea of gay marriage — mostly for the icky visual. @LaGringa...

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Sketchy at Best… My Letter to Secretary of State

Hello Secretary of State: There is a question that has been strongly discussed in our community this week. In short, without bias: 1. The Baptist Church of Willow Glen (in San Jose) has been vocal and...

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Cheater, Cheater, Pumpkin Eater

t was a purple and gold dangling earring stuck between the back seats of my Saab convertible. It was cheap. And it wasn’t mine. In retrospect, it doesn’t matter at all whose earring it was, but during...

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Is Boyscouts Morally Wrong for Us?

I guess I shouldn’t have been surprised when I found out that my kid would not be welcome as a Boy Scout. I knew that there would be places and people along the way that could pose issues for my child...

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Bilingualism is Inevitable, So What’s the Problem?

The kids sang and celebrated, paper painted signs hung from the balcony and Colombian music played in the courtyard. From where I stood, this was one heck of a celebration — our teacher had been named...

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If I… Were Mayor of Willow Glen

Oh, to live in Silicon Valley where the people are smart and the wine is good; to live near brainy outdoorsy people with a passion for technology; to be surrounded by people who want everything from...

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A Long, Strange Day

You Are Here I woke up this morning reading an NDA and a Gigya report, Social is the Next Search. By the time put the T-disc in the coffee maker, things were awry. My bangs sucked (and I even used...

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A Shy Extrovert

You will call bullshit on me before you finish this sentence. You’ll roll your eyes. I know you will. But bullshit you not, it’s true: I’m the shiest extrovert you’ve ever known. Maybe you get it;...

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Five Phrases To Kill in Communication

They all have their time — groovy, neato, smooth, rad, gag me with [anything]. But coined phrases can move to cliches quickly. Clean up your chatter by nixing these five passe communication terms: “In...

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Girl, You Got it All Wrong

I sat staring at the TV in complete shock last week as Deleware  Senate candidate Christine O’Donnell made a wicked, sad fool of herself. I wanted to leap through the television and shut her up — not...

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Don’t Blame the Palin Right

It’s not political craziness that makes someone kill; it’s craziness that makes crazies kill. I’ve been watching the unfolding of the shooting spree in Arizona targeting Gabby Giffords, for hours...

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Polar Opposites

I didn’t go to the rally to Restore Sanity, nor any Tea Party Express shindig. I don’t do politics outside my little world where I know I won’t get shot, yelled at or eyes rolled. I’m just not that...

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To Cairo, With Love

I’d been traveling about five months when I got to Cairo on a eerie late afternoon during Ramadan. Americans had been advised to avoid the mid-east region and I’d gotten out of a scary situation in...

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Every Child Left Behind

I want so badly to write a post about the No Child Left Behind Act that is tearing into schools and communities throughout California. I want to write about angry parents and saddened kids and politics...

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Pinkie Toes

My son once wore nail polish. It was black, or maybe it was blue. I would only let his little 3-year-old tootsies be painted “boy” colors. And really, the only reason I let him get his toe nails...

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The Day We’ve Waiting For

Wikipedia, by 8 p.m. PST May 1 The news broke on Twitter, and as of this post, we’re still waiting for the President to address the world with the news that Osama bin Laden is dead. Eight years to the...

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