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Artist, writer, poet, graphic designer, web developer, cat person. http://www.alexalev.com | http://www.alexandrialevin.com
Groups: Kos Katalogue, Cranky Users, New York City, Daily Kos Photo Cooperative, Black Kos community, WYFP?, Elders of Zion, Indigo Kalliope, Hydrant, Philly Kos, These Green Mountains, Gallery Kos, Sluts, Connect! Unite! Act!, New England Kossacks, Koscadia, SpiritSisters, Nuz Hounds , DK Fans of 90 for 90, Women for Bernie, Humour and Politics, Em and Em, Daily Kos Virtual Events
Diaries published: 35 (876 days since last diary on Thu Jul 15, 2021 at 04:15 PM PDT)
Comments posted: 19487 (2 days since last comment on Wed Dec 06, 2023 at 07:30 AM PST)
Diary frequency: seldom
Comment frequency: frequent
Total Recommends: 21432
Total Comment Ratings: 30136
Most Recommended Diary: The Best Most Wonderful Cat: a true story of love and grief in these times, 300 comments, 273 recommends
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That’s what I would call him. The best most wonderful cat. I would tell him so frequently, because he truly was the best most wonderful cat. He was my dearest friend and best companion, living this lifetime in an orange tuxedo cat suit. Maybe you have...
by asterkitty
 300 comments
on Thu Jul 15, 2021 at 04:15 PM PDT
with 273 Recommends
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If I wax poetic, as I am usually inclined to do, I will never post these images from a few hours ago at today’s Families Belong Together rally in Portland, Oregon. But I want you to see them, so I will keep this short… It was intense, heartbreaking,...
by asterkitty
58 comments
on Sat Jun 30, 2018 at 06:12 PM PDT
with 85 Recommends
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Checking in from the beautiful, albeit chilly and damp, Pacific Northwest… Where earlier today I spent a few hours braving the Portland shvitz with neither hat nor hood… But truly, I had no choice. Resistance is called for, and resist we must.
A...
by asterkitty
22 comments
on Sat Mar 24, 2018 at 06:52 PM PDT
with 40 Recommends
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Asterkitty here, reporting for community duty. As a recipient of ZenTrainer’s extreme thoughtfulness in a time of need, and along with fundraising to help her recover (see below), I am offering five brand new paintings for sale at a fraction of their...
by asterkitty
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on Wed Jan 18, 2017 at 10:33 AM PST
with 46 Recommends
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We came for the politics, but we stayed for the community. This is genuinely true for oh so many of us. However long any of us have been here (and welcome to the newcomers), after a short while, the names behind the comments and diaries become friends....
by asterkitty
43 comments
on Fri Dec 02, 2016 at 04:40 PM PST
with 70 Recommends
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If you look up my diary history, you will see that I rarely write diaries anymore. I’m one busy kitten these days, and as much as I might comment on occasion, I just don’t have the time to write the way I usually write, which is to go on and on and on...
by asterkitty
34 comments
on Sun Sep 25, 2016 at 08:11 AM PDT
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- Norman Lear, the writer, director and producer who revolutionized prime time television with such topical hits as "All in the Family" and “Maude” and propelled political and social turmoil into the once-insulated world of sitcoms, has died. He was 101....51 comments 124 Recs
