Day 2 of management training. I have realized that there are certain corporate words that really set me off. It's irrational. Today we were talking about mission statements and values in my training class and before the conversation got started, the instructor asked the class if anyone knew what those were ( Read more... )

I'm out of things to write about. Give me some ideas or tell me what you want me to write about. Let's see where this goes.

First the good cop ( Read more... )

Regardless of what happens in California with Proposition 8, the battle for marriage equality is not over. If the anti-marriage forces win in California, then the path to equality takes a different path. You don't stop fighting for your rights when you are defeated in one battle. You pick up, regroup, and figure out where to take the fight next ( Read more... )

Marilyn Musgrave, the Republican from Colorado who made her mark by introducing the Federal Marriage Amendment in the House has lost her race. It's the end of an era.

I'm throwing out stuff all over the house. It's like Spring cleaning, only it's in Autumn. If I'm not really going to use it again and if it has no real value to me as a sentimental item, then it goes into the boxes. I'm building up boxes of stuff to take away. It's cathartic and I'm in the mood to downsize ( Read more... )

Friday morning, NPR did two stories about Georgia suddenly being "in play" for the election, in the Presidential race, where it's looking do-able for Obama to win, and in the Senate race, where Jim Martin, despite his lame-ass hair, is suddenly within striking distance of Saxby Chambliss, a Grade-A Asshole of a man ( Read more... )

This was front-paged at Daily Kos. It features lots of Dad's Garage peeps.

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A couple of nights ago, The 40 Year Old Virgin was on television and I had it on while doing stuff around the house. Unfortunately, one of the last scenes in the movie features the song Age of Aquarius rather prominently for about 3-4 minutes. Since that point, I've had the damn song stuck in my head. It's a slow form of torture.

Harmony and ( Read more... )

What I don't get is why the Mormons are so adamant about defeating marriage equality in California. Nearly all the funding and volunteering for the "Yes on 8" campaign has come from the Mormon Church. Why? What's the deal with Mormons and California ( Read more... )