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I’m Going Home

By Cheri Roberts, Cheri Speak & Challenging the Rhetoric It has been nearly two-years since I moved away from Oregon. When I left it tore me up for so many … Continue reading

February 6, 2015 · 12 Comments

Fighting For Care

It has been nearly four months since I was first told I had kidney cancer and since, I have been dealing with bureaucratic bullshit to get the care each doctor … Continue reading

October 21, 2014 · 3 Comments

Processing the Unexpected

“C” is for Cheri Cancer. There, I said it. I have Cancer. Kidney Cancer at that. Six little letters that completely change a life upon being told they belong to … Continue reading

July 10, 2014 · 14 Comments

Is Your Car Making You Sick?

Many dealerships take extra time explaining things when you take your car in for repairs, and sometimes we wonder if they are just trying to up-sale us into an additional … Continue reading

January 16, 2014 · 2 Comments

MAKING CONCESSIONS: Point Taken Pauline Campos

This past Saturday I made a post ranting on Huffington Post for their profile of Kelly Ripa’s abs whose headline told us ours were shameful in comparison. While most people … Continue reading

December 16, 2013 · Leave a comment

A Rant on Ripa and Huffington Post

Today  Ariana Huffington’s Huffingnton Post had a story about Kelly Ripa’s abs titled, “Kelly Ripa’s Abs Put Pretty Much Everyone Else’s To Shame“… Umm, do we really care about Ripa’s “ripped” … Continue reading

December 14, 2013 · 10 Comments

Don’t Bogart This Post My Friend

For those of you following Cannabis Culture, particularly for legalized states, here is the September issue of the Daily Doobie. My monthly column, “Budtender of the Month” is on page … Continue reading

September 19, 2013 · 2 Comments

Regrets? Yeh, I’ve Had a Few

I have been prompted today to talk about “regrets”. We all have them. If you say you don’t, then you are either a very lucky person or are quite possibly … Continue reading

September 6, 2013 · 10 Comments

Six Ways To Lose The Plastic

Most of us want to go greener than we are, but often we get so overwhelmed by the big changes we want to make that we forget about beginning the little changes … Continue reading

April 18, 2013 · 5 Comments

5 Things I Would UNinvent

People are smart. Unfortunately sometimes when we invent something we don’t think ahead. Or, sometimes people do think ahead, but they only care about their own profits and not how … Continue reading

February 21, 2013 · 37 Comments

Bringing Up Being Down

A Case of the Crazies Depression, the ten-letter-word we rarely hear except in relation to whichever shiny new pill PhRMA is pushing. In fact, many of those suffering from it don’t talk … Continue reading

February 18, 2013 · 40 Comments