Chicana on the Edge

Mentioning the unmentionable since 2004

Loneliness Week 2026

There is no way to eradicate loneliness, but there are ways to help.

I’m Sorry No Longer Means I’m Sorry

It’s not an apology anymore.

What Did Generation X Invent?

Gen X doesn’t include Steve Jobs or Mark Zuckerberg, but we made some stuff.

My Gig Was Great!

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Gig

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Take My Poll, Please

Feel free to participate in my first poll. It indicates how much I really am preoccupied with weight and fitness, I just don't blog about it as much as I think about it. The way you guys think about sex? That's more similar to how I think about food.People often gain...

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Unemployed

I want to thank everyone who has jumped into this discussion of how much we're all thinking about sex. It has really helped me because Nick and Tony's Italian Restaurant closed on December 22 and I haven't worked since. Depressing. But our discussion of erections and...

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Erections – Your Opinion, Please

How often do men think about sex? How many erections does the average guy have during a typical day (when he doesn't even have any dates)? Yes, I have wondered these questions and now someone has finally offered his own personal data. Thanks LocuTus of Borg. He uses...

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I Have a Gig!

For the first time in almost a year, have an actual gig this week! A guitarist/singer named Dave Lykins is performing this Saturday the 14th and he's asked me to open for him. I'll play for about half an hour starting at 8:00 p.m. at Pick A Cup Coffee which is at 1813...

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Digital Camera

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Christmas 2005, originally uploaded by regrodriguez. I got a digital camera for Christmas and I...

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The Double O’s

2006. How did we get to the downhill side of the Double O's? (That's what I think we should call this decade: the "double oh's.")

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Romance – just when I’d stopped looking

I used to focus a LOT on trying to meet someone. I believed I was a loser for not having a boyfriend and spent years and a lot of money on dating services like Match.com. My search for a partner built slowly during my 30’s, becoming more desperate as I felt myself...

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Our Third Non-Date

Okay, there's this girl you're very attracted to and you want to see what might happen, so you ask her out. She says yes and you decide to meet in her neighborhood for lunch. She tells you which train to take and which exit, but on the day of your date, you forget to...

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Invite Someone Over

A British guy, Mark McGowan, is planning to crawl on his hands and knees for 55 miles with a sign on his back saying, "Could You Love Me?"The 37-year-old performance artist, who said he is also hoping to raise awareness of people left lonely and isolated during the...

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