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Albums that Shaped Me: TMNT Coming Out of Our Shells
It's a little known fact about me that the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Coming Out Of Our Shells album is in my top 10 of best albums of...

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Nov 30, 20214 min read


"That's not a giraffe. That's a Dinosaur.": The Replay Value of Three Men and a Baby
I watched THREE MEN AND A BABY again. I watch it multiple times a year. I love it. I love it so much I recorded a podcast episode about...

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Nov 20, 20213 min read


I'm Going to be a Famous (Laffy Taffy) Wrapper Someday!
As a kid, I dreamed of being a stand-up comedian. In my teens, I wrote an act. In my twenties, I signed up for open mics and chickened...

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Nov 18, 20212 min read


30 Self-Care Prompts: 10 things that really make me Happy
Creative work. "You're my girl." Bootsy Spankins, P.I. Both kids snuggling with me on the couch. Archaeology and Dinosaurs Podcasting...

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Nov 18, 20211 min read


Daily Doodles: Early November 2021
My daughter gives me prompts, and I draw silly things for her lunch for her to discover at school. The most recent ones are "Potato Cat"...

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Nov 15, 20211 min read


Bestie Prompt: Smells in the Kitchen
For as long as I can remember, there's always been a rice cooker in my mother's house. There is also one in my Baba's house. And my...

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Nov 15, 20211 min read


Let Love In. A Personal Update.
I know a few of you subscribed so you would be able to keep up on what I'm up to and the nonsense I'm creating so it's probably time for...

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Nov 12, 20215 min read


30 Days of Poetry: Recipe not for food
4 baby tur-tles 1 jar of ooze 1 New York sewer 1 former pet rat of a Japanese owner that did karate 4 sets of quality weapons just lying...

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Nov 10, 20211 min read


Squid Game
My daughter asked me to draw her Squid Game for her lunchbox. This is the Squid Game I want to watch.

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Nov 9, 20211 min read


Sweet Nothings 11/9/21
I went to the dispensary today. After I walked in and was told where to wait, the clerk went back and came out with another girl clerk...

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Nov 9, 20211 min read


30 Days of Poetry: Emoji Translation
🥺 👉🏾👈🏾 🥺 👐🏽 🤗 ☺️ 💕😌💕 🙏🏾

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Nov 9, 20211 min read


Bestie Prompt: Autumn Leaves
My grandpa lived across the street from me and his property took up most of the block. Whenever the leaves would fall, we would rake them...

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Nov 8, 20211 min read


30 Days of Poetry: Inanimate Object Persona
BINGATA Alive with the color of trade and Earth, you felt like the center of the world. Tattooed fingers weaved your story, and the...

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Nov 6, 20211 min read


American Masters: Raúl Juliá, The World's a Stage
I have always sung the praises of Raúl Juliá, but this film exponentially multiplied my deep respect and admiration for this man and his...

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Nov 6, 20212 min read


Demon Babies-O-Ween: The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy
The smalls and I have started re-watching this series. The referential jokes cater to the horror and nerd crowd. The characters are...

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Nov 3, 20211 min read


Falling off the wagon.
I've wanted to write about one thing or another every night that I didn't. Nevertheless, I still didn't. Some of those nights I had to...

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Nov 3, 20211 min read


30 Days of Poetry: Ode to Unbeautiful Things
I've watched a lot of people die. Sitting in an uncomfortable folding chair next to their bed, listening to the monitors beep beep until...

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Nov 3, 20211 min read


30 Days of Poetry: Superstition
My Baba hated hats on the bed. She hid her thumbs when passing cemeteries. She avoided unlucky numbers and put all her bills in the...

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Oct 29, 20211 min read


Bestie Prompts: Trick or Treat
I trick or treated longer than other kids my age. I have always loved Halloween more than Christmas, and I remember my last year of trick...

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Oct 29, 20213 min read


30 Days of Poetry: Abecedarian
Ganbare. Going all in. Angry all the time. Not confident. Brave, because I have to be. Able, because I'm not. Reaching out for hope....

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Oct 26, 20211 min read
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