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A Goofy Valentine Yarn About How I Met My Wifenew

It was February 1999. I had just written a Sordid rant condemning a cluster of City Council-proposed anti-stripper laws that prompted a dozen or so local dancers to e-mail me in gratitude. It was an exciting chapter in my life.
San Diego CityBeat  |  Edwin Decker  |  02-17-2010  |  Culture

Hitting Rock Bottom Isn't So Bad When Jesus Cushions Your Fallnew

It was there, in the hospital, a few hours after that violent intubation—lying broken and twisted among the rocks and glass at the bottom of my bottomed-out existence—where I encountered Jesus Christ.
San Diego CityBeat  |  Edwin Decker  |  04-01-2009  |  Culture

'Don't Give Up' is The Second-Worst Piece of Dating Advice Evernew

There's another name for guys who don't give up on their romantic interests. They're called "stalkers" and stalking is wrong, unless, of course, you're John Cusack with a boombox, in which case it's romantic.
San Diego CityBeat  |  Edwin Decker  |  07-09-2008  |  Commentary

Tranophobia Bluesnew

This is what I hate about political correctness.
San Diego CityBeat  |  Edwin Decker  |  04-02-2008  |  Commentary

Your God Sucksnew

"Heath Ledger is in Hell and has begun serving his eternal sentence." That was a quote from the leaders of the Westboro Baptist Church, who, among others, are claiming that God killed Heath Ledger for portraying a homosexual in a big-time Hollywood movie.
San Diego CityBeat  |  Edwin Decker  |  02-06-2008  |  Commentary

10 Quick and Easy Ways to Expedite Baseballnew

In order for me to fully get behind the instant replay (as if MLB cares what I think), the powers that be must first find a way to un-clutter the baseball machine. Fortunately for MLB, I have ideas.
San Diego CityBeat  |  Edwin Decker  |  01-09-2008  |  Sports

Creeping Christmasnew

The folly of decking the halls before Thanksgiving.
San Diego CityBeat  |  Edwin Decker  |  11-28-2007  |  Commentary

Pure Poetry: San Diego CityBeat's Annual Bar & Club Guidenew

In honor of a good drink and a good rhyme, CityBeat broke out the rhyming dictionaries and hit up some of our favorite watering holes to create as accurate-as-possible lists of amenities.
San Diego CityBeat  |  Kelly Davis, Edwin Decker, Sheena Hamilton, Troy Johnson, Kia Momtazi, Kinsee Morlan, Justin Roberts, David Rolland, Tina Safi, AnnaMaria Stephens, Kim Swain, Eric Wolff and Candice Woo  |  08-30-2007  |  Recreation

Juicing Barry Bondsnew

To asterisk or not to asterisk? That is the question.
San Diego CityBeat  |  Edwin Decker  |  08-22-2007  |  Sports

Sordid Tales on Sickopedianew

Displaying an agenda in online encyclopedias.
San Diego CityBeat  |  Edwin Decker  |  07-30-2007  |  Tech

Welcome to Sickopedianew

I have no problem with Wikipedia or Conservapedia or even CreationWiki except to say that none of these lexicons represent my agenda -- that's why I've started an encyclopedia for the godless and the depraved, for the perverts and the chastity-challenged.
San Diego CityBeat  |  Edwin Decker  |  07-25-2007  |  Tech

'Moral Relativism' Has Been Hijacked and Misusednew

The phrase has become a term of bludgeoning and marginalization, usually employed when discussing hot-button issues like gay marriage, abortion, drugs, prostitution and/or pornography.
San Diego CityBeat  |  Edwin Decker  |  07-11-2007  |  Commentary

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