Today, California's highest court ruled that denying same-sex couples the right to marry is unconstitutional.

Their webpage (http://www.courtinfo.ca.gov/courts/supreme/) is pretty slow right now, as they just announced their decision 19 minutes ago, but the opinion is here (PDF) if you can get it. (Haven't read it yet, myself. Edited to add: But ( Read more... )

The fabulous planetnelson has once again found a diamond in the rough that is the internets:

From Austin Kleon, a Newspaper Blackout Poem:


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Wherever you are, whatever you're doing, I invite you to take a little break, stand up and dance.

*supergrin*

zudini and I have been making it to the CrossFit classes at our local gym once a week for a while now. We missed the gym this week, but Maximus (yes, that's his real name) posts the workouts every day so we don't have to miss the workout even if we can't come to class.

Today we completed yesterday's workout, Respect Your EldersFor Time ( Read more... )

For there is no reason on this Earth for you to miss this needlessly:

Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo
Altro Canto

I got a little carried away by this image in my head ( Read more... )

It's a bit silly that I've gotten into jewelry-making, seeing as I hardly ever touch the stuff. And yet, I also found that for some of the jewelry I made, I was giving it away as soon as I'd finished it, which left me with no record of the piece whatsoever. So I've taken photos of everything I still have, in the hopes of not losing anything else ( Read more... )

I know it's not fair to only use LJ for things I need without giving back and posting about my actual life, and I take responsibility for not posting as often as I should, or even as often as I would like to ( Read more... )

These last few days I've been listening to "Rubberball" by ThaMuseMeant. (As an aside, while I have a CD by Thamusemeant that I love, I found that particular song on Amazon, and have rapidly become enamoured of Amazon's mp3 sales (never more expensive than iTunes, you can listen to a clip first, no DRM, hurray!), which have since been incredibly ( Read more... )

My friend planetnelson linked to this fun shadow video, set to one of my favorite songs, "What a Wonderful World". I thought at least a few of you would enjoy it, too.

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Happy New Year, everyone!