Category Archives: Race

Oh, oh, oh, Olympics.

Posted on August 2, 2012 by

Since I can remember the Olympics, and for the detail oriented among you that would be Summer Games, Montreal, 1976 (a.k.a. Nadia) I have been a superfan. Like millions of other girls I took up gymnastics soon after that summer, … Continue reading →

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An open letter to my President (ps: he’s a total boss)

Posted on June 28, 2012 by

Politics is a tricky business. Sad but true to say, especially since it should be neither tricky OR business, but there you have it. In spite of this, it is the cross we must bear in order to self-govern, though … Continue reading →

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Sometimes people really need to get their ass kicked.

Posted on December 18, 2011 by

The Need for Ass Kicking: I don’t generally advocate for violence. Really, I do not. I think about it sometimes. In fact, sometimes thinking about it is a great catharsis. I picked up this strategy from a friend back in 1992. … Continue reading →

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words. no words. words…

Posted on September 21, 2011 by

What says the law? You will not kill. How does it say it? By killing! ~ Victor Hugo I wanted to write about my birthday tonight. About the beauty of fall and the wonder of balance in the equinox and … Continue reading →

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Billy Beane’s interpretation of the Bhagavad Gita

Posted on June 16, 2011 by

Better indeed is knowledge than mechanical practice (of religious ritual). Better than knowledge is meditation. But better still is surrender of attachment to results (of one’s actions), because there follows immediate peace. — Bhagavad Gita 12:12

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“All we have known…”

Posted on June 14, 2011 by

Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a landslide No escape from reality Open your eyes Look up to the skies and see… It is so easy to get caught up in the minutia. In the … Continue reading →

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Of course I remember where I was.

Posted on September 11, 2010 by

“Not long after I first came to the anchor chair I briefly signed off using the word ‘courage.’ I want to return to it now, in a different way, to a nation still nursing a broken heart for what happened … Continue reading →

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Wait. What day is it? Where am I? [The Repatriate Papers, Vol.2]

Posted on July 8, 2010 by

You may find yourself living in a shotgun shack You may find yourself in another part of the world You may find yourself behind the wheel of a large automobile You may find yourself in a beautiful house, with a … Continue reading →

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My Yoga Journey, Chapter 3: One Week in the Ashram

Posted on May 9, 2010 by

I arrived at the ashram that would be my home for the month of May, at 6:00 a.m. on May 2. I was an hour late to start the day. Seriously. If we are being really specific I was a … Continue reading →

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Arizona, you are so embarassing. Seriously. WTF.

Posted on April 24, 2010 by

Long long ago, in a galaxy apparently not so far away, my mom arrived at UCSF in the early morning of September 22 to give birth to the eight and a half pounds that would grow up to be me. … Continue reading →

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