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The California courts ruled in favor of same-sex marriage today, calling not only bans but the 'separate-but-equal' civil union distinction unconstitutional. Fuck yeah ( Read more... )

Where is spring?

So, I cook a lot. And for the last year or so, having mastered certain culinary building blocks, most of my cooking has been really free-form, in the sense that I rarely measure anything or use exactly the same ingredients twice. Lately, though, I've been trying to write out and organize some of my recipes, mainly for the purposes of sharing them ( Read more... )

There's an interesting discussion about the primaries going on here, at 
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Everyone should take a look at the "Yes We Can" video put together by the dude from the Black Eyed Peas, Jesse Dylan, and a bunch of other people. It's a music video set alongside Obama's "Yes We Can" victory speech from the South Carolina Primary last week, where he was as incredible as I've ever seen him ( Read more... )

Andrew Sullivan (who is gay) on Obama reaching out to the gay community.

Morgan and I recorded a few tracks this Sunday that I'm happy with- a retake of one of my songs with much better sound quality, a new song I wrote, and a cover of Roll On John, one of my favorite old-time songs. Me on guitars and vocals as usual. Morgan played electric bass on the first, upright bass on the second, and banjo on the third. As usual ( Read more... )

Nagged by my mother to register for STUFF, that is, wedding gifts, I have discovered the joys of asking my relatives to buy me power tools. Damned if I need expensive dishes, but I will have a Makita circular saw. And power sander. And power drill...

Is it in bad taste to register for a chain saw? I mean, I'll use it...

Andrew Sullivan published an excellent essay in the Atlantic last month, when Obama was far behind in the polls and it looked like we might have a Giuliani-Clinton race on our hands, that cast him as the bridge between the baby boomers ( Read more... )