Why I Escort

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Monday January 22, 2007 · 4:05 AM PST

2007/01/22 · 04:05

I am an escort. I choose to use my body, my voice and my fierce determination so that others may exercise their legal right to obtain abortions.

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Friday September 15, 2006 · 4:34 AM PDT

2006/09/15 · 04:34

Last night the Louisville Jefferson County Democratic Party threw a pep rally complete with popcorn, a huge crowd, speeches, music, yard signs, cookies, and special guest Barack Obama. Approximately 8,000 people filled the stands at Slugger Field in support of our local Democratic candidates such as Jerry Abramson, Irv Maze, Tony Lindauer, David Nicholson, Vicki Welch, Doug Goodman, Amy Shir (my favorite candidate), and the gentleman seeking to gain the seat in KY-03, John Yarmuth.

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Friday September 01, 2006 · 3:01 AM PDT

2006/09/01 · 03:01

One of the advantages of being a card carrying member of the ACLU is attending their annual Bill of Rights Dinner. Last night I had the honor of joining about 799 other flaming liberals as we ate dinner with and listened to the esteemed Helen Thomas.

After being introduced to the audience following a long litany of her many accomplishments and honors, Helen cracked up the crowd by saying "It's hard to hear your obituary". Acknowledging that she was preaching to the converted, she listed the atrocities of our current administration - Abu Ghraib, warentless wiretapping, secret extradition - before urging us to exercise eternal vigilance along with courage to challenge the people in power. Read More

It's too late for my mom

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Wednesday July 19, 2006 · 8:15 PM PDT

2006/07/19 · 20:15

It was 1998. Seems like a lifetime ago and I guess it was. Clinton was our President. I was attending graduate school. The funds in my 401K were rising rapidly. Gasoline cost $1.25 a gallon. Years ago.

My mom collapsed one afternoon when an aneurysm in her brain ruptured. Subarachnoid hemorrhage. Crainiectomy. She remained comatose for more than a month. It was during the summer when the papers printed Starr's report. I read it to my mother (even the part about the cigar), paragraph after paragraph, because after spending weeks talking to a silent body I ran out of material. That's what I remember from the summer of '98 - Starr's report, drinking Ensure to replace the calories I was no longer consuming, the sounds when you suction a tracheotomy, a race for homerun King and counting the seconds between mom's breaths.
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Six Flags over Jesus

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Monday May 29, 2006 · 4:37 PM PDT

2006/05/29 · 16:37

Sunday I attended worship services at Southeast Christian Church, AKA Six Flags over Jesus. Southeast is a mega church and one of the largest in the nation. Founded in 1962 it has experienced explosive growth and presently consists of 20,000 members. Their campus includes more than 100 acres with several buildings housing four basketball courts, an activity center with an 1/8 mile indoor track, and a media center with eight computer stations. A 40-foot cross adorns the worship center. For the bizarre trivia buffs the church also contains 403 toilets. Southeast brings in more than 20 million dollars each year with police officers escorting their weekly contributions to the bank deposit. Read More

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Why I Escort

Barack Obama in Derby City

Dinner with Helen Thomas

It's too late for my mom

Six Flags over Jesus