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Every time I visit my parents, I return with a car full of stuff. It’s just kind of the way we do things; they get tired of stuff or accumulate things they think I’d like to have, so they just pass along various crap to me. Same goes for my grandmother (she gives me lots of bras and pajamas that I usually end up passing along because they don’t fit). (They are all clutter-enablers.) My…

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birthdays project 365

Day 238 — Birthday Boy

[for Sunday, Aug. 26] My little brother turned 20 yesterday — 20! — and I am kind of freaking out over how much he has changed in the past five years. Last night I dug through a bottomless box of old photos in my parents’ living room, and came across picture after picture of him making the sweetest/silliest/goofiest faces, from his time spent as a little toddler cutie-pie to his pudgy, awkward adolescent period to…

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bloggers food project 365

Day 237 — The New Mezcal

My favorite Mexican place opened up a new location on Union recently. I’ve eaten there twice now, and I have some thoughts. Of course it’s nice not to have to hoof it out to Perkins Etd. for my enchilada fix, so there’s that. Overall, my usual (the very unadventurous Lunch No. 7) isn’t quite as top-notch as it is at Perkins Etd. The sauce on the enchilada is darker and less sweet, but the chicken…

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Poll: Should men be given the option to have babies?

This is just fucking embarrassing. I put up a post at iDiva approximately 12 hours ago but so far I am the only person on the planet to have voted in the little poll (I’m sure you can guess which response I voted for). I think as soon as people see my byline over there, they keep scrolling or something. So go read the post and vote, wouldja? At least make it look like what…

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