Cool, no?Full disclosure: I am an Army grandbrat and the cousin of two Army men, one of whose reserve units may be called up at any time. When I was 15, my paternal grandfather told me that if I wanted to go to West Point for college, he would find someone to sponsor me and would make that happen. I have a slightly ... asynchronous? take on this ( Read more... )

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She is shiny and adorable and articulate and smart, a kickass Con.Txt roommate and an excellent hang-out-with-type person, crafty and craftful and nifty and neat, invested and interesting and awesome. I met her at ConneXions 2005, and I look forward to knowing her for years to come.

Happy birthday, my friend. May this be the best year yet.

We WANTSSSS it, we doesss, precioussss.

(Mind, we would actually be perfectly happy buying it for someone else [elssse], had we the funds.)

Fifty-five years they waited.FIFTY. FIVE. YEARS ( Read more... )

today is the natal anniversary of the truly astonishing thediva_lamentsY'all, honestly: those of you who don't know the OtherDiva? Are missing right the hell out, because she is AMAZING. Smart as a whole wall of whips, hyperarticulate, multiply gifted and multitalented, loyal to the death and beyond, possessed of gift fu extraordinaire and a coloratura soprano ( Read more... )

Just a little bit disturbing, this, no?

Are y'all following the Iowa news? What the FUCK?

Anyone find this startling? Bueller? Bueller?

(Yes, I'm pleased. Proud, even. Astonished by the way history sometimes gets it right, indeed. Right now, though, I'm just ... unsurprised.)

ETA: the magnificent Shay alerted me to the confusing nature of my original subject line. make no mistake, y'all: this Moebian turn of events makes me a very ( Read more... )

In a directive issued May 14, NY Governor David Paterson (by counsel) directed all state agencies to begin recognizing same-sex marriages performed elsewhere.

Wonder if Spitzer would ever have gotten around to this.