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RECENT EVENTS

On January 23, 2003, I presented an unusual evening of storytelling and music.
At LeStat's Coffeehouse Performance Space in San Diego,
musician Mark Langford and myself alternated performing segments
of music and prose reading. His segments were classical
Spanish guitar. Mine were excerpts from my book-in-progress,
creating an outline of the story.
Many thanks to those who attended for making it a magical evening.
Click here to view photos

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I was honored to be a featured speaker at Concerned United Birthparents' (CUB)
National Conference/Retreats in 2002 (Nebraska), 2003 (Williamsburg, VA),
and 2004 (Asilomar/Monterey, CA).
To view photos and video of a Lincoln, Nebraska television interview,
please visit the CUB website

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From Feb 6 - March 10, 2002, an art exhibit entitled LOVE'S RENEWAL
at the Sumner & Dene Gallery in San Diego
featured photographs used on the greeting cards I create.

 


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Sat, 2007-06-09 04:56 — Admin

"All About Adoption"

http://members.cox.net/patrickm/adoption_page.html


All About Adoption


Read Excerpts from my book-in-progress:

Becoming Patrick
One Man's Odyssey as an Adoptee
©Patrick McMahon 2006

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With great appreciation, I do accept donations toward publication of my memoir.
Contributors will be acknowledged in the book, updated on progress, and the first to be notified of its birth.
 

 

To learn more about adoption and adoptee civil rights, please visit:

American Adoption Congress

Concerned United Birthparents, Inc. (CUB)

Bastard Nation

National Adoption Information Clearinghouse

Watch 10/19/2000 interview on San Diego FOX in the Morning about my search and reunion

I was honored to be a featured speaker at Concerned United Birthparents (CUB)'s
National Conference/Retreat held October 24-27, 2002 in Nebraska
To view photos and video of a Lincoln, Nebraska TV interview,
please visit the CUB website

all video is viewable on RealPlayer
(download RealPlayer)

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Sun, 2007-06-10 00:28 — Mary

Iceberg

What an incredible picture, the iceberg.

Sun, 2007-06-10 13:33 — neophyte

Are there others?

I really love the idea of greeting cards for adoptees.  In fact, I really can't believe there aren't more out there for us.  You'd think there'd be enough of a demand by now given how many kids are marketed these days.  Anyway, the cards featured here are very lovely, and uh....they all seem so.... sentimental.  Too sentimental for my taste.  I mean, I think they are great for the people who have parents who care and love their children, and great for children who love their parents.  I'm not one of those people.  I can't imagine having ANY parent-figure I'd want to get sentimental with, because they all beat me, left me and now ignore me.  As far as I'm concerned they're ALL ass-wipes for what they did TO me,and didn't do FOR me.

So, are there humorous support cards out there for adoptees who got the shaft 4 times over?  I think THOSE would sell like hot-cakes!  Could you imagine sympathy Birthday cards?!?  OMG, I'd make ones that say:  "I heard it's your birthday....." 

 and inside it would read: "do you really think it IS, or did they mess with that, too?"

(cover):  "I 'm sorry your mother isn't speaking to you" (inside):  "but look at the bright-side, at least you have another one to annoy the hell out of you!!!"

(cover):  "WHAT?!? You met, and she LIKED you???" (inside):  "You lucky bastard!"

I could do this all day!

(cover):  What do you get when an adopted woman gets PMS?  (inside)  A really bitchy bitch-bastard.  (See ya when it's over!)

(cover): "Is it 'Love'?"  (inside): "or is it your sister?"

(cover): "Just think:  in some states, you have to wait until your 100th birthday before you can see your birth-records."   (inside):  "Problem is, what if you're using the wrong anniversary date?!?"

And for those with a need to be touchey-feeley, how's this for sentimental? (cover)  "As your best friend,  and as the one person who knows what you're going through on yet another empty birthday, I thought I'd send you this card to distract and entertain your thoughts  through this long, long day..."  (inside):   "Wanna go for a ride?  I'll drive.  Call me when you get this.  I'm here for you."

(cover):  "It's your child's birthday"  (inside) "I'm sure they're thinking of you, too"

(cover):  Congratulations!  (inside)  She found you!  Now what?

now here's a marketing-brain-storm, could you imagine that Maxinne character (the caustic old woman with the cigarette  hanging in her mouth featured in her own line of greeting cards) turns out to be a "natural mom"?  SHE could sell cards I would love to buy and collect just for myself!!!