That's what I was told at the end of a performance review that devolved to the real purpose of the review. I had been called to task for questioning (in my mind draconian) policies instituted by the Corporate Office. Not anything major mind you; in fact I was really joking and don't take the policy as any great burden on me.

It has now been ordered from on high, that men cannot wear earrings at work. In fact, I had been "following" the edict even before it was codified.

I work in San Francisco at a boutique bed and breakfast in the Nob Hill area; the Corporate Office is in Laguna Niguel, Orange County, California. Corporate insisted upon this unscheduled review to address my "attitude" and whether it impacts the guests and my fellow workers.

I am fifty-three years of age.

I'm coming out of the closet. Yes, I am fundamentally, a socialist. And I'm still defining what that means for myself politically. It does mean that I wasn't afraid to defend the public housing in New Orleans, as our "leaders" have proposed, and are currently, demolishing viable housing in our city at a time when there is a crisis lack of affordable housing in our city.

I was drawn to the Edwards campaign precisely because he at least acknowledged class differences, whereas Obama seems to have based his campaign on blurring those distinctions.