You shouldve seen by the look in my eyes, baby
There was somethin missin
You shouldve known by the tone of my voice, maybe
But you didnt listen
You played dead
But you never bled
Instead you lay still in the grass
All coiled up and hissin
And though I know all about those men
Still I dont remember
Cause it was us baby, way before then
– Reo Speedwagon, “Keep On Lovin’ You”
Dooce has had her daughter:
Some women say that their babies look like opossum, gerbil or other type of lovable rodent. Ours looks like a frog.
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Leta has had a pretty remarkable life full of poopy diapers and several successful attempts at feeding at The Trough of Mama.
The Massachusetts Legislature apparantly has a problem reading court decisions. After last year’s Supreme Judicial Court decision stating that gays must have the right to marriage, the legislature has cooked up a few different schemes to “get around” this decision.
Civil Unions appeared to be the easy way out for them. Until they asked the SJC for an advisory opinion. Well, they got one.
“The history of our nation has demonstrated that separate is seldom, if ever, equal,” four justices wrote in the advisory opinion. “For no rational reason the marriage laws of the Commonwealth discriminate against a defined class; no amount of tinkering with language will eradicate that stain. The (civil unions) bill would have the effect of maintaining and fostering a stigma of exclusion that the Constitution prohibits.”
Welcome to the world of having to live under the laws that we chose hundreds of years ago. Equality means equality folks.
For all of the moaning, groaning, and complaining that I do about living here from time to time, I’m enormously proud of the SJC for their two decisions in this case.
Your Movable Type Must Die – too funny.
Citizen Smash lays out clearly what it will take to win his vote.
And I agree with him.
HERES THE BOTTOM LINE: If youre running for President and you want my support, you have to first convince me that you have the guts to make the very difficult decision to order the US military into action when the critical moment comes.
If you cant pass that test, dont even bother asking for my vote.
Amen, brother.
Jason Merryman whom I know from back home – although he went to a neighboring (and rival) high school – is serving in Iraq with the United States Air Force.
Another high school classmate of mine, Alex Engle flew in the bombing campaign as a member of the Air Force’s 363rd Air Expeditionary Squadrom.
I do think of both of them from time to time – along with the others serving in the Middle East – and hope that they are well and safe.