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• Protected: Is blogging the new voyeurism?

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  Posted: December 09, 2009, 9:40am EST
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• Protected: Calling all Moms!

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  Posted: December 08, 2009, 7:42am EST
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• Protected: CAPTCHA got that right!

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  Posted: December 07, 2009, 10:24am EST
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• Protected: So much for the Sanctity of Marriage

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  Posted: December 06, 2009, 6:49pm EST
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• Target practice…

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  SO… my faithful bloggy friends… over the last couple days you know my blog has been on “members only” status. Many of you already know the reasons why. Although the story may seem complex, it came down to this… My life is way too valuable to me for it to simply [...]
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  Posted: December 05, 2009, 8:51pm EST
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• Stop the madness

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  I don’t want to think of what my life was like back when I was discovering what was really going on in my first marriage. My sense of disillusionment. My angst, my hoping against hope that my husband would change – that my desires could change. Neither happened. Then came a [...]
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  Posted: December 01, 2009, 9:50am EST
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• You can catch, you’re a lesbian, right?

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  Posted: November 30, 2009, 8:54am EST
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• Happy Thanksgiving!

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  Posted: November 25, 2009, 10:51pm EST
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• Caution!

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  Caution! Teens in the vicinity! Parents proceed with caution!! This is the “cone” in the “construction zone” that every parent must navigate who has teenagers. {sigh} Tagged: caution, parenting, teens [...]
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  Posted: November 24, 2009, 10:57pm EST
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• God’s people building bridges?

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  Posted: November 22, 2009, 11:14am EST
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• I saw the sign

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  Posted: November 21, 2009, 5:48pm EST
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• A New Hope

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  Couldn’t we all use such a sign pointing us to new hope? I sure know that I could! That’s why I snapped it on my way to work the other morning (speaking of which, I have to run to work). Here’s to new hope with clear direction for all of us! [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 7:34am EST
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• Do who you love!

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  My sweetie was wearing this t-shirt today and I snapped a pic. of the tag. I love to modify the saying to fit my little world. Why not right? I am a lucky lady!! Speaking of how lucky I am… I have been so busy running back and forth to my new [...]
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  Posted: November 15, 2009, 6:15pm EST
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• Simply spectacular Sunday

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  Wow! 11/15/09… well into Fall, and on our way to Winter. But today is a reprieve from the cold wind, rain and gray skies. (Took this pic. today in our yard). Today, it is blue skies, warm breeze and feels like 70 degrees. How grateful I am for these little respites [...]
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  Posted: November 15, 2009, 2:07pm EST
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• Behind the eyes…

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  Do you ever wonder what is behind the eyes of people you encounter? I sometimes (well, often) do. There is so much more behind my eyes than I ever let on. There’s nothing wrong with a little mystery, right? I think the only person who surprises me with how much they [...]
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  Posted: November 10, 2009, 7:24pm EST
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• The life of Riley

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  It dawned on me today as I sat through a long arduous (overly simplistic) training at the company where I was offered a job here in PA.,  that I was extremely spoiled the previous 5 years. Being able to have my own business, set my own schedule, enjoy my own [...]
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  Posted: November 09, 2009, 8:14pm EST
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• Fly your freak flag baby!

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  A comment on one of my posts inspired my desire to shout this to the world today. Fly your freak flag baby! How? Well, it’s your lucky day friends! I am going to direct you to a web post that will give you some ideas of how to fly your freak [...]
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  Posted: November 07, 2009, 1:10pm EST
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• Reclaiming the word “permission”

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  As a woman who grew up in an extremely conservative merciless home and church environment, the word permission was a “dirty word” for me. I had to ask for permission for everything! I couldn’t go to the bathroom at school without permission. I couldn’t leave the table at home without [...]
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  Posted: November 06, 2009, 4:08pm EST
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• Thought for today

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  “I make the most of all that comes and the least of all that goes.” -Sara Teasdale I am going to elucidate on this quote today. Tagged: fail blog, life, loss, love, moods, musings [...]
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  Posted: November 05, 2009, 10:20am EST
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• What’s it all about anyway?

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  I have so much sadness and frustration surrounding how individuals who were once friends, allies or even family, use religion to control, damage or sever relationships. I have posted about these situation at various times on this blog. Today I read something on a blog that (IMHO) gets it right. Something [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 9:23am EST
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• Crime and punishment

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  Have you ever seen the movie Seven Pounds? It stars Will Smith. Evidently, his character was involved in a car accident. His fiance, and 6 other people on another vehicle died. Was the car accident his fault? Well, he did briefly look down at a text message on his phone. [...]
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  Posted: November 02, 2009, 12:07pm EST
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• Autumn appreciation

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  I am enjoying a balmy Halloween day with plenty of leaves to clean up and play in. We just picked up our pumpkins and candy today… but hey… it was hours before the trick-or-treaters got here! I hope you all are enjoying your Autumn and will have a groovy Halloween! [...]
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  Posted: October 31, 2009, 5:05pm EDT
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• It’s not a contradiction. Neither am I.

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  Here it is, two weeks after a surprising and disheartening event happened with one of my long time friendships. I am still processing it all. The loss, how it happened, even I think justifying to myself why I didn’t really need to grieve the loss anyway since I was so [...]
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  Posted: October 29, 2009, 4:34pm EDT
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• One more time, for those sitting in the back

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  Tagged: church, faith, Gay Christians, gay life [...]
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  Posted: October 29, 2009, 10:11am EDT
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• Wonderment

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  I am grateful that I am still in wonderment of so many things in life. For example? This last weekend we planned to have one last camp-out and build a fabulous bonfire. Well, it rained. But we did not let that stop us! We had purchased a canopy type thing (funny [...]
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  Posted: October 27, 2009, 9:04am EDT
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• Leave it to Beaver

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  Yeah, I know what some of you might be thinking… a lesbian blogger with a subject title like that? But I am not writing about that today. What I am talking about is the fact that the longer my wife and I are together (walking into our 2nd decade now), and [...]
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  Posted: October 23, 2009, 1:58pm EDT
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• Why is this?

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  I have often wondered… why is this? Why do “good, conservative heterosexual” males seem to have only one exception to the “gay abomination” deal? I remember thinking how ridiculous “straight porn” was when a major component was two straight women spanking each other. So… you have to be straight and married [...]
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  Posted: October 20, 2009, 10:06am EDT
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• Why am I surprised?

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  As I wrote about a few days ago I was dismayed at how a recent phone call with a long time friend turned sour. I guess I should have known that various feelings would accompany the end of that chapter. Why am I surprised? I didn’t even realize that I was processing [...]
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  Posted: October 19, 2009, 12:43pm EDT
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• Lingering lovelist leanings

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  I stumbled on the #lovelist project through a mutual bloggy friend. Here is my second installment in my own lovelist project. I love talking with my son when he calls from college I love when my kids take initiative on their own and take care of home stuff I love that the kids [...]
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  Posted: October 16, 2009, 4:02pm EDT
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• Are you talking to me?

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  I am still having trouble verbalizing my shock and dismay at what happened with a long time friend last night. This post might be a little long and disjointed… sort of like my processing around the events. This friend was a friend of mine from my former life (before I came [...]
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  Posted: October 15, 2009, 5:05pm EDT
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• Had I known how to save a life…

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  … or a friend. But that is not really true. Because throughout the last 15 years I have gone the 2nd, 5th and 10th mile for this friend to “save a life” and “save a friendship.” I have so much more to write on this–and what happened tonight! But tomorrow morning [...]
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  Posted: October 14, 2009, 8:58pm EDT
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• Come to my window

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  I was walking through my kitchen this morning and something caught my eye… what was it? Well, my family was out on the front porch last night decorating for halloween. This was one of their festive decorative creations. ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* In other halloween levity… the below is an actual captcha I found on [...]
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  Posted: October 14, 2009, 4:31pm EDT
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• And now a little liquor levity

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  Tagged: booze, levity, liquor, liquor levity [...]
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  Posted: October 13, 2009, 1:33pm EDT
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• Now is the time

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  The subject line comes from the dulcet tones of Dustin Lance Black (screenwriter of “Milk”) speaking at the #NEM yesterday. Often my Sundays are delightfully filled with family time and activities… and only minimal time in-front of TV or computer. It is as it should be! However, thanks to the technology [...]
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  Posted: October 12, 2009, 12:03pm EDT
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• Obama got game at HRC

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  I am watching live steaming video online of President Obama speaking at the HRC dinner. (Thanks to a Twitter pal who sent me the link… kids had the TV tied up). Here are several quotes from the speech (gathered from Tweets): Obama: “Do not doubt the direction we are headed and the [...]
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  Posted: October 10, 2009, 8:35pm EDT
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• Are you ready for #NCOD?

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  WTF am I talking about? What is #NCOD? National Coming Out Day: October 11, 2009 How out are you? How out am I? Well, I am pretty “out” in most every situation. I often refer to it as a continual state of becoming out because of how often I run into new acquaintances–or [...]
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  Posted: October 08, 2009, 3:54pm EDT
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• Better than dreams

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  “When you are in love you can’t fall asleep because reality is better than your dreams.” (Dr.Seuss) That is a nice quote, but I am going to change it for my life. For me… being in love doesn’t mean that I can’t fall asleep. What it means for me is that… I am always grateful [...]
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  Posted: October 07, 2009, 6:11pm EDT
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• Willing

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  “Change is the essence of life. Be willing to surrender what you are for what you could become.” (unknown) Okay. I am willing… I think. I have experienced a fair amount of changes in the last several months. I have moved across country. I have watched my oldest successfully graduate high [...]
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  Posted: October 06, 2009, 11:45am EDT
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• Super Size FAIL!

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  We saw this poor McDonald’s Super Size cup laying on its side by the dumpster at an area McDonald’s. Bummer! It was sad, but also funny. So, of course I share it here. Tagged: FAIL, fail blog, fail pics, fun [...]
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  Posted: October 05, 2009, 12:50pm EDT
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• Joining the love list…

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  I stumbled on the #lovelist project through a mutual bloggy friend. This is a fabulous idea! Anything that re-centers and re-focuses my attention to the parts of my life that I am so very grateful for and truly love has got to be a healthy pursuit. The graphic below says [...]
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  Posted: October 03, 2009, 1:51pm EDT
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• Fall Foto Friday

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  I love looking for the brightest Fall colors everywhere I go. I imagine I will be seeing more of them this season. Tagged: Autumn, beautiful day, Fall, moods, photography [...]
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  Posted: October 02, 2009, 1:27pm EDT
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• Earmark your offerings

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  Last month I was grateful to be able to post on the ELCA Assembly voting to allow gay and lesbian clergy as well as to allow for support and blessing of same-sex unions. That was very encouraging news for me personally as a long time partnered lesbian as well as [...]
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  Posted: October 01, 2009, 9:09am EDT
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• I called it! See, I am good at math!

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  Yesterday I posted on the strange coincidence surrounding the changes in the “Jon and Kate Plus 8″ reality TV show as well as perfectly timed proposed changes by Jon Gosselin to the judge to requests a delay of Jon and Kate’s divorce. See, I am good at math! Because today someone [...]
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  Posted: September 30, 2009, 3:06pm EDT
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• Plus 8, minus Jon. You do the math.

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  OK. I’ve admitted before that one of my guilty pleasures is Reality TV. One of the shows that sucked me in to some degree is Jon and Kate Plus 8 (although I did just remove it from my DVR because I got tired of the arguing). I’ve blogged previously about the [...]
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  Posted: September 29, 2009, 4:56pm EDT
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• I met a gay and I liked it

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  My car has been in the shop for a while with some unexpected repairs. Today was to be the glorious day that I was to be able to go get it back. A nice gentleman from the dealership came and picked me up in the courtesy van. He seemed kind [...]
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  Posted: September 28, 2009, 12:56pm EDT
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• Looking for my name…

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  Well, and this is what I found instead. Hmm… ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* Tagged: name, seeking [...]
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  Posted: September 27, 2009, 4:51pm EDT
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• Holy Rollin’!

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  And now in a a brief moment of blogging whiplash… we got from the first post of today to this one. There are few things in this world that get my hands clappin’ and toes tappin’ more than really good holy rollin’ music sung by an outstanding choir. What reminded [...]
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  Posted: September 25, 2009, 2:48pm EDT
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• These dreams

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  Let me hear ya now! It’s anonymous and quick… Tagged: dreams, sex dreams [...]
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  Posted: September 25, 2009, 8:19am EDT
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• Chicks on Top

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  For over a year there has been a one particular woman who regularly shows up on the “top searches” list on my WordPress Dashboard… That’s right… this woman evidently captured the imagination of many searchers after her role on The L Word and has been a regular on the “most searched [...]
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  Posted: September 24, 2009, 9:02am EDT
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• Senator Specter Replies…

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  Recently I signed an online letter and sent it out to encourage local senators to support the repeal of DOMA and support the Respect for Marriage Act. (Where can same-sex couples currently legally marry in the US?) Today in my email I received a reply from Senator Specter. I am not [...]
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  Posted: September 23, 2009, 2:25pm EDT
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