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Safe for four more years
Just a quick Huzzah! for Massachusetts' state legislature. Marriage equality is safe until 2012. The vote today was 5 votes short of the 50 votes needed to put a proposed constitutional ban on same-sex marriage onto the November 2008 ballot. The next opportunity to petition for a statewide ballot is the 2012 election ( Read more... ) -
The Enterprise to scale
Yeah, this is a really impersonal post. But it's a fun link to share. Here's the Enterprise D to scale with various landmarks. I actually think that, to be true to the images from the show, it should be bigger. When the Enterprise is in orbit, it's really big in comparison to the planet. There are many times when you can see a significant portion ( Read more... ) -
Robbie's Madonna
Then came blobert to him, and said, Lord how oft shall my brother [,Robbie Williams, pander to his gay fans]..., and I forgive him? till seven times? Jesus saith unto him, I say not unto thee, Until seven times; but, Until seventy times seven. Matt 18: 21-22I wasn't really loving Robbie William's latest single, She's Madonna. I felt that the powers that ( Read more... ) -
I have one more vowel than I thought!
One of my favorite linguistic discussions concerning English vowel sounds concerns just how many distinct vowels there are. This topic became ever more interesting when I left Utah for New York and heard English speakers who made vowel sounds that I didn't. One point of difference between me and some (Eastern) friends is in the vowels of pairs such ( Read more... ) -
Hello, my reader
I'm probably starting at ground zero on this blog, since I've been silent for so many months. Maybe with determination, cutting edge anecdotes and pithy commentary, I'll be able to work my way back to the high of ten hits a day ( Read more... ) -
bush ad
Okay, I'm just going to be honest and admit that I'm obsessing about the upcoming election, and this obsession is going to be reflected in my journal. I try to maintain a "balanced" journal, with some news, some politics, some personal stuff and some silly stuff. But if I go overboard in the political stuff in the coming weeks, please bear with me ( Read more... ) -
Happy Coming Out
Happy National Coming Out Day. I'm 6 years out, to the day. While I came out to my lesbian aunt a couple days before officially coming out (to get her input on what I should or shouldn't say when coming out to my mormon family), I still consider the day I told my non-gay family members to be my coming out "annual-versary ( Read more... ) -
TNG reviewed for what it is
Wil Wheaton just posted his latest Star Trek The Next Generation episode synopsis on TV Squad. It's The Last Outpost, when we meet the Ferengi. On his blog, Wil warns that the synopsis is long, and it is. But it's worth the time. His humorous critique of this ridiculous episode left me laughing out loud.
It's probably only really funny if the ( Read more... ) -
I guess I never really get over anything
While I was on my latest search for discounts at Best Buy, I found out that Coldplay's latest X&Y was also selling at $9.95. I'd listened to a single off that album, "The Hardest Part", many times on their myspace page and really liked it. So that together with the great reviews convinced me to buy it ( Read more... ) -
register to vote today
Gentle Unregistered readers, this is my more than friendly reminder that the deadline for voter registration in your state is fast approaching. It could be within days. A list of registration deadlines is here. If you need to register, all that's required is the internet (one down already!), a printer and a stamp. If you go here, then your ( Read more... )