Month: May 2009

So- four posts in four days! I'm back, baby! Nothing like all gay marriage all the time to bring a moribund blog back to life. Andy and "longwinded passionate woman" have both responded effectively to Abbot of Arbroath's most recent comment, but I wanted to weigh in, too. So here goes: Abbot begins:

thansk for

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Continuingmy discussion with POUNDS from yesterday...

So, absent the religious belief that the purpose of marriage is to procreate (and your very interesting assertion that it serves to “tame” the beast that males essentially are), what function is served by having the civil law decide who to include or exclude?

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Iknow that this thing has been discussed to death, but POUNDS raises some wonderful points, and I'd like to respond.

I am not really anxious to argue any side of this issue….. it is not very high on my list of concerns. And I certainly do NOT consider you to be a homophobe or a

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I'mastonished - and gratified - that today, the California Supreme Court recognized its responsibility to uphold the law. The vast majority of my Facebook friends are predictably aghast, and the whole issue is likely to return to the ballot box, where, eventually, defenders of traditional marriage will lose. This issue has moved beyond the realms ... Read more

You'llnotice the title of this post is EAGLES in concert, not THE Eagles in Concert. According to Steve Martin, Glen Frey made it very clear that the name of the band was supposed to be Eagles, and that no one member was an Eagle. That kind of bothered me, as it meant that pretty much ... Read more

Itook my Esteemed Colleague with me when I went to see the new Star Trek movie on Friday night. Not physically, of course, as we now live in different states, but mentally, he was right there with me. I kept wondering what he would think of this movie that he dreaded so much. My own ... Read more

...you'll enjoy this video. Trekkies Bash New Star Trek Film As 'Fun, Watchable' If you liked my Star Trek posts, then you'll LOVE this video. (You should love it anyway, although if you haven't seen Star Trek II, it might not make much sense.) [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xga_wchTpW8&hl=en&fs=1] ... Read more

So my brother-in-law went and bought tickets for Wolverine for me and the missus, and we went to an 8:55 showing that didn’t start until 9:20. Apparently there were problems with the projector, and they ended up giving us free movie passes to compensate, which means I won’t have to pay to go see Star ... Read more