Kara & Michael’s Blog

I drink coffee like my father used to.
I don’t have to write this entry, but I’m going to.
My dad died when I was 17. Outside of a few random thoughts, I don’t think too much about his death, or even much about him. It’s not that we weren’t close - we certainly were [...]

I just read a really awful article on alternet.org (for all your crazy left-wing news(?) needs!) discussing whether monogamy is natural. Outside the complete unoriginality of the article, it really just sort of brushed lightly over the issue. The comments are as pathetic with people arguing about love vs. sex and [...]

Received in an email: 
“Awesome Senior Moment
Here’s a quote from a government employee who witnessed a recent interaction between an elderly woman and an antiwar protester in a Metro station in DC
There were protesters on the train platform handing out pamphlets on the evils of America. I politely declined to take one.  An elderly woman was behind me getting [...]

I’m sick of hearing about how marriage is a religious institution.  Historically - it’s not.  People have arranged themselves in groups since there have been people.  Those groups have arranged themselves into couples as time (and civilization) progressed for several reasons.

Legal Reasons.  How do you decide about property, children, benefits, heirs, insurance etc if people aren’t legally [...]

I like cookbooks. I inherited this from my mother, I’m sure, as she has an entire bookcase devoted almost entirely to her cookbooks. I am drawn to vegan cookbooks - because I like to eat mostly vegan, because they give me lots of ideas about different things to try and also because they’re [...]

I have personally vowed NEVER to set foot in a movie theater unless it’s an independent theater. I have a lot of reasons for this.
Reason 1: Parking always sucks at movie theaters. You spend for freaking ever looking for a space and end up miles away. Plus, everyone else is looking for a space and [...]

Voltaire
A name you never noticed
a philosopher you never read
Who knows what woman spawned you?
what creation owned you?
I never owned you, I borrowed you
I gave you a home and plants
and food and friends and light
I sustained you, I smiled at you
but you never knew
how could you?
K.
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My poor pet frog Voltaire died suddenly this morning, of causes unknown. I have prepared the following eulogy in his honor:

–Michael