Taste of Fall

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I always knew that the end of summer was imminent when I awoke to the smell of chilies roasting in my grandmother’s kitchen. The pungent smell mixed with cooking tortillas and fresh coffee lured me out of sleep with my taste buds fully engaged and ready to load.
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Mexican Kitsch – A beginning

Every kid who leaves the ghetto leaves with the best of intentions. You hope to better yourself in order to help other to do the same only to find that you are no longer a part of that community. This is the chronicle of that journey back to my Mexcian roots, in the [...]

Psychotic Neurotica

Spend enough time on the Internet and you are bound to attract a freak or two.   I’m sure that most of us have…this is a public forum, and just like Grand Central Station, the diversity is palpable.
I had a problem awhile back with a stalker.  For the most part, I ignored his calls for attention, [...]

Road of \"What If\'s\" – Finding Your Voice

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Thanks for reviving \”Finding Your Voice\” Rod Base
Dear Abbey,

Eleven years ago I came upon a crossroad.   The path veered off to the left, and as I stopped and looked down that road, I saw that it was solitary, paved yet lonely.    The road disappeared into the east where the sun rises as a [...]

I must see it in writing

It has been a long time since I’ve posted lists on my blog…but it’s mine so I’m entitled and I just have to get a few things off of my chest:
Things that must go:
1. Movie Previews…I honestly hate them. Whenever Buddha says “Let’s go to the movies!” I groan…because I know it’s going to [...]

The Face of Iran

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Today I had the most intriguing conversation with a new friend, Sameen. That conversation got me to thinking about my interest in the Middle East and particularly Iran. You see, I have affections that run deep for Iran, and not the face that is presented to you in the nightly news, but [...]

West Bank History Challenge

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My love of controversy has officially matured. I no longer hide in my bedroom with the doors locked to listen to Prince sing Delirious and Darling Nikki, like I did at 10. I now know that Nikki was in the magazine and not the hotel lobby, and somehow that is [...]

Our tour of Yahoo! – The 360 Tour

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It is hard to decide whether or not the Yahoo! Tour or the Stinking Rose dinner was my favorite leg of our 360 vacation, but because of my lingering amazement with Yahoo!, we’ll go with that. Going back to your own job after walking through the Yahoo! Campus is no easy [...]

360 Tour – The Blog Files #1

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One of my favorite Simpson’s episodes is Homer 3-D.   Homer is pulled into a vortex that swells his 2-D image to 3-D glory.  He is sucked into a black hole that exits somewhere into our own plane of existence.   For over a year now, I have interacted with so many of you in this [...]