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Amazing political things have just happened...DOMA and filibustering.
Yesterday, I posted about gay rights, and said that there was hope regarding DOMA (the Defense of Marriage Act that defined marriage as a union between a man and a woman).
Today, I am tearfully jubiliant.
Today, the Supreme Court ruled that DOMA is unconstitutional. This means gay marriages are now allowed federal benefits. This affects taxes ( Read more... ) -
Civil War
Originally posted by kylecassidy at Civil War
I've been running through the Woodlands Cemetery for a while now, it's been built up to encourage people to use it recreationally, and it's been used as a picnic spot for more than a hundred years, it's oddly not odd to go to the graveyard and spend time outdoors. Anyway, there's a jogging course at Woodlands that' ( Read more... ) -
The faces of the GLBT community.
I was walking to the Megabus stop in Pittsburgh last month, and passed by several large banners advertising Gay Pride Week. Adam Lambert was scheduled to perform. The downtown area was well decorated with rainbow flags. While this isn't unusual in 2013, it still gave me pause.
I grew up in a small town - lots of corn and cows - and two things in ( Read more... ) -
TUT birthday
Happy Birrrrthday to Youuuu,
Happy Birrrrthday to Youuuu,
Happy Birrrrthday Dear Dusti,
Happy Birrrrthday to Youuuu!
A few years back, not so long ago, heaven and earth erupted into a major celebration with the news of your impending adventure into this very time and space. You see, someone like Dusti Lewars doesn't come along all that often. In ( Read more... ) -
on questioning the wrong people about fashion design, modeling, and curves
The questioning of what fashion presents as beautiful is - heaven knows! - far from new. It's a little surprising to me that rail thin is still held up as any sort of ideal, but a glance across magazines and television shows that so-thin-her-ribs-are-showing is still the look of choice.
There's logic to it, of sorts - if you believe sizes for ( Read more... ) -
Adventures in dental hygiene
Things I Have Learned Over the Last Few Weeks:
* Your terror of the dentist is not unique. At all. At all.
* Electric toothbrushes are weird and - if you have tendencies towards hypochondria - using one feels like you are taking a sandblaster to your mouth.
* Waterpicks are chaotic evil. They will spit their tips at you, spin the tip around and aim ( Read more... ) -
The joys of having health care
I started working full time, when I was maybe 19, at a company that had great benefits. I didn't take advantage of many of them in the 18 years or so I stayed there, and when I found myself jobless, benefitless, and going through a divorce..well, there were a whole bunch of things I suddenly realized I absolutely should have acted on when times ( Read more... )
