Month: March 2007
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Last Days
“Hey, welcome! Do you mind if I take your picture?” a very perky Starbucks clerk smiled at a young woman wearing the red-and-black plaid flannel pants she’d obviously slept in, her huge sunglasses masking a face bare of any makeup. You could sense the girl’s reluctance: Uh, are you kidding me? “Oh, I know you’re…
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Guest Post from Kim Ayres, The Bearded One
I happened upon Kim Ayres’ site a few months ago when I was poking around some links on El Gaupo in DC. I loved Kim’s “About Me” description: “Over the past 2 years I have changed my car, changed my career, moved to a different area, lost nearly 100 pounds in weight and turned 40.…