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saturday, november 15, 2008…

November 19, 2008 – 1:13 pm

I joined the impact - did you?
I went by myself, as CuteFilmNerd had work to do. I haven’t been to a protest alone since my very first anti-war protest, in the weeks leading up to the invasion of Iraq. I was a little sad and lonely, and was running really late, but I [...]

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not my boys!

November 14, 2008 – 10:37 am

Though I sometimes wonder about Edison…
However, if they succeed..

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day of hope…

November 5, 2008 – 5:57 pm

…day of sadness.
My eyes having been brimming with tears nearly all day. I’m absurdly, over-the-moon happy about Barack Obama being the President-Elect for the United States of America. He was never my main candidate, but he’s always been far preferred over John McCain and I know that he will do well sitting in [...]

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electoral updates…

November 4, 2008 – 5:58 pm

H/T to Eric.

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i voted…

November 4, 2008 – 9:29 am

I was at the  polling  place at  6:45am and  the line was already  long.  It took me  30 minutes, but I was happy to do it.

My cats had various reactions:

Matisse looked unimpressed, but I knew he was excited.

Edison and BJ thought voting was nom-tastic!
I’m off to do a bit of poll watching, so I’ll catch [...]

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other votes…

November 4, 2008 – 5:53 am

For the rest of the California balllot, I agree with SoCal Grassroots.  Then again, I am a member of the Endorsement Committee, so I was part of the group looking over the props.
Everyone, I implore you: get out and vote.  It’s the best thing you can do this year.
(Aside from feeding the homeless and saving [...]

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vote no on proposition 8…

November 3, 2008 – 5:41 pm

…vote no on ripping away human rights and codifying hate and bigotry into the California State Constitution.
It’s just that simple.
Here’s the thing: when it comes down to it, Proposition 8 is bigotry. Maybe John Scalzi is right and those who support Prop. 8 don’t realize they’re being bigots. But at the end of [...]

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the most wonderful time of the year…

October 31, 2008 – 10:00 am

I’ve made no secret of the fact that Halloween is one of my favorite days of the year.  So here’s a couple of trailers from horror films starring Clu Gulager, whom I’ve gotten to know since dating CuteFilmNerd:

RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD

FEAST

I saw them both at a recent Clu Gulager Film Festival and had a [...]

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oh yeah…

October 29, 2008 – 1:57 pm

I am completely and totally in love with this page.  Aaawww…

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i’m not one…

October 29, 2008 – 11:56 am

…but I’m glad they are:

more about “i’m not one…“, posted with vodpod
This is both one of the saddest and most hopeful videos I’ve ever seen.
(H/t to bstewart)

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