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Just Shelley

How to drive in ice and snow

Recovered from the Wayback Machine. Weather Underground has predicted that we could get snow this week. I haven’t driven in snow before, and since I didn’t learn how to drive at my Daddy or Mama’s knee, I had to figure out what do do when driving in winter conditions all on my own. I’d thought I’d […]

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Political

A new symbol for peace

When we protested the Vietnam war, our goals were simple, our vision united: stop the war, bring our boys home. Stop the war, bring our boys home. And in that time a simple symbol was all we needed. Today, though, our goals are muted, splintered, filtered through uncertainty, fear, frustration, and too many long standing […]

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This is your brain…

This is your brain. This is your brain on drugs. Any questions?

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Political

Give peace a chance

Recovered from the Wayback Machine. Today’s anti-war rally held at the U City Loop in St. Louis unfortunately lived down to my expectations. The demonstration was poorly organized, and instead of focusing on a possible war with Iraq, those participating spoke out against everything from the treatment of Native Americans in this country, slavery, to […]

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Just Shelley

A Question of Balance

I felt odd when I woke, and had a hard time concentrating on my surroundings. Everything around me had a surreal quality to it, unlike anything I’d experienced before when waking. Not even that time I’d fallen off the ladder and knocked myself out. Looking around, I could see that I was in a long, […]