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Includes homage to The TIng Ting’s “That’s Not My Name” The owner of the Oakmont Bakery sent me an email that perfectly illustrates the#OakmontBakeryEffect This song is monotone – more clueless white male privilege treating a woman as if I need to be schooled and corrected. Hi Kim, I own Oakmont Bakery, and I wanted […]
For nearly ten years, I’ve been interviewing local folx for political Q&A’s. I eventually focused specifically on candidates for office anywhere in Pennsylvania. I’m sitting this year out. I know it is the mid-terms and we have to win control and all of the things Democrats often say to chastise and shame people into a […]
Ah, Bucks County, you never cease to amaze. And disappoint. The Chief of Police in Quakertown waded into a protest organized by high school students, allegedly did not identify himself while dressed in street clothing, and put a female minor into a choke hold. Her friends responded to a stranger choking the young woman, launched […]
A slow blink from a cat is a well-documented feline behavior that signifies they feel safe, comfortable, and not threatened in your presence. Tough conversation with my lawyer today, reminding me how perilously close I am to being homeless. Not new information. But for the remainder of the day it was staring me in the face […]
Pittsburgh has had a surge of adaptations of classics from the ‘Realism’ era of plays when attentions turned to the working class, language was more direct and common, and we were invited into homes and rooms rather than imaginations and myths. Realism seems like a fitting lens to understand how I review a play or […]
Galentine’s Day brings women together to celebrate each other every year the day before Valentine’s day. Today we honor our platonic soulmates and the bond between friendships formed that deserve celebration. I’m not one for the term “gal” anymore than bestie or BFF or GBF. But a day to celebrate friendship with other women is […]
Today is my Dad’s birthday. He would have been 85.hs He died in 2024 so only made it to 83. Is that a robust old life. One year when I was working in foster care, I asked my Dad to play Santa at the annual holiday party. He was tickled. The suit fit and he […]
We’ve been offline for a few days. Apparently, my site was targeted by Distributed Denial-of-Service attack. From the Netherlands. DDoSed. I’m wondering if an onslaught of Tony Geary fans came to read my memorial blog post? I mentioned Amsterdam. I know it is not literally a lot of real people from the Netherlands who visited […]
Jose Flores was released from Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody Saturday. He is with his wife and family. I am very relieved for this family. I hope they have every opportunity to heal and recover. Somehow Oakmont Bakery keeps making it about them, centering their business as the true victims in this story. It almost […]
Over the past four days, you’ve donated $1800 to my legal and living expenses fund. That’s just … wow. I set a stretch goal to raise $3,000 for the current round of legal expenses plus some unexpected living expenses, including a trip to an oral surgeon. Even with insurance, that’s harsh. I asked folx to […]
