August 20, 2010
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Other / Stuff
A federal judge in California has ruled that Prop 8 – the voter initiative that banned gay marriage – is unconstitutional: Proposition 8 fails to advance any rational basis in singling out gay men and lesbians for denial of a marriage license. Indeed, the evidence shows Proposition 8 does nothing more than enshrine in the [...]
Listen to my wife as she talks about perceptions of disability in American life, and learn how to change those perceptions. Written transcript of the linked video available.
Love the police presence here. Someone had to keep a maddened populace from tearing down LeBron’s oversized Nike ad, though perhaps Clevelandians would have been too disheartened by The Decision to make the effort. Also, this: There’s a normal way of doing things, and there’s the dick way of doing things, and making your own [...]
Try doing this on a Kindle, ha ha ha!
The most heartwarming story of the week.
There’s still enough in me of the child who thrilled to the late Apollo missions to get all geeky-excited over artist’s renditions like this: Let’s build a spaceport like this here in St. Louis! We don’t have direct flights to most major American cities any more, but we can fly direct to the Moon! Who’s [...]
Because Duncan Black is apparently asleep on the job, hee hee. Also, this is one time that a George Bush idea was actually better: Obama’s rather wrong to skip the Moon on his way to the Red Planet.
Foraging for groceries yesterday, I spied this monitor and accompanying sign as I entered a particular aisle. (Apologies for the size and quality of the image, which was captured on my buggy-whip equivalent of a wireless.) Sign says: WARNING: This area is subject to closed circuit TV recording and random monitoring You might guess that [...]
