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Wish you were here: remembering war, traveling in peace in Vietnam

18 Apr

Wish you were here: remembering war, traveling in peace in Vietnam

A few weeks ago I was shooting a machine gun and swimming in the South China Sea (not at the same time, I’m not John Rambo). But today I am blogging and complaining about my dry cleaner. A lot has changed within a month’s time. How I got there It’s true; I was in Vietnam [...]

NIKI’S TECH TIPS: Decoding the puzzle of buying a computer

4 Apr

NIKI’S TECH TIPS: Decoding the puzzle of buying a computer

Buying a computer is super easy! You just browse through the Apple Store website and click on a few buttons and put in your credit card info, right? Well its easy to buy a computer but not always clear what  you are getting for the money you spend. There are Mac people, PC people, and [...]

Cigar Envy

1 Apr

Call it artistic appreciation or some misplaced side effect of what I like to call my “late stage penis envy” but I cannot stop taking pictures of these cigar man signs all over downtown San Francisco. I am so charmed by them. My friends, sometime a cigar IS only a cigar, but then, sometimes, cigars are people.

It Could Be Worse, a Brief Shamonica Guide to Dystopian Fiction

26 Mar

If you’re up to date on the policy proposals being suggested by the new crop of GOP hopefuls, I’m sure that, like me,  you’ve noticed that things have veered from the usual soapbox diatribes about Family Values into the downright surreal. So, if I’ve got this right, women shouldn’t take birth control because it leads [...]

EMBRACE YOUR INNER DOUCHE on St. Patrick’s Day

12 Mar

EMBRACE YOUR INNER DOUCHE on St. Patrick’s Day

Wearing green to the office, watching people get drunk and sloppy at Irish pubs, and drinking green beer are all parts of the adult St. Patrick’s day for many people. After a couple of times doing these things they can get really dull. If you live in San Francisco, however, you totally are not pigeon [...]

BEARDSPLOITATION: A Man-ifeasto

16 Feb

  I LOVE objectification. I am basically checking everybody out all the time. Regardless of sex or gender. I am like a randy teenage boy and a middle-aged female vampire all rolled into one. Also, as I like to say because it is very true: I am a gay bear, trapped in a woman’s body. It [...]