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Pixar's Up
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Prop 8 Upheld
So I guess we all expected it, but today the California Supreme Court officially announced that their decision to uphold the legality of Proposition 8. The silver lining to this very, very black cloud is that they allowed the existing 18,000 same-sex marriages to remain, rather than annulling them en masse. So it goes that in one of the nation's ( Read more... ) -
Some choice quotables...
So, apparently Ford developed a concept car in the late 50s called the Nucleon that was, as one might suppose, intended to run off of a small nuclear reactor.
With beautiful understatement, Wikipedia notes that:
The main dangers of the car would be the radiation, nuclear waste and a possibility of a small nuclear meltdown.
Next, according to the ( Read more... ) -
FMA II: A Quick Review
So, through my lovely friend lovediamond I learned of the new FMA series that's being broadcast as of this posting, and I decided to sit down and watch the first three episodes. Here follow my very sketchy and addle brained thoughts!
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AmazonFail
Okay, I am hardly ever up on these Twitter-centric explosive internet protest phenomenons, but I caught wind of this on one of the queer blogs I frequent and thought I should pass it on ( Read more... ) -
Belated Happy Birthday to Me!
Yay! I'm 24 ( Read more... ) -
THREE CHEERS FOR VERMONT!
Sweet baby Jesus in a breadbasket, this is like Gay Marriage Month or something. Today Vermont mustered supermajorities in the House and Senate to override Governor Jim Douglas' veto, making it the first state to approve same-sex marriage by a vote of the legislature. GO VERMONT. We love you and your sweet, sweet maple syrup. <3 ( Read more... ) -
Moving forward on marriage equality!
Dear Sweden, thank you for approving full marriage equality on the first of this month, making you the seventh sovereign state to do so (if you don't count the UK, which provides marriage to same-sex couples in all but name). I promise to come spend some tourist dollars on you, someday.
Dear Iowa, you have shocked us all with your unanimous ( Read more... ) -
Once more...WITH THE BURNING OF A THOUSAND SUNS!
So, apparently when I wasn't looking, some of those anonymous people who write music for film trailers got together and put out a CD in 2006. The group is called Globus, and the CD is called "Epicon", which is appropriate because, true to their movie trailer background, the music is epic. And I mean EPIC. Like, so epic you entertain the possibility ( Read more... ) -
Earth Hour
8:30 to 9:30 pm local ( Read more... )