Author Archives: Aundi
Go ‘œNo on 8’ ‘¦ to be more like ‘œYes on 8’
I think the privilege of being gay means not having to get married or join the army. - John Waters I proposed marriage to a girl not long ago. In…
How to Have a Budget and Savings While Living on Tips?
Mike wrote a wonderful and informative series on tipping etiquette earlier this year, but I've been thinking about those on the other end of tipping quite a bit lately. I've…
Freelancing: Supplement Your Income or Go to Work without Leaving the House
About a year ago, a friend of mine told me that she was freelance writing for work. I was as well, but my friend was working full-time at it; I…
Dear Dana Gioia,
Hello. It's my birthday this month, and I was wondering if you could send me a gift. I'd like your collection of essays titled Can Poetry Matter? The entire thing…
Extinguish the Torch or Invest in China?
Since returning from travel in Central Europe and reminiscing on my David ÄŒerný sculpture hunt, I've been thinking a lot about the complexity of looking at (broadly categorized) anti-communist (and…
Černý: Consumerism and Content
Today in Prague, I went on a David ÄŒerný sculpture hunt. My first sighting of the Czech sculptor's work and probably the most visible of all of his publicly displayed…
Get Fit for Free: Work Out Like a Boxer
I recently got back in the boxing ring after almost three years of casual to no working out. My first few painful weeks back into the routine of training for…
Sleeping With Money: Equilibrium and Sleeping with a Straight
I'm sleeping with a straight. Well, okay, like my former lover in San Francisco wrote to me in an email recently: 'œNewsflash, if she's sleeping with you, she's not so…
Traveling Abroad: Travel Partners and Car Rentals
Having a travel partner can be challenging. You want to tour the house where John and Paul wrote over a hundred songs together; he'd rather see the Beatles museum. You…
Sleeping With Money: Love in the Time of Cholera
I was hesitant to join in on the Sleeping With Money series. The first things that came to mind when I considered it were not exactly pleasant, so, to the…