Feargal, Fergus and Fredrik turned three years old today.

Beagles. Doing what they do naturally.

Didn’t need to justify my life to distant people with political agendas.

We got them back in the house after much loud scolding and door-slamming.

It would be great to have all kinds of observations about Nashville here, just as we did in Ann Arbor, but … well, we’re older and tired-er than we were in Ann Arbor.

Academics should always take precedence over, not a back seat to, athletics.

What is sad is that no one has picked up his mantle to deliver the news in a fashion that doesn’t glorify something or someone, or trash something or someone.

“Unfortunately, NASA couldn’t present as its spokesman and great philosopher a former high-ranking member of the Nazi Wehrmacht with a heavy German accent.”

One of only 18,000 gender-neutral, Constitutionally equally protected, legally recognized marriages.

The Crazy Train continues puffing up the tracks …

The waiting, as opposed to doing the same things every day, is what’s hard … Ain’t life grand sometimes?

“Apocalyptic aggression is fueled by right-wing pundits who demonize scapegoated groups and individuals in our society, implying that it is urgent to stop them from wrecking the nation.”

“What gay or lesbian couple is going to want to go out and give their hard-earned dollars to people who really don’t want to participate in their weddings?”

“It best could be compared with a barbed-wire fence — it protects the property but doesn’t obstruct the view.”

“I have come to believe that this is a question of fairness and of equal protection under the law, and that a civil union is not equal to civil marriage.”

“The perpetrators, like many Germans and Japanese of the 1933-45 period and communists of the Soviet and People’s Republic periods, will probably never be brought to heel for what they’ve done.”

“Discrimination has no place in our state and will be eradicated wherever it appears.”

“We must embrace all citizens as equals.”

All pointless, but these are the thoughts you have.

Finally posted some «new pics on Flickr» of the boys. Whatta buncha beagles!

«Daryl Cagle, MSNBC»
Every once in awhile, every great once in awhile, I … sort of like the «state of California»:

‘The California Supreme Court struck a historic but possibly short-lived blow for gay rights Thursday, overturning a state law that allowed only opposite-sex couples to marry. In a 4-3 ruling that elicited passionate responses on both [...]

About that previous entry … well, cancel that.
My surgery was cancelled by the anesthesiologist, who is concerned that my high blood pressue could cause me to stroke out or have a heart attack on the table. He cancelled the surgery a mere 12 hours before it was supposed to start.
Chalk up yet another reason to [...]

36 hours from now, my cholocystectomy should be finished and I should be floating on a cloud of anesthetic and pain killer. Can’t happen soon enough for me. There’s a 10-mm stone in there and I’ve been on a fat-free diet for two months. I’ll keep most of the diet, but hopefully lose all the [...]