A personal notebook
Thoughts, notes, and ideas.
Writing about whatever I’m trying to understand.
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The Alarm Sounded
When the alarm sounded and a pregnant 20 year old woman needed help… Did the Continuum Care help? Did Access Shelter for women help? Did the battered Women’s shelter help? Did the Haven of…
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WHAT IF
The Battered Women’s Shelter in Akron has an ENTIRE floor in their spiffy new building that has never been opened to shelter people. They own an entire apartment building that sits empty. They tore…
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How To Properly Steal Food
Have you been reading these stories on how food stealing is on the rise? Here are a few: Stealing to survive: More Americans are shoplifting food as aid runs out in the pandemic |…
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My Decision On Running For Governor
I had asked people here if I should run for governor. I hope I thank you enough for the abundant support you show me in so many ways. From donating to various fundraisers to…
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Akron Movement
I quicky put some ideas together for something I’m calling the Akron Movement. I am SO into the idea of getting people to engage with politics and realize that they have the power to…
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WAKE UP!
This is an article written by an 8th grader. Raja writes: “To be a leader you do not need to be perfect, it does not matter where you are from, what your gender is.…
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Akron: the most progressive city in the world
One of the things I hate about our mayor, more than anything, is how visionless he is. His biggest goal is the get the population to 250,000 people. We’re in the 190s now and…
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Dorothy Day’s Baptism of Her Daughter, Tamar
My feelings of this moment in the biography, “Dorothy Day: Dissenting Voice of the American Century” by John Loughery, Blythe Randolph, were interesting enough to record. “The baptism of Tamar Teresa Batterham took place…
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The Dark Night Of The Soul.
THIS is something we need to discuss in greater detail. There is a profound understanding our houseless neighbors have of the power of the Irrational, of a total annihilation, of the darkest depression… That…
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The Needle
I knew who threw this rig on the ground. I was angry at him. But I thought he broke the needle off so I was mixed emotionally about it. But I was wrong. I…
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I’m Ashamed Of You
Have you seen Dave Chappelle on David Letterman’s “My Next Guest Needs No Introduction”? Dave Chappelle is one of the most socially aware people in America. I recommend watching anything of his you can…
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Consistency
Even if I complain about the critiques of my words and actions, I like getting them. All of them. Homeless people will sometimes start spreading rumors that I’m a piece-of-shit-pimp-drug-dealer. It never bothers me.…