Category Archives: Act Uppity

Can’t resist

Posted on April 10, 2010 by Uppity
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The Rules

Posted on March 20, 2010 by Uppity

The invitations to both my 10th and 20th high school reunions included questionnaires to complete and return so that they could be distributed to our former classmates ahead of time. This ensured we all had ample opportunity to judge each … Continue reading →

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Friday Funny: Fundamentalists, don’t fuck with ‘Frisco

Posted on February 5, 2010 by Uppity

Merry pranksters holding silly signs and blasting Lady Gaga vastly outnumbered the sad Westboro Baptist Church demonstration in front of the Twitter office in San Francisco last week. Fuckhead Phelps and brood subsequently cancelled their scheduled protest of Fiddler on … Continue reading →

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Help for Haiti

Posted on January 14, 2010 by Uppity

Today I donated a humble sum to Mercy Corps, a Portland-based non-profit that is sending an emergency response team to Haiti. I hope you, too, will give to one of the organizations listed on the What Gives!? site if you … Continue reading →

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Quote of the Day

Posted on October 19, 2009 by Uppity

Recently a young mother asked for advice. What, she wanted to know, was she to do with a 7-year-old who was obstreperous, outspoken, and inconveniently willful?  “Keep her,” I replied.  The suffragettes refused to be polite in demanding what they … Continue reading →

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