Happy Mother's Day...
08 May 2009
Still Swamped
The audit at work is taking up a lot of my time, so a reminder that posting will remain light today. Work beckons this weekend as well, and the audit is expected to linger into the Monday and Tuesday of next week. Bare with me, please. :-)
07 May 2009
06 May 2009
Santa Barbara
The news is devastating, as it seems the entire city is in danger of being consumed. Dear friends from our old hometown are heavy in our thoughts tonight. Brent and I hope that you - and everyone else - are safe and out of harm's way.
Maine
The governor there signed the bill that made marriage equal in the State.Coming next: New Hampshire.
Your Daily Santorum
Sen. Arlen Specter, Democra...Repu...De...aww fuck, I don't know...Sen. Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania.
Mid-Week Brain Break
It seems like it was just yesterday that we witnessed this, but six months have actually passed. I saw the network projections coming and had the champagne ready to go at 8:00 straight up, Pacific time.
And the crowd's reaction at the 7 second mark in this clip still puts a lump in my throat...
And the crowd's reaction at the 7 second mark in this clip still puts a lump in my throat...
Big Fat Gay Collaboration
The clip features Lily Allen's song, "Fuck You." Thus, fair warning: Language not safe for work.
04 May 2009
Happy Anniversary, Sweet Girl
Five years ago we picked you up at Day Boston Terriers. Little did we know just how much you would alter our lives. You are our companion, our friend, our joy.
Light Blog Week
I've got corporate in the office this week for their annual audit. At this point I'm not sure how it will effect my schedule, but be ready for a light blogging week.
02 May 2009
Jack Kemp, 1935 - 2009
Jack Kemp, the former Buffalo Bills football player, United States congressman, and Secretary of Housing and Urban Development under the first President Bush, as well as the Republican vice-presidential nominee in 1996, died today after a battle with cancer. He was 73.Update: This diary at DailyKos includes the letter Mr. Kemp wrote to his family following the election of Barack Obama last November. Kemp's fellow Republicans would do well to make it mandatory reading among their ranks.
"On her radio, she'd turn the disco down..."
I didn't have time to put together a playlist for this weekend (you'll get one next week, I promise). But this song popped back onto my radar a few months back, so I thought I'd share it here as a "song of the day."
"Lose That Girl" by Saint Etienne...
"Lose That Girl" by Saint Etienne...
Maher and Vidal
I meant to post this after it aired last month, but it somehow left my "remembory." Bill Maher's excellent conversation with Gore Vidal. It's in two parts of about ten minutes each, but well worth the time...
Doing it Twice
Quote of the Day:
I had to do it twice, so now everyone has to do it twice.-President Obama, making a funny at the ceremonial swearing-in of Gary Locke and Kathleen Sebelius, who had both already been sworn in.
01 May 2009
Souter to Retire
CNN is reporting this morning that Supreme Court Justice David Souter will retire at the end of the current session in June. Souter was appointed to the bench in 1990 by the first President Bush, but has been a rather reliable liberal jurist, even going so far as to vote against Bush's son in the 2000 presidential election case.
More from me later, but two quick things:
1. This will not change the balance of the court all that much. As I said, Souter is a left of center jurist and it is assumed President Obama will appoint someone of the same philosophy.
2. Confirmation hearings will be interesting. With 60 members in the Senate (assuming Al Franken gets seated before a nominee is named), the Democrats have the votes to stop any Republican filibuster IF Senate leaders are able to keep conservative Democrats from balking at whoever Mr. Obama nominates.
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