miscellaneous

Did you know I was the second fastest typist in the nation in 1998?  That's right, baby.  I typed 126 wpm for the Fastest Typist in the Nation Contest.  We won't discuss the fact that the winner only beat me by one word--or the fact that I failed to place in 2000 with a score of 122 wpm.

I was honored to have been invited as a speaker to The New York Browning Society in the fall of 1997, to elaborate on a paper I'd written as an undergraduate at Temple University.  This was actually a paying gig (my "honorarium" was $100) but naturally the prestige was more important here, not to mention the thrill (and horror) of researching my topic, preparing a speech, and fielding questions from some keen Browning scholars.  This speech dealt with a theory I'd proposed; namely, that a particular poem by Robert Browning (An Epistle Containing the Strange Medical Experience of Karshish, The Arab Physician) dealing with Lazarus was actually a form of midrash, a Jewish form of biblical interpretation.

Check out the whole JFK Jr. thing from the anarchist point of view (and, incidentally, mine).  If everyone thought this way, I might be less of a misanthrope.

the written word

things i've written and other thoughts

published works

Multiple Choice

This is an article I wrote for an anthology published in the fall of 2002, entitled Our Choices, Our Lives: Unapologetic Writings about Abortion (click this link to read about/order the book at Amazon.com).

Melrose Place and Beverly Hills 90210:  Anti-Choice Propaganda?

It sounds heavy, but it's actually a light-hearted, satirical look at the way unwanted and/or unexpected pregnancies were handled by these two shows.

The Effects of Prostitution

This is the result of interviews with two women who are former prostitutes.

Making the Harm Visible: Global Sexual Exploitation of Women and Girls, Speaking Out and Providing Services.

This anthology is no longer available online; it was originally published by the Coalition Against Trafficking in Women and is only available in hard copy now.  It includes an article for which Jill and I share copyright credit, "A Commitment to Living."