Date Taken: 4/2/07
From: Wicker Park
To: State and Illinois
The Cab: Well-tended, but drowning in a heavy, stale vanilla scent made worse by how it was disconcertingly slightly too warm in there. A nice leather hand strap thingie hung from the cab ceiling near the door, though, which was kind of nice. I guess if you have to grab something and hang on, Driver #6681 wants you to grab something with class, as opposed to the drunk skanks his typical riders probably bring with them.

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Posted on April 6, 2007

Dear Heifer International:

I am going to burn in hell for this, I know. I know that. You guys are my number one favorite charity. You should hear what I say about charities I don’t like. In fact, I’m going to donate a flock of chicks right now, before I write any further.
There. Chicks accomplished. Now, here’s my beef (though ironically I’ve never been flush enough to donate an entire cow): It’s that e-mail you sent me just before International Women’s Day.
The e-mail invited me to read Heifer’s statement on Gender Equity. But then you added this: “You’ll truly know more about gender equity in Heifer’s work and why it’s not a feminist perspective or a Western imposed approach.”
Whoa there. Why not just tell me to take my chicks and shove ’em? Or perhaps your e-mail director accidentally clicked “send” before sorting out Western women who don’t belong to Focus on the Family. I e-mailed you right back, but you never answered. So I’ll try again here.

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Posted on April 3, 2007