By lizard on February 3, 2010
I admit I didn’t expect much. After all, the whole snafu was partially my fault for not noticing things for months at a time, and for not clarifying things with the kiddo & the dad regarding what was sent back when. And yes, I did delegate the canceling in a way that caused it [...]
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By lizard on September 14, 2009
Having read Frank Schaeffer’s analysis, and the Political Carnival’s excellent summary, I think both are absolutely spot on, and am a little concerned with some of the commenters, who felt this point of view was unnecessarily extreme. It is always good to approach any kind of alarmist analysis/opinion with a healthy dose of skepticism, [...]
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By lizard on June 9, 2009
Galactic Center of Milky Way Rises over Texas Star Party from William Castleman on Vimeo.
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By lizard on November 22, 2008
isn’t that a great name for a Supreme Court case? i thought so.
what i thought even more amazing was this text, from the decision:
Marriage is one of the ‘basic civil rights of man,’ fundamental to our very existence and survival…. To deny this fundamental freedom on so unsupportable a basis as the racial classifications [...]
Posted in the fundamental interconnectedness of all things | Tagged equal rights, gay marriage, proposition 8
By lizard on November 19, 2008
i used to be just a personal blog. i used to be allll about me & occasionally about my computer, and for some reason it feels a little odd to shift focus like this, especially to a single issue, social &/or political. demonstrating this, i start this post out talking more about me, me, [...]
Posted in the fundamental interconnectedness of all things | Tagged gay marriage, politics, religion
By lizard on November 16, 2008
i missed most of it. and for this, i suffered the loss of the full experience, and i regret it. however, considering i was up most of the night before with the heat & the winds & the allergies that felt like a flu, i accept that i did what i could. got up, [...]
Posted in the fundamental interconnectedness of all things | Tagged civil rights, gay marriage, proposition 8
By lizard on November 15, 2008
you know, i don’t usually do memes, but this one … resistance is futile, i have been assimilated.
a while back, i was tagged by the incandescent Tangerine, aka CitizenX, and most recently, by the lovely Kara Sheridan, and i adore both of these ladies quite a lot. i have known Tangerine since when, she’s [...]
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By lizard on November 10, 2008
you know, i love it when i hear someone joking that they approve of gay marriage because ‘everyone should be just as miserable as i am’. it acknowledges the inherent rightness of equality, while using humor to dispel any lingering discomfort with the concept of gay marriage, which is fairly recent, at least in [...]
Posted in the fundamental interconnectedness of all things | Tagged gay marriage, proposition 8
By lizard on November 8, 2008
i will confess i suffered a rather painful shock, last tuesday, when i clicked over from the transcendent presidential election victories to check the returns on the the fight against prop 8 to find it up by a good 10 points in the early returns. i could not imagine why it was doing so [...]
Posted in the fundamental interconnectedness of all things | Tagged civil rights, proposition 8
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