Archive for August, 2008
Sunday, August 31st, 2008
Right now I am working on an essay to discuss how the disrespectful language we use in our daily lives (and in online forums) contributes to a culture of violence that contributes to PHYSICAL as well as VERBAL violence.The point is that we each as individuals have responsibility for creating ...
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- March 7, 2008 -- Traveling Pet Peeve #1
- March 13, 2008 -- Throw a bone in the spokes of this “Top Model” cycle
- June 25, 2008 -- Tiger knows golf brings nothing but pain
- July 15, 2008 -- On the road, again?
- October 29, 2008 -- International journalists visiting Tallahassee for inside look at elections
- June 4, 2008 -- I’ve got a thing for Buster’s moves
- October 1, 2008 -- The crisis I care about is on Main Street
- October 22, 2008 -- Is trick-or-treating dead?
- September 30, 2008 -- Lives lost challenge our faith
- May 26, 2008 -- I’m the “West Virginia Goodwill Ambassador”
Sunday, August 31st, 2008
Between 1991 and 1999, I lived in a house I owned on Ellicott Street only one house away from its intersection at Maxwell, the location of the most recent shooting/homicide. All those 8 years, there was not one single incidence of violence. In fact, I remember during the riots in 1991 ...
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- June 24, 2008 -- All I want for Christmas is a snow globe
- March 26, 2008 -- I’ll give you beads and candy
- August 31, 2008 -- For the Commenters on my Blog: Apologies and Thank You
- April 1, 2008 -- Opening Day: Mets beat Marlins on the field and in the stands
- May 7, 2008 -- Sometimes the news — not the reporter — is just horrible
- October 1, 2008 -- It takes more than two
- July 10, 2008 -- Why we oppose blocking public access to Hilton case documents
- August 6, 2008 -- Singling out reporter at McCain stop was mistake
- August 23, 2008 -- The Truth: Disability and Social Stigma in D&C commentland
- March 21, 2008 -- Good Neighbor Story
Sunday, August 31st, 2008
I know that individual D&C editors are appalled at the uncivilized discourse we have seen on these pages since the inception of the comments feature last February. More than a few have expressed their discomfort with what has been unleashed here.I haven't been able to figure out why on god's ...
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- April 8, 2008 -- Photo guys: I miss you already
- October 10, 2008 -- So why does the PBA really dislike DePuy?
- March 9, 2008 -- We are in, and I’m exhausted
- June 2, 2008 -- A pain that I’m used to
- August 31, 2008 -- My Grief, my Grief: Homicide at Maxwell & Ellicott Streets
- June 20, 2008 -- No one met me in St. Louis
- July 23, 2008 -- When it’s too hot to do anything else
- October 31, 2008 -- So, what are you supposed to be?
- May 16, 2008 -- Planning for when a big storm hits, but hoping it won’t
- June 3, 2008 -- TV chef gets my kitchen H-O-T
Sunday, August 31st, 2008
I need to apologize to the commenters on my blog because I only recently discovered that many people actually DID post comments. I thought I was being ignored! What a joy it was to find that in fact many were attending to my posts. I was unaware of what one needed ...
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- March 4, 2008 -- Battle of the bunnies
- September 23, 2008 -- Football, politics and where the two collide (on Saturday)
- March 11, 2008 -- Please don’t talk to me in the restroom
- June 25, 2008 -- On Crist and what he really said about oil drilling
- September 19, 2008 -- Pirates arrrrr cool
- November 25, 2008 -- Giving — at least attention — to our community’s needs
- July 28, 2008 -- Why the city ‘fired’ volunteer Mary Moody
- August 13, 2008 -- I’m all a-Twitter
- July 14, 2008 -- Kudos to the city: I can walk to Tom Brown next July Fourth
- March 9, 2008 -- We are in, and I’m exhausted
Saturday, August 30th, 2008
I posted this back in March. Decided it was time to re-post it. That's because we continue to be besieged by posters who seem hell-bent on disparaging the City of Rochester every opportunity they get. This afternoon I march with Slater's Raiders on Hudson Avenue. Slater's Raiders isn't just about marching ...
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- March 25, 2008 -- You can be my (digital) friend
- January 5, 2009 -- Cutting state’s budget is about more than numbers
- September 19, 2008 -- Pirates arrrrr cool
- April 22, 2008 -- Rochester’s high school graduation rate mirrored in many urban centers around the country
- October 6, 2008 -- Back story on Democratic wives’ visit here
- May 19, 2008 -- Questioning TPD in Hoffman case has been fair and warranted
- May 30, 2008 -- I’m ready for a good poking
- July 10, 2008 -- Hi, Auntie? Can you come bail me out?: My day with the MDA
- March 11, 2008 -- Green eggs and ham have me screaming for IHOP
- March 22, 2008 -- Why there are so many cranks on these pages
Friday, August 29th, 2008
Every time anyone brings up the idea of universal health care, someone will say the U.S. has the best health care in the world.I don't know what criteria are being used to measure the quality of available health care, but if you measure what we spend on health care vs. ...
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- May 27, 2008 -- Revisiting high-school graduation 10 years later
- May 9, 2008 -- Losing an 8-year-old child is unimaginable
- June 4, 2008 -- Getting sweaty at the YMCA
- July 7, 2008 -- Adventures in trailblazing at Tom Brown Park: Not for the weak
- March 17, 2008 -- I am The Cantley Trendsetter
- March 17, 2008 -- Please, please, please let us delete our own comments!
- September 5, 2008 -- Blog canceled, see you in a week
- December 4, 2008 -- Sure, I’ll explain why I helped Leon County Schools
- March 28, 2008 -- Community Volunteer Response Team: helping people cope after a homicide
- April 23, 2008 -- Why FSU’s Preston Parker is on the front page today
Thursday, August 28th, 2008
I have had this big ol’ TV sitting on the floor of my room for months. Before that, it lived in my armoire, but I ran out of room in my closet and needed the armoire for what it was intended – fabulous clothes. I’ve been trying to ...
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- April 21, 2008 -- Oh, the ironing
- April 29, 2008 -- For the love of Lloyd Dobler
- November 4, 2008 -- Get out and vote! It’s a great place to meet men
- March 29, 2008 -- Hope, Despair, History, Renewal
- October 16, 2008 -- Cocktails with the Calendar Girl
- March 25, 2008 -- YouTube and Pedophiles: Parents, be careful what you post
- December 24, 2008 -- My Christmas gift to you: baccala salad
- November 22, 2008 -- He loves me? He loves me not! HE LOVES ME!!!
- May 5, 2008 -- Honored to be a maid
- July 23, 2008 -- With respect, DCF worker Straus, you are a hero
Thursday, August 28th, 2008
Principle #1 of the Coalition for the Beloved Community is:We use language that respects everyone.Let's discuss this concept in light of the discussion going on today in the story about the man who was killed on Seward Street [link].Does the insult-flinging (in which I admit to have engaged) contribute to ...
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- October 10, 2008 -- So why does the PBA really dislike DePuy?
- March 20, 2008 -- Hopeful sign that change is afoot
- April 29, 2008 -- For the love of Lloyd Dobler
- September 11, 2008 -- Surely we can find 12 fair-minded citizens in Hilton case
- May 30, 2008 -- I’m ready for a good poking
- June 26, 2008 -- New election-watchdog team wants your help
- August 31, 2008 -- For the Commenters on my Blog: Apologies and Thank You
- March 5, 2008 -- Kettlebells get your heart pounding
- August 13, 2008 -- My Beautiful City (part 2) - Park Avenue area
- May 6, 2008 -- Maybe mud wrestling is the answer
Thursday, August 28th, 2008
I'm headed to my 10-year reunion this weekend, an event I can honestly say I've been excited about since I graduated from high school. But as much as I am excited, I'm also nervous. I mean, so much has changed since then and I've only really kept in touch with one ...
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- February 28, 2008 -- The skinny on being slender
- November 6, 2008 -- Cocktails with the Calendar Girl, and why I won’t be America’s Next Top Model
- May 27, 2008 -- Revisiting high-school graduation 10 years later
- March 22, 2008 -- Tales from the ‘Hood: Gardening for a Change
- March 21, 2008 -- Doughnuts and lingerie
- August 24, 2008 -- Get out of town, Fay, and don’t come back
- August 26, 2008 -- The Beloved Community is Coming…Restoring Streets in Which to Dwell
- July 21, 2008 -- Hail the champs (and their parents), a really special team
- September 19, 2008 -- Pirates arrrrr cool
- April 19, 2008 -- CBS 48 Hours Mystery — the mystery of missing black victims
Wednesday, August 27th, 2008
OK, so yesterday we had a primary election, which in some cases decided the actual officeholder but in other cases just decided who will be on the ballot in November.Larry Campbell, for example, won re-election to four more years as Leon County sheriff. He got 31,661 votes, or 67.8 percent ...
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- August 23, 2008 -- All the suburban crime news the D&C has no space for
- March 26, 2008 -- Keeping Score: First three months of homicides: 2007 - 10; 2008 - 5
- April 16, 2008 -- Big show at the Civic Center: I saw and heard — almost — everything
- June 20, 2008 -- This election needs an umpire to separate the fair from the foul
- March 28, 2008 -- I’m a springtime kind of girl
- November 7, 2008 -- OK, we walked with the dinosaurs
- February 20, 2008 -- Snowmobiling in Yellowstone
- March 21, 2008 -- Adventures in cutting hair
- March 9, 2008 -- We are in, and I’m exhausted
- July 14, 2008 -- Let’s not demoralize working parents