Posts Tagged ‘Mothers’

On the George Washington Barack Obama Project: Special Racism Edition

27Oct08

In which The Gay Recluse becomes sad and nervous, yet tries to remain hopeful. Today we were talking to our mother, who was telling us how disappointed she is in some of her old (in every sense) friends who are voting for McCain. When she pressed them as to why, all they could offer was […]


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On the George Washington Botany Project: Special Orchids-Are-Beautiful-Only-If-You-Know-How-To-Take-Care-Of-Them Edition

15Sep08

In which The Gay Recluse bemoans the state of the union. For as long as we can remember, our mother has (like us) been a bleeding-heart liberal, while our father has been a Republican asshole. They’ve been married almost 55 years. But then a few months ago, she told us that he was supporting Obama. […]


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On the George Washington Bowl of Orchids Project: An Ode To Hillary Clinton

08May08

In which The Gay Recluse documents the sunset of a dream. Today the tide seemed to finally turn against Hillary Clinton. We felt bad about it, but mostly on behalf of our mother. She’s in her seventies now and really wanted Hillary to win. She’s spent the better part of four decades fighting for women’s […]


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