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I'm moving some photos that used to be on Fotolog to Ipernity. Some seem to be orphans, i.e., I haven't mentioned them specifically on Ron's Log before. And then there's the photo from Pasadena, which just isn't going to fit in anywhere else.
Somewhere in upstate New York, 1992.
The wind turbines at Altamont, probably 2003.
Pasadena, 2008.
Downtown Kansas City about 2000.
In Washington, D.C., also about 2000. ... Flag post
Members of a gay-rights group who traveled to Columbia International University say they had a good discussion with school administrators and students. The group Soulforce scrapped plans Monday to try to enter the campus against school administrators' wishes. The group is protesting school policies that Soulforce says discriminates against gays. Columbia International University's student handbook forbids homosexual behavior. Gay-rights group protests at Columbia campus WACH, SC - ... Flag post 
California has married more same-sex couples in three months than Massachusetts has married in three years, according to a new study from UCLA’s Williams Institute for the study of law and sexual orientation. The study, released today, found that an estimated 11,000 same-sex couples have married in California between June 17, when the marriages become legal, and Sept. 17. Five counties -- Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Diego, Riverside and Alameda -- accounted for 80% of those marriages. The institute, which is the nation’s only think tank dedicated to studying law and policy as it pertains to sexual orientation, ... Flag post 
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Three former chief justices of the Arkansas Supreme Court say they're opposing a ballot measure aimed at banning gay and lesbian couples from becoming adoptive or foster parents. Former Chief Justices W.H. "Dub" Arnold, Jack Holt Jr. and Bradley D. Jesson were among 13 retired judges who issued a statement Monday opposing a proposed initiated act that would ban unmarried couples from adopting children or becoming foster parents. The judges said the proposal would limit their ability to choose the best home environment for children and said that child placement should be decided on a ... Flag post 
SAN DIEGO – A judge declared a mistrial Monday in the case of four firefighters who claimed they were sexually harassed by their required appearance in last years's gay pride parade. The jury of six men and six women was hopelessly deadlocked over the sexual harassment claim, the judge in the case said. Mistrial declared in firefighters' gay-pride parade suit San Diego Union Tribune, United States ... Flag post 
It was a close call. Late last week an anonymous 27-year old New Yorker who claimed to be have been laid off as an analyst at a large investment bank put up a website to auction off his “gay virginity.” “In the last 3 years during my employment I have lived like an absolute idiot, spending money that I didn't have in order to impress the front office brokers that I worked with and who held the keys to big bonuses," he said. He described himself as looking like the O.C.'s Adam Brody. Now without a job or a ... Flag post
I remember when I was about 10 years old, I was flying with my family to South America. I was in the restroom when I heard over the loudspeaker, “please fasten your seatbelts we might be experiencing a little turbulence.” While I was standing there, doing my business. I couldn’t stop. Suddenly, the plane fell violently, my head hit the ceiling. The plane shook up and down and back and forth for about a second or two. Then the plane leveled out. As I came out of the bathroom, I could see that several passengers had cuts and bruises but ... Flag post Flag post Flag post Flag post Flag post Flag post Flag post
