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Dear the O.C. Weekly

From: me
To: letters@ocweekly.com
Subj: Regarding the “Sex Issue”

Why is this issue different from all other issues?

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To: me
From: [REDACTED], Editorial Assistant
Subj: Re: Regarding the “Sex Issue”

This is a themed issue. The theme is sex. Hope this helps you!

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From: me
To: lettersoc@ocweekly.com
Subj: Re: Regarding the “Sex Issue

Guess you didn’t get the joke. Have a good one!

ITEMS

Folks, sooz is magic. Here are the reasons why:

  1. I showed up almost an hour later than I said I would and she barely mentioned it.
  2. She took me to a place where there were crepes, and I ate one, and the crepe was good. [end hemingway]
  3. She drove me to L.A. to see art!
  4. Despite being late, we saw the art because magic happened:
    1. She believed that we would make it on time even though the traffic was awful, and she was right
    2. She believed that we would get into the parking lot that said it was full, and she was right
    3. There was a guy in the lot who seemed to be angling for the same space but it worked out fine for everyone
    4. While in line for the exhibit, after being told that we’d only get to walk through really fast because it was almost close, we were spontaneously given passes by an exiting couple and saw the whole thing
  5. She’s hot.

I rest my case, I does.

I’m voting for Obama.

I’m not convinced that either of the Democratic front runners will do much to make life here in the U.S. better.

I do think that Obama is likely to be less warlike, and in particular to scale back the war. The choice of candidate may feel disgusting to those of us who wanted a real anti-war candidate or for that matter a real Democrat. However, I feel obligated to do what I can to reduce the horrible carnage overseas.

If my vote contributes to a few thousand less dead, raped, injured, homeless, and impoverished in other countries, it’s worth it.

ELECTRICITY SPIRITS ARE ANGRY: ANYONE KNOW HOW TO FIX THIS?

Car: battery needs replacing, possible mysterious damage to electrical leads

Computers: home server blew up for no discernible reason. Big networking hardware at job is behaving erratically and goes off the air if it’s bumped or insulted.

Light bulbs: 8 blew out this week.

Toaster: died suddenly this week

Phone: my third (!) Cingular 8525/HTC Tytn died, and I’m out of warranty. Do not buy this phone. It has awesome features and runs great and then breaks. Now I have to buy a phone cash and I need a pretty good one because job and $$$.

New lamps my mom got: won’t use 3-way bulbs although they have 3-way switch.

My own nerves: conducting oddly on one side.

turbans at the annex: serious business

Our local lame bar, Pierce Street Annex, has revised their policies to allow turbans in the bar, after a Sikh complained and asked for an apology.

The article says: “Sanjum Paul Singh Samagh, 24, accompanied friends to the Pierce Street Annex bar last year, only to be turned away because his turban was deemed to conflict with a rule prohibiting hats.”

Good, he can enter with his turban now.

What’s not mentioned is why bars ban hats: it’s to keep out black guys. American black guys almost always wear a hat going out at night. It’s an old, known technique for keeping their presence to a minimum. It’s similar to gay bars banning open-toed shoes “for safety” to keep down the number of women who show up to dance with gay guys.

For some time now, Pierce Street has been a destination for black guys from Riverside County who drive out here to be in Newport/Mesa instead of Riverside. I guess the management decided there were too many of them.

Bars are just a disaster in Southern California. Everyone drives home, and a bar can’t make money unless you have at least two drinks, so the entire business relies on drunk driving. And then they make desperate attempts to keep a money-making “demographic” in the bar, which they can only achieve by violating discrimination laws and acting like assholes.

I liked the bars in SF and NY, where you could walk home if you wanted. I bet they have similar issues with the “mix of the crowd” though.