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Entries in California (7)

Wednesday
Nov142012

Devil’s Advocate and The Legalization of Marijuana

Devil 2: Plus the hypocrisy of saying alcohol and tobacco are okay and weed isn’t. It’s absurd. Devil 1: No, it’s not the same thing. It’s not good.

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Thursday
Aug022012

The Table: Adultery Stoning, Caffeinated Water, Olympic Philly Gold

The Table is jammed packed with African Marriage Trouble, California Money Problems, and Olympic Golden Envy.

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Wednesday
Jul132011

51st State South California?

Is this desire for succession just the beginning of people finally deciding that enough is enough? As it is often said during elections, "As California goes, so does the country."

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Wednesday
Feb092011

Butt Enhancement, Too Old to Drive and a Kind Iran: Am I losing it?

Editor's Note to Readers: No image could be found to correspond to the title of the piece below.  We apologize for the inconvenience, but we believe it is probably in everyone'e best interest that no such image exists to satisfy the content below.  Feel free to use your imagination!

By cursedthing

I can think of nothing as degrading than silicone injections into my ass while bending over a hotel bed in the hope that later that night a man in a club would happen to be staring at my behind and come over and pick me up.

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Thursday
Dec092010

To Florida: Leave the Lizard King Alone

I do not want this clemency to ruin the image of Jim Morrison. He was a lewd, drug addict who had incredible charisma and some talent.

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Friday
Jul092010

PECO’s Smart A/C Saver: Who will control your Comfort?

Is it smart to relinquish your independence and your way of life for what amounts to be about a half of month’s electric bill? All of sudden, PECO looks again like that meddling big bully who has spun a new web to take control away from the customer and spread out the cost and amount of energy to raise profit.

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Monday
Oct052009

California: The State of Disrepair According to Steinbeck 

There are some places I would like to see before I die. Places that are born in idyllic circumstances and set in the world as Edens of hope. These places dot mankind’s history and imagination like the ancient cities of Babylon, Alexendria, and Athens. Even the remnants of the cities would invoke the possibility of mankind’s resourcefulness and reach beyond our animal instincts. For Americans, California has always embodied the potential for America’s quest for happiness. I wonder what Steinbeck would have retorted to "Will California become America's first failed state?" It is not hard to imagine when you have the Grapes of Wrath in front of you.

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