Jul
16
2007
It was May 1992. It was my first semester back at college after a break of several years. I was 27 years old.
From Wikipedia:
The United States presidential elections of 1992 featured a three-way battle between Republican George Bush, the incumbent President; Democrat Bill Clinton, the governor of Arkansas; and independent candidate Ross Perot, a Texas [...]
Jul
15
2007
The frosty glass was edged in large-grained salt. As I sipped the green-hued concoction, the salt, reminiscent of the primordial soup from which we emerged, mixed with the sweet-bitter tang of lime and the green astringency of tequila, creating an elixir paradoxically refreshing and mellowing.
Ms. Q does not drink frozen alcoholic concoctions.
Alcoholic “slushies” are not [...]
Jul
12
2007
Not everyone wants to look young.
Are you one of them?
Perhaps you want to look older so people will take you more seriously.
Maybe you’re tired of getting carded.
Perhaps you’re fed up with all this focus on youth and beauty and looking older is your way to protest the profit-driven, diet-and-cosmetic industry’s marketing machine?
Well, here are a [...]