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I Regret My Teenage Abortion

By Citizen Correspondent Cookie Briscoe

I am 25 years old. I am single. I am the only one in my circle of friends that doesn’t have any kids. I work a boring office assistant job that has nothing to do with my bachelor’s degree and rarely keeps me challenged or motivated or with money in my pocket. I live with a roommate who used to be my best friend, but now... Full Story »

I'm The World Champion Air Guitar Player

By Citizen Correspondent Hot Lixx Hulahan

My old roommate’s two-year-old air guitars any time you put on a Ramones record. No one taught her that, she just does it. I think every appreciator of rock music has done some variation of air guitaring, be it singing in the shower with a shampoo bottle microphone or drumming on the steering wheel of your car—I’m just... Full Story »

How I Met My Russian Mail-Order Bride

By Citizen Correspondent P.F. Ray

Thirty-six sleepless hours after leaving home, our group arrived at the Pulkovskaya Hotel in St. Petersburg. On the outskirts of the city, the hotel was surrounded by Stalin-era apartment buildings and a huge boulevard that you could only cross underground. It reminded me of decaying late-1970s New York City. There were two... Full Story »

My Cat Came Back

By Citizen Correspondent George Broglia

He looked like Sylvester the cartoon cat; all black with a white underbelly and white declawed paws. Pookie had been passed around quite a bit and had lived with several owners. First, he was given to my mother by a couple in Queens, NY, who simply didn’t want him anymore. When I finally got Pookie, it was after my own mom had become completely... Full Story »

Cheering Like A Republican

By Citizen Correspondent Cameron MacKenzie

If you want know how to act at a convention, check out the Texas delegation. First, they all wear the same outfit topped with a cowboy hat, so they are really noticeable. The California alternates —which is what I am—sit behind the Texas delegation and in front of the Texas alternates, so it's kind of like Texas surround... Full Story »

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Citizen Correspondent Angela Neal

Throw Tomatoes At Me!

Each year, on the last Wednesday in August, over 30,000 people gather in Buñol’s plaza and surrounding streets, and this year I am one of them. What are we here for? To witness a religious miracle of a statue of the town’s patron saint weeping tears...Full Story»