That makes it the sixth country (after the Netherlands, Belgium, Spain, Canada and South Africa) to legalize same-sex marriage.
In the US, only Massachusetts has allowed it until now. California joins next week.
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Posted on June 13th, 2008 by JM
Had a short but interesting conversation at work about gay marriage and who its proponents and opponents are.
I’ve absorbed enough of the national dialogue to recognize some patterns. Some are obvious; some are subtle. Here are the types of people that are against gay marriage:
1) Christian fundies - Of course, an easy one. This group [...]
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Posted on June 12th, 2008 by JM
My sister-in-law sent a link to this NYT video on “flavor tripping parties”, where you eat a bunch of normally very sour things but taste them as sweet. How? You first suck on a miracle berry for about a minute; a natural ingredient in the miracle berry temporarily alters your taste buds to perceive sour [...]
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Posted on June 11th, 2008 by JM
It occurred to me that when Barack Obama pounded Michelle, and the Fox News fogeys wailed about it being a secret terrorist hand signal, that we’re at a big generational disconnect here.
Barack Obama is the first Generation X presidential candidate. Our generation (yes, I’m a member, although closer to the other end of the range [...]
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Posted on June 10th, 2008 by JM
We went to a new restaurant yesterday for brunch. Like most brunch spots, the menu was familiar - the California omelette, the huevos rancheros, the home fries, etc. Unlike lunch or dinner, brunch seems to be oddly familiar from restaurant to restaurant.
However, taste can vary widely.
This place was just “meh”. It looked just as delicious [...]
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Posted on June 9th, 2008 by JM
A great article in the New Yorker, on why conservatism is dying. Not a hit-piece by Democrats; almost all of the people the author quotes are Republicans, and ones that we’ve heard of (Pat Robertson, David Frum, David Brooks). The consensus? The Republicans are “fucked” (their words, not mine).
Why? The Republicans don’t have any ideas [...]
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Posted on June 6th, 2008 by JM
John McCain, with his advanced oldness and avuncular creaky voice, is clearly trying to evoke the only Republican not completely loathed by Americans right now: the Gipper. But, unfortunately, he’s reminding us of a certain type of Ronald Reagan, one that might be described as “late stage”:
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Posted on June 5th, 2008 by JM
My cynical mind at work…
I read that Hillary is “open” to being Obama’s running mate. My question: If Obama won the presidency and Hillary then became his VP, would Hillary, on January 21, 2009, gun him down?
I just have this mental picture of her wearing a trenchcoat and a derby, with smoke coming out of [...]
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Posted on June 4th, 2008 by JM
I’m looking down at a handful of Kirkland (read: Costco) trail mix, and amidst the 28-year-old raisins and broken peanuts from China there are actual M&Ms - you know, the kind with the actual little m’s or w’s on them.
Costco, which blends the absolute lowest-cost ingredients, often to the detriment of their customers’ health (relax! [...]
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Posted on June 3rd, 2008 by JM
Short answer: not particularly. Certainly not any healthier than sugar or the vilified high-fructose corn syrup, which, incidentally is almost its equivalent with respect to its composition.
Agave Nectar (also more prosaically, and more correctly, called Agave Syrup) is made from the processed nectar of the agave plant, that wondrous Central American plant that gave us [...]
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Posted on June 2nd, 2008 by JM
