One week from tonight, we will have begun our journey out of California … for the third, and hopefully last, time. We’ll be on our way to Nashville, Tennessee, to take up a new, and hopefully less stressful way of life. Frank starts a new job with Vanderbilt University on 15 Dec. I will start...
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29-Aug-0825-Feb-26Uncategorized
In One Lifetime
28-Aug-1963: ‘I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: “We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal. … I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will...
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29-Aug-0825-Feb-26Uncategorized
Disappointment and Hope
I see I haven’t posted much since John Edwards, my ostensible choice for the nomination, was dethroned in the usual way … by horniness. So that post below? Well, ignore that. I still believe in the message; but as so often in life, the message is great, the man disappointing. Yeah, I’m on board with...
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26-Jul-0825-Feb-26Beagles
New Pics on Flickr!
Finally posted some «new pics on Flickr» of the boys. Whatta buncha beagles! | Read more »
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12-Jul-0825-Feb-26California, Weather
Wednesday
This pic pretty much tells you everything you need to know about the weather this week. It actually got hotter after I took this picture; it was 114 degrees later in the afternoon. God, living in the valley is hell.
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04-Jun-0825-Feb-26California, Marriage Equality
Rarin' to Go
Gavin Newsom, the man who presided over our first civil union ceremony when he was still a San Francisco supervisor, wants to get a jump on gay marriages «the evening of 16 June», instead of waiting for the next morning: ‘San Francisco officials have asked the state for permission to begin marrying same-sex couples a...
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15-May-0825-Feb-26Uncategorized
We Can. And We Do.
«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...
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01-Jan-0825-Feb-26Brentwood
Happy New Year
As the sun sets on what was a truly nasty year for us, we wish you a much more wonderful 2008!