If you only read the RSS feed of elf-reflection, you may not be aware of my other blog pursuits, the “quicklinks” I maintain separately of cool, unusual, topical or otherwise interesting links I come across during my surfing. The first one of these secondary blogs, serendipity :: a journey of elf-discovery, XML is the catch-all […]
Beating me to the punch yet again, Jeff has blogged about our dinner Friday night at Nectar. This restaurant, in the spot near the Kennedy Center formerly occupied by another favorite of mine, Zuki Moon (home of the best homemade caramel and green tea ice creams), really was quite nice. It’s a little pricey (one […]
Jeff has reported on our Friday night outing to see the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington’s all-male performance of Bye Bye Birdie, and I concur that it was a fun show. I knew beforehand that all the roles would be played by men, but had assumed that the roles usually played by women would be […]
As states across the U.S. continue to move toward banning gay marriage and, in many cases, any legal protection for gay men and lesbians in long-term relationships, the rest of the world keeps moving forward. The Observer reported yesterday that laws giving gay couples the equivalent legal recognition and rights accorded to marriage will be […]
Last night I got a note that someone on Orkut had added me to her friend’s list. Soon thereafter I got an email from the person in question asking me if I were the Thom Watson she’d known from Harvard, and also pointing out that we have some real-life friends in common. It turns out […]
I‘ve been remiss. On Monday I received a wonderful surprise. When I got home from work there was a package for me from Amazon; inside was a copy of the terrifically funny Muriel’s Wedding DVD from my wishlist, a gift for no apparent reason from the wonderful woman over at Go Fish. I sent a […]
A proposed constitutional amendment banning gay marriage was tweaked Monday to give states the right to recognize same-sex civil unions, but sponsors shied away from including language that could squelch legal challenges in Utah to the constitutionality of prohibiting polygamy. … Still, the Colorado senator [Wayne Allard] acknowledged that he and [Colorado Rep. Carolyn] Musgrave […]
File under “Yet Another Reason to Move to Canada” Following similar rulings from Ontario and British Columbia, the Quebec Court of Appeals (the province’s top court) ruled today that same-sex couples indeed have the right to marry.
Both Eugene Volokh and Considerettes had something to say recently about Wednesday’s story in the Las Vegas Sun reporting that two student legislators at Western Oregon University have launched an effort to ban the Red Cross from conducting blood drives on campus, claiming that the donor screening process discriminates against gays. To wit, the Red […]
From an article in the March 22 issue of TIME entitled “Raising the volume”: As the Bush team sorts out its internal mechanics, it will press the advantage of incumbency. Administration sources tell TIME that employees at the Department of Homeland Security have been asked to keep their eyes open for opportunities to pose the […]