To those who say that their support for Bush because of his war on terror trumps their opposition to amending the Constitution, Andrew Sullivan puts it best: THE PRESIDENT’S CONTRADICTION: So you can see, perhaps, why the bid to write anti-gay discrimination into this very Constitution provokes such a strong response from me – and […]
From People for the American Way. Our Constitution begins with the words “we the people,” and we are those people charged with defending its ideals and principles. So are your family, friends and neighbors. Please ask them to sign the petition today while news of Bush’s announcement spreads. Send others this link with a personal […]
I hardly know how to describe how I feel today; since my lunch break from the training class today, when I came back to my desk to discover those big bold top-of-the-page headlines on The Washington Post and The New York Times noting that Bush is calling for codifying discrimination against an entire class of […]
I was about to write about the obscenely preposterous statements of California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger (geez, even just writing that sequence of four words makes me shiver) suggesting that issuing marriage licenses to gay and lesbian couples in San Francisco will lead to licensing drugs and assault weapons, and spark riots and death. However, Jeff […]
After seeing Robot Stories mentioned a few places online recently, including Matt’s post about having seen it the day after [my] Jeff and I met him and [his] Jeff for brunch, I decided to look it up online. Jeff and I then decided to try to see it during its one-week appearance in the DC […]
Though I still haven’t settled on a name for the new baby, she came home with us last night, as we also said a sad goodbye to her six-year-old brother who went up for adoption in her place. And she’s gorgeous, everyone says–it’s not just a father’s blind pride. She was still so new to […]
At the risk of calling Punxsutawney Phil a prevaricator or at least an exaggerator, there are signs here in DC that the six more weeks of winter predicted on February 2 are not to come to pass. Yesterday the temperature reached an almost-balmy 60 degrees, the skies were clear and the sun continued to shine […]
Last night I had a dream about the new car (I’m due to pick up my new Prius in just 3-1/2 hours). In the dream, the car was full of significant flaws: the most memorable being that the top of the windshield was four inches below my eyes, and even then the top several inches […]
When I got home last night, there were two messages on my answering machine from my Toyota dealer; of course, my first thought when I saw the number on the caller ID was that he was calling to give me bad news (ever the pessimist), but the truth was quite different. My Prius already is […]
Despite having Internet access at the hotel, and thinking I might post while there, between our various Manhattan activities and resting up between them I just didn’t end up doing so. Of course, that also meant I came home to dozens of spam emails and thousands (!) of unread blog entries from the blogs I […]