I just read the opinion from the San Francisco Court. It's really very interesting. He makes a pretty good argument that the same sex marriage laws are really gender classifications and thus due strict scrutiny. He also makes a pretty argument that the laws couldn't even make it past a rational basis test. That's very interesting to me, because ( Read more... )

So there's been a lot of rain around Phoenix. This corresponded with an explosion in the insect population, namely mosquitos. This was bothersome. I don't like bugs, but they like me, and my soft, white, Polish ass ( Read more... )

As many probably suspect, my wife and I are going through a divorce and have been for some time. I don't know why I never wrote about it here, but I didn't. Those who know me are probably unsurprised at the turn of events, my wife and I really haven't been getting along for about five years. I know, I know, but we have kids all right? We wanted ( Read more... )

I forget a lot of times how many people I know read this site. And I know that some of my recent postings have led many of you to ask questions.

The answer to the question is yes. Those who need/want one, will receive full briefings. Those who are not on a need to know basis with me are free to speculate.

Carry on.

I'm going to rent Amelie and watch it tonight. Thus, in a single move, I will lower my testosterone level by at least a quart. Oh well ( Read more... )

I got Half Life 2 last weekend. It took an hour of struggling to load it. Was it worth it?

It's so good I tear up when I think about it. Where else will I have the opportunity to use my gravity gun to pick up a giant saw blade and send it hurtling through three or four headcrab zombies?

Sniff, sniff.

My daughter is learning about space.

First she set me straight on Mercury. They're very close together. Saturn has rings, made of ice and rocks. Venus is very shiny.

And lastly, and most cute, she said, "Pluto is very far away, and really cold. You'd have to wear a hundred jackets to stay on Pluto!"

Pretty damn cute.

Forty years ago today, John Coltrane, Jimmy Garrison, Elvin Jones and McCoy Tyner walked into the Impulse Studios to begin recording "A Love Supreme," one of my favorite records, and the cornerstone of the legend that is Trane.

If you've never heard the record, you should.

Here's the straight dope. Leave a comment

Almost forgot. Yesterday was Pearl Harbor Day. Right outside the Court is the anchor from the USS Arizona. They had a ceremony there to commemorate the dead and give thanks to our veterans. A lot of old guys in uniform. Hard not be proud of them. Harder not to drop a few tears for what they went through and lost. We do a very poor job of ( Read more... )

Still ttrying to score our boss new pad. Think good thoughts ( Read more... )