So, as mentioned in the previous post, today is my Mom’s birthday. So, I called to wish her a happy birthday, and we had a lovely chat. My stepfather learned enough piano playing to pick out "Happy Birthday" which was a surprise and which really touched Mom as very sweet. So, he probably will . . . → Read More: Birthday call to Mom
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A friend recently forwarded me (and tons of other folks) an email about a campaign to combat a perceived threat to removing In God We Trust (which I don’t take as a serious threat) and suggested plastering stamps and envelopes with this. The email read: I am going to do my part and protect . . . → Read More: Email about In God We Trust on stamps Wahoo! It is astounding how things are progressing. Sure, there are quite a few bumps in the road ahead, but this is very encouraging news indeed. And how cool that this poll shows that more people support marriage equality than oppose it. Changing Views on Gay Marriage, Gun Control, Immigration and Legalizing Marijuana . . . → Read More: Poll: Increased Support for Gay Marriage I had heard rumors about this before, but not for a bit. Cool for Ms. McGillis for being open and honest! I think I liked her best in the movie Witness. Top Gun star Kelly McGillis comes out By Jessica Geen • April 30, 2009 – 10:06 Kelly McGillis with Tom Cruise in . . . → Read More: Top Gun star Kelly McGillis comes out – from Pink News Has Rep. Virginia Foxx no basic human decency? She stands in the same room, with a mother who has been living with the brutal death of her son for the past decade and describes it as a “very unfortunate incident”??? I guess on that scale, the September 11 terrorist attacks were like, really totally . . . → Read More: Glenn Thrush’s Blog: Matthew Shepard killed in non-bias "robbery," Foxx says – POLITICO.com Wow! Too cool! I really feel like we are continuing to make progress. The committee vote initially was not looking good, so this is a terrific surprise! (Concord, New Hampshire) The New Hampshire Senate on Wednesday passed legislation that would make the state the fifth in the nation to grant marriage equality. The . . . → Read More: NH Senate votes for gay marriage I came back from lunch and one of the other programmers was having a problem setting up IIS for the correct authentication for a domain user account. I finally found the section to key it in, and had keyed in the user name. I asked the co-worker what the password was. Him: "It’s on . . . → Read More: Being too literal Sigh. So, the Pagan/alternative faith community includes whack jobs as well. Leaving aside the extraordinarily pretentious spelling of "vampyre", for a 45 year old guy to take seriously some 15 year old girl’s claim about a vampire hunting society is absurd. Dude, some high school girl probably enjoyed watching Buffy, the Vampire Slayer. Let . . . → Read More: Vampyre King Refuses Plea Deal – KIMT.com – Iowa & Minnesota Together This would be the same Rudy Guiliani who lived with a gay male couple. You know, after his first divorce. I am sorry, but for someone on his third marriage, he has absolutely no right to be telling everyone else how to live their lives. Then again, I guess that referring to 9/11 as . . . → Read More: RUDY RIPS GOV’S BID FOR GAY NUPS – New York Post Tom, my brother in law stopped in Erie last night en route from his home in Toledo to Buffalo,since he was getting stuff stored at his old house. We went out and had a very nice visit. He showed me some photos from some of the Real Bearded Santa conventions that he has been . . . → Read More: Visiting with my brother in law |
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