Making Connections: Pimping Campaign Propaganda While Making New Friends

Was the simplest explanation that a crowd of non-English speaking men, dressed for day labor, tracked down the elderly Republican statesman to express interest in helping his campaign?  Or… … More Making Connections: Pimping Campaign Propaganda While Making New Friends

All Chalked Up

I was born in 1978.  All that was needed to turn that “8” into a “0” was a tiny mark of white chalk… … More All Chalked Up

New York State Dinner

Even recently renovated, it looked like somewhere you would find Uncle Junior eating dinner at four in the afternoon… … More New York State Dinner

The Grand Old Party’s Honky-Tonk Hideout

I pinched my mother’s back, so she knew to be cool… … More The Grand Old Party’s Honky-Tonk Hideout

Disco Elephant is Dead

“I’ll take ‘People Who Went Crazy’ for 200 Alex.”

“This person quit his position as intern coordinator shortly after two interns ruined his life.” … More Disco Elephant is Dead

An Idiot Sandwich Joins The Cause

I suspect most of the women who worked there felt bad about abandoning the “Good Wife Guide” and not having a hot toddy or a Harvey Wallbanger ready as their husbands came home.  Anything for the cause though… … More An Idiot Sandwich Joins The Cause

The Blue Bell Zombie Sorority

One said she graduated from “Samford.”  I thought, “This girl was smart enough to get into Stanford, but can’t pronounce it?” … More The Blue Bell Zombie Sorority

Election Postmortem I: A Politically Incorrect Bedtime Story

Two twenty-somethings with frightening tangible chemistry, drunk on politics and booze, of course, we decided to go back to his place… … More Election Postmortem I: A Politically Incorrect Bedtime Story

Election Postmortem II: Ever After

He stood behind the podium, immediately singling me out because of the Lewinsky description he probably edited himself, “So I understand you met one of my reporters the other night.” … More Election Postmortem II: Ever After

The One Where I Walked to Blockbuster Naked

Tragically, I thought I looked fabulous… … More The One Where I Walked to Blockbuster Naked