Word: heys
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...skirt that had been just fine all of a sudden seemed inappropriately short. A liquor store clerk asked for ID and then laughed as if he had made a funny joke. I ran into a suspiciously fresh-faced friend and, when she confessed to Botox, I wanted to yell, "Hey, that's no fair!" Then I wanted to get some for myself. I thought I'd crossed that invisible but really visible line into middle age. And as a longtime journalist and social observer, I really felt that I needed to chronicle the experience of what it's like...
...Then, at the very end, the night’s performers joined on stage to sing a Beatles song that they have done at every cabaret since 1983: “Hey Jude...
...Performers and audience members waved their right arms back and forth together as they sang, “Naaa, na na na-na-na-na, na-na-na-na, hey Jude...
...supposed to make sure that justice is being done and people's rights are being looked after. When you are sitting there witnessing horribly unjust things occuring, I could just be the typical bureaucrat who falls back on, "Hey, I'm just following the law." But that's wrong, it's plain-old wrong, call it what you want. Last I checked our constitution, people are allowed due process rights before property is taken away from them. The people I'm talking about now have no idea they're even the subject of a lawsuit. And somehow, that is justice...
...this right, and until we do, we can't just keep throwing people out on the street and hide behind a court order - "I know I just destroyed your life and your family and, oh God, that's horrible about your children crying all the time, but hey, I have a court order." Enough's enough...