Gay couples in the United States are in bitter-sweet celebration this week after a court victory won the right of same-sex marriage in Connecticut, a week after California lost it due to Proposition 8’s passage. Emboldened by what happened in California, anti-gay lobby groups are already working hard to reverse Connecticut’s court ruling, which they call “undemocratic.”
Undemocratic: That’s a word we’ll be hearing a lot of from anti-gay groups down South for a while, at least if Canada’s history on the matter is any indication.
When Stephen Harper announced that Canada’s Conservative party would vote to re-open the “marriage debate” in late ...
That’s how she feel (sometimes).
The new Beck video is for Youthless, my favourite song on his latest album.
So many faces in one clip, watch the clip here and pictures of ghostface and wigface below.
“There’s a bottomless pit that we’ve been climbing from
Just to get on level ground”
(thanks Kevin)
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Onion likes to sit next to me all day every day. He sits next to me on the couch, takes naps with me, and even accompanies me to the bathroom. It was unnerving at first, because sometimes he just sits and stares unblinkingly at me. I used to obsessively brush imaginary crumbs and lint off my boobs, because I thought that maybe he was doing that thing that people do when you are talking to them, but you can tell that they are not listening, because they are looking slightly to the left and below your mouth, and you ...
8:10am Starbucks by my office.
Gentleman in front of me: Oh great! You have the holiday cups now! That must mean you have Gingerbread lattes! (scans the big board) Uh. Where…? For many years you had a drink called Gingerbread latte…?
My Favorite Barista: They’re called Gingersnaps now! It’s really the same thing.
Gentleman: Then I want the same thing (he says - emphasis on “want” and “same thing”)
Me: (Leaning in) They removed the “Bread” because it sounded “carby” ...