Author Archives: Mel Green

Deaths

Posted on Thu, 25 June 2009 by Mel Green

Today’s a day that’s had a lot of deaths in it.  The first was the death of someone I hadn’t known of before, a woman named Jerri Nielsen, an ER doctor from Ohio who was working in Antarctica and had … Continue reading →

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Three things I did at lunchtime

Posted on Thu, 25 June 2009 by Mel Green

This post has nothing to do with the Anchorage equal rights ordinance — aren’t you glad for a break? — but two of the things I did have to do with two of our staunch allies in that fight.  The … Continue reading →

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The Daily Tweets, 2009-06-24

Posted on Wed, 24 June 2009 by Mel Green

@tonei proord = pro-ordinance in reply to tonei # @tonei and yeah muni lib access wifi is worthless in reply to tonei # @jansonjones passed your photos link on to Bent Alaska’s wall on FaceBook – main LGBT blog run … Continue reading →

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No Questions, Questions (poem)

Posted on Wed, 24 June 2009 by Mel Green

You wouldn’t think Jerry Prevo would inspire poetry, wouldja? But this is the 2nd I’ve written b/c of him. Yikes.

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The Daily Tweets, 2009-06-23 (Assembly public hearing #4)

Posted on Tue, 23 June 2009 by Mel Green

How’d my work get on the mailing list for this meter reading/utility collection outfit? yoohoo, we’re UAA, not AWWU. # Lynne called from Assembly 345 PM: chambers not yet open, abt 60 people waiting: 2/3 blue. Pack those chambers, blues! … Continue reading →

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A word about our friends

Posted on Tue, 23 June 2009 by Mel Green

Most of the blogging I’ve been doing these past few weeks — most of it, really, since opening up business at Henkimaa.com — has been about the Anchorage equal rights ordinance, which if passed would protect LGBT people from discrimination … Continue reading →

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Christianist, defined

Posted on Tue, 23 June 2009 by Mel Green

I first used this term in the post “The new Carrie Prejean?” I’m using often enough that it seems helpful to break the definition I used there out into a separate post. Christianist is a term I first heard from … Continue reading →

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Transposition

Posted on Tue, 23 June 2009 by Mel Green

Sometimes sleep, food, & friends need to come first.

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The Daily Tweets, 2009-06-22

Posted on Mon, 22 June 2009 by Mel Green

I finally may have slept the exhaustion out of me. Now to make sure it doesn’t return. # Correcting Len Anderson of KSKA: 4 not 3 churches in Pride parade: MCC, Unitarian Universalists, St. Marys Episcopal, Immanuel Presbyterian. # Mst … Continue reading →

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The Daily Tweets, 2009-06-21

Posted on Sun, 21 June 2009 by Mel Green

Another 11 hours’ sleep – hope that caught me up. Still feeling quite lazy. Will upload my Pride photos tonight, maybe. Now: breakfast! # Happy Solstice, & happy birthday to my sister! # Powered by Twitter Tools.

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