To my readers of the past six years, Earlier this week, I made the decision to retire Out and Back, the blog I’ve been writing since 2005. I know at least a couple of you have been with me since the beginning or close to it, and I’m grateful for your loyalty over the years. [...]
Archive for April, 2011
A change is as good as a rest
Posted in Blathering, Random thoughts on April 27, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
And you thought I was done blogging about marriage….
Posted in Blathering, Love, Men suck, Neuroses, tagged jackwagonry, Marriage on April 22, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
…I read an article on Salon.com this morning that sent the subject of marriage hurtling back to the forefront of my overtired brain. But the more I thought about it, the more I realized that in this particular case, the idea of marriage is more of a jumping-off point for the thoughts I’m about to [...]
Taking online dating offline…safely
Posted in Crime and punishment, Current Affairs, Love, News items, Web/Tech on April 19, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Yesterday’s post got me thinking about some of the things people — particularly women — can do to protect themselves when using online dating services. Any dating site worth its salt is going to make this kind of information available to its members, but given my work with sexual assault victims and survivors, I’m of [...]
An Open Letter to Match.com
Posted in Crime and punishment, Current Affairs, Love, News items, Web/Tech on April 18, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Dear Mandy (Ginsburg, Match.com President), I’m a former Match.com subscriber (and, I might add, a satisfied customer — I met my current boyfriend through your service.) I also work part-time as a victim advocate for a rape crisis organization that serves three counties in my area. Simply put, I am “on call” several days each [...]
The Oldest Things I Own
Posted in Art, Coney Island, Stuff I dig, tagged Plinky on April 17, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
We’ll take a trip up to the moon For that is the place for a lark So meet me down at Luna, Lena Down at Luna Park “The Teaser”, Coney Island in Luna Park (LOC) I have so many old things floating around my casa, it’s ridiculous. Blame it on the sheer pleasure I derive [...]
What’s Worth Waiting in Long Lines
Posted in Random thoughts, Stuff I dig, tagged Plinky on April 16, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Coney Island Cyclone 1. A ride on the Coney Island Cyclone….or the Wonder Wheel, for that matter. 2. When I’m on my way to Arizona, I will stand in line for the airport security screening with a stupid-ass grin on my face because I’m so happy to be going. It’s the one time (for me) [...]
The Best Photo I’ve Taken
Posted in Art, Coney Island, Places I've been, tagged Plinky on April 15, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I don’t fancy myself a photographer, although the medium has always interested me. My ex-husband had to take a photography class when he was an undergrad, and in addition to being his subject now and then, I would observe him sometimes as he fiddled around with aperture settings and shutter speeds on the ancient, ever-so-slightly [...]
Hmmmm….
Posted in Blathering, Stuff I dig on April 12, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
…so you might wonder, after reading yesterday’s post, whether or not I’m still affected by all the shit that went down with the whole five-minute (er, five-week) engagement last year, and more specifically, by the dude to whom I was oh-so-briefly engaged. I suppose, if I’m being truthful, that I am still affected by that [...]
A letter I have been dying to write
Posted in Love, Men suck, Places I've been, tagged jackwagonry on April 11, 2011 | 2 Comments »
When we long for life without difficulties, remind us that oaks grow strong in contrary winds and diamonds are made under pressure. –Peter Marshall Dear Shit-for-Brains Ex-Fiance Who Shall Remain Nameless, On April 11, 2010, on a rainy, foggy, miserable San Francisco day, we went on a tour of Alcatraz with your parents. After we [...]
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