from tonight's Real Time with Bill Maher ( Read more... )

Louis Marinelli, who organized the National Organization for Marriage "Summer Of Marriage" bus tour campaigning against same-sex marriage last year, has had a major change of heart.

I'm moved beyond words at his writings about this new position.

Read it. It's an amazing document about one man's evolution.

Someone at MetaFilter has put together a pretty good little event map for those with populist leanings who feel the need to stand up against the repression of workers taking place across the country at the moment.

You can find events and register your own event here:

Stand Up For WisconsinPass it on. We're trying to get it all spread as widely ( Read more... )

My friends page has turned into just a single person making 99% of the posts, and nothing from anyone else.

Does anyone actually use LJ anymore? Should we encourage each other to use it by posting more often?

Let me know, friends page people, if you even read this. I'd appreciate it.

And they pretty much rocked. I was quite impressed, and I can be a bit of a cynic of old bands out touring like this... But they managed to really make the show feel like a rock show, not just a jukebox performance. Lengthy instrumental solos, showcasing moments by each member, a nice selection of radio hits and deeper cuts ( Read more... )

Okay, Jimmy Fallon did it. Some chick from Sweden did it. But nobody did it better or with more sheer finesse than Max Sparber and Josh Millard, AKA Astro Zombie and cortex over on MetaFilter.

Lyrics, music, and recording all accomplished in under 6 hours. Poignant music video only 4 days later ( Read more... )

I decided to check in on the Rainbow Family, and at the top of their website was this announcement:

The consensus from the Pennsylvania gathering was for the 2011 gathering to be someplace in the state of Washington.Suddenly I have goosebumps all over my body. I'm planning NOW that I'm going to be there next year. I've been to three so far in my ( Read more... )

Wow.

I don't watch Glee at all, but I had this scene drawn to my attention last night.

You'll need to load up this episode and then move forward manually to the 25m30s mark. You might have to sit through an ad or two before you can move forward in the time stream, and then again when you select the clip to view ( Read more... )

Dear BBC America ( Read more... )

For anyone actually reading this, you might find this Newsweek blog summary of the MetaFilter thing a good summary of where things stand.

I love that website. Community in the truest sense of the term.