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Detroit, Mich.
	I’m  a writer, a cook, an aspiring guitarist, an amateur carpenter, a former newspaper reporter, a craft beer enthusiast and a lover of all things Detroit.
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As a cancer survivor, getting my shoulder-length hair cut off was the least I could do.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://strange-trip.tumblr.com/post/45563998549</link><guid>http://strange-trip.tumblr.com/post/45563998549</guid><pubDate>Sun, 17 Mar 2013 01:38:01 -0400</pubDate><category>Cancer</category><category>St. Baldrick's</category><category>Bald</category><category>Shaved</category></item><item><title>"If you found someone that makes you happy by just sitting around and holding hands, then eventually..."</title><description>“If you found someone that makes you happy by just sitting around and holding hands, then eventually all that other stuff won’t matter.”&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; - &lt;em&gt;Turk (Scrubs)&lt;/em&gt;</description><link>http://strange-trip.tumblr.com/post/45403471198</link><guid>http://strange-trip.tumblr.com/post/45403471198</guid><pubDate>Fri, 15 Mar 2013 01:37:38 -0400</pubDate><category>Scrubs</category><category>love</category><category>amanda</category><category>tv</category></item><item><title>Poor Billy Pilgrim.</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/90885d67e33243c92cd5aeef88047fd0/tumblr_mjkqs2AUdh1rsrq94o1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;Poor Billy Pilgrim.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://strange-trip.tumblr.com/post/45231593399</link><guid>http://strange-trip.tumblr.com/post/45231593399</guid><pubDate>Tue, 12 Mar 2013 20:57:33 -0400</pubDate><category>literature</category><category>Kurt Vonnegut</category><category>books</category><category>slaughterhouse-five</category><category>beauty</category><category>pain</category></item><item><title>"Never love anyone who treats you like you’re ordinary."</title><description>“Never love anyone who treats you like you’re ordinary.”&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; - &lt;em&gt;Oscar Wilde&lt;/em&gt;</description><link>http://strange-trip.tumblr.com/post/44841943985</link><guid>http://strange-trip.tumblr.com/post/44841943985</guid><pubDate>Fri, 08 Mar 2013 00:17:12 -0500</pubDate><category>literature</category><category>oscar wilde</category><category>poetry</category><category>love</category><category>quote</category></item><item><title>Such a shame she had to get thrown off a bridge…</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/0fb04cec7a269154946dd2d8aa1a52cf/tumblr_mjbsuq3Bv41rsrq94o1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;Such a shame she had to get thrown off a bridge…&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://strange-trip.tumblr.com/post/44841316450</link><guid>http://strange-trip.tumblr.com/post/44841316450</guid><pubDate>Fri, 08 Mar 2013 00:06:26 -0500</pubDate><category>Amazing Spiderman</category><category>spiderman</category><category>comic books</category><category>Gwen Stacy</category><category>Peter Parker</category><category>Love</category></item><item><title>"Goin’ where the wind don’t blow so strange…"</title><description>“Goin’ where the wind don’t blow so strange…””&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; - &lt;em&gt;Grateful Dead (He’s Gone)&lt;/em&gt;</description><link>http://strange-trip.tumblr.com/post/44222125617</link><guid>http://strange-trip.tumblr.com/post/44222125617</guid><pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2013 11:13:22 -0500</pubDate><category>Grateful Dead</category><category>music</category><category>strange</category></item><item><title>Gwen Stacy was the first girl I ever fell in love with. 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That’s...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/c07640a3fabbc0895707ee84cf9c0569/tumblr_mhx92cECnv1rsrq94o1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;It’s probably better to just be yourself. That’s almost always special enough.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://strange-trip.tumblr.com/post/42609318723</link><guid>http://strange-trip.tumblr.com/post/42609318723</guid><pubDate>Fri, 08 Feb 2013 16:59:00 -0500</pubDate><category>People</category><category>Special</category><category>Life</category><category>Posers</category><category>Fake</category><category>Hipsters</category></item><item><title>
&amp;#8220;But now,&amp;#8221; says the Onceler, &amp;#8220;Now that you&amp;#8217;re here, the word of the Lorax...</title><description>&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;But now,&amp;#8221; says the Onceler, &amp;#8220;Now that you&amp;#8217;re here, the word of the Lorax seems perfectly clear.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;UNLESS someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better, it&amp;#8217;s not.&amp;#8221; &amp;#8212;The Lorax&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://strange-trip.tumblr.com/post/42486695060</link><guid>http://strange-trip.tumblr.com/post/42486695060</guid><pubDate>Thu, 07 Feb 2013 00:15:53 -0500</pubDate><category>Dr. Seuss</category><category>The Lorax</category><category>literature</category><category>books</category><category>Change</category></item><item><title>I drank PBR before it was ironic.</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/d0adc97a8a982c95d685e5e5116a7856/tumblr_mhs8a6tFya1rsrq94o1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;I drank PBR before it was ironic.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://strange-trip.tumblr.com/post/42410007754</link><guid>http://strange-trip.tumblr.com/post/42410007754</guid><pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2013 23:54:06 -0500</pubDate><category>Me</category><category>Pabst Blue Ribbon</category><category>Beer</category><category>Drinking</category><category>Bar</category><category>slow's</category></item><item><title>Ramble on, baby.
Settle down easy.
Ramble on, Rose.</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/eaf6b3da17e534d9376a3f3b3b150d9f/tumblr_mhmqkrNyma1rsrq94o1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;Ramble on, baby.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Settle down easy.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Ramble on, Rose.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://strange-trip.tumblr.com/post/42165869386</link><guid>http://strange-trip.tumblr.com/post/42165869386</guid><pubDate>Sun, 03 Feb 2013 00:43:39 -0500</pubDate><category>Ramble on Rose</category><category>Grateful Dead</category><category>music</category><category>Art</category><category>Drawing</category><category>Moleskine</category><category>Sketch</category><category>Lyrics</category><category>Rose</category></item><item><title>
&amp;#8220;But I don&amp;#8217;t want to go among mad people,&amp;#8221; Alice remarked.
&amp;#8220;Oh, you...</title><description>&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;But I don&amp;#8217;t want to go among mad people,&amp;#8221; Alice remarked.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;Oh, you can&amp;#8217;t help that,&amp;#8221; said the Cat. &amp;#8220;We&amp;#8217;re all mad here. I&amp;#8217;m mad. You&amp;#8217;re mad.&amp;#8221;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;How do you know I&amp;#8217;m mad?&amp;#8221; said Alice.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;You must be,&amp;#8221; said the Cat, &amp;#8220;or you wouldn&amp;#8217;t have come here.&amp;#8221;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://strange-trip.tumblr.com/post/41964182778</link><guid>http://strange-trip.tumblr.com/post/41964182778</guid><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2013 15:35:00 -0500</pubDate><category>Mad</category><category>Madness</category><category>Crazy</category><category>literature</category><category>Alice In Wonderland</category></item><item><title>Photo</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/cdde10aa9f9abbd66415b6cfdf8cec8d/tumblr_mhh0f7E41z1rsrq94o1_400.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;</description><link>http://strange-trip.tumblr.com/post/41919039803</link><guid>http://strange-trip.tumblr.com/post/41919039803</guid><pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2013 22:30:43 -0500</pubDate><category>life</category><category>literature</category><category>Alice in Wonderland</category><category>Lewis Carroll</category><category>Choices</category><category>Cheshire Cat</category></item><item><title>"If you tell the truth, you don’t have to remember anything."</title><description>“If you tell the truth, you don’t have to remember anything.”&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; - &lt;em&gt;Mark Twain&lt;/em&gt;</description><link>http://strange-trip.tumblr.com/post/41881032719</link><guid>http://strange-trip.tumblr.com/post/41881032719</guid><pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2013 14:33:29 -0500</pubDate><category>Mark Twain</category><category>quote</category><category>truth</category><category>lying</category></item><item><title>There is a world full of great literature out there, but I can&amp;#8217;t go five seconds without...</title><description>&lt;p&gt;There is a world full of great literature out there, but I can&amp;#8217;t go five seconds without seeing someone quote &lt;em&gt;The Perks of Being a Wallflower&lt;/em&gt;&amp;#8230; Seriously, kids, expand your horizons. Be your own person. Read something different.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://strange-trip.tumblr.com/post/41847602619</link><guid>http://strange-trip.tumblr.com/post/41847602619</guid><pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2013 00:27:27 -0500</pubDate><category>literature</category><category>Lit</category><category>Perks of being a wallflower</category><category>Books</category></item></channel></rss>
