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Before there were blogs, there were zines.
In 1998, I went through a bad break-up. So I wrote, and copied, and stapled and distributed. It was both therapy and way to find my place again in the outside world.
I haven’t looked at the zines in years. And some of it is embarrassing now. Really embarrassing. But, I will be true to my 27-year-old self and let them go, with minor blackouts to protect the identities of those who may not have minded appearing in 50 Xerox copies but would be offended by an appearance on the world wide internets.

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BUSoTD! No Dancing!

Actually, today’s post kicks off with a quote from “I Want You,” but that song is really long. So, instead, our BUSoTD is “No Dancing.”

“I Want You” is a pretty all-purpose guilt and longing song, so you should look it up. And send it to people. I play it for all my break-ups. It makes [...]

Introduction to Issue 5 – Give Me Temptation

Break-up song of the day! Vengeance!

The replacements are not pleased to meet me

Bad dog

The whole “Men are dogs” has become more cliche since I wrote this. But I was actually thinking about “If A Man Answers” – a Sandra Dee movie where she buys a dog training manual to teach her husband how to behave. It’s pretty good until the husband finds the book.

The one with the pig

That really happened. And I bet when he went in the next time, they all took turns spitting in his food.

There was a weird little network all over town in the places I least expected – the thrift stores, restaurants, regular and irregular haunts. It was hot gossip. Watch your back, because the people behind [...]

Love means never having to say cervical biopsy

It’s a cautionary tale.