NUMB3RS

I am writing a story that is sectioned off, a little number and a period sitting on top of it. I recently read Circling the Drain by Amanda Davis, and a lightbulb flickered on and burned bright in the air above my head. I had been struggling to write a story, to even just get it down on paper, and this amazing writer had just given me the answer I had been looking for.

Numbered sections.

I sat down, began typing, and the story just flowed from my finger tips. I wrote sections as they came to me, regardless of chronology. And now, I have 23 short sections with which to play. They are short short. They need to be longer. This is what first drafts are for.

Yesterday, I sat down with my printed off sections, a scissors and a role of tape. I cut each section apart, taping together the parts the bled onto the following page. I set them on the ground all around me, and pondered them. My cats thought this was a game, thought, 'ok, mom, I get to eat this piece.' Tonight I will do the same, try to fit the pieces together, try to flush out the sections that need it, combine the ones that simply cannot be apart any longer.

Thank you, Amanda Davis.

I saw a man mowing the street today

he had on thick green headphones with a matching green lawn mower...and he was mowing the street. perhaps he didn't realize he had stepped off his lawn?




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Don't let Congress Leave the Trans Community Behind!

Congress has been considering a bill that would protect people from being fired based on sexual orientation or gender identity - it's called the Employment Nondiscrimination Act - ENDA. Then, last week, gender identity was stripped out of the bill, leaving our transgender brothers and sisters behind in the fight for equality.

Our community has risen up in solidary AGAINST this exclusionary tactic. 150 groups, including OutFront Minnesota, Faith Family Fairness Alliance and HRC sent a letter to congressional leaders telling them to put gender identity back into the bill.

Fortunately, a vote that had been scheduled for Tuesday on the non-inclusive bill was postponed for two weeks after congressional leaders heard our cry loud and clear.

But we're not out of the woods yet. Your congressional representatives must hear from you that you support only a trans-inclusive ENDA bill that represents ALL of our community!

Tell them "As your constituent, I ask that you vote only for an inclusive ENDA bill. Anything less would be unjust, and not what would serve our community."

District 1: Representative Tim Walz, (202) 225-2472
District 2: Representative John Kline, (202) 225-2271
District 3: Representative Jim Ramstad, (202) 225-2871
District 4: Representative Betty McCollum, (202) 225-6631
District 5: Representative Keith Ellison, (202) 225-4755
District 6: Representative Michele Bachmann, (202) 225-6475
District 7: Representative Collin Peterson, (202) 225-2165
District 8: Representative James Oberstar, (202) 225-6211

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