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lauraanne_gilman) wrote2008-11-20 06:16 am
lauraanne_gilman) wrote2008-11-20 06:16 am
Thursday Morning Roundup o' Shtuff
- Happy family news: eldest nephew got his first acceptance to one of his top-pick schools: University of Pittsburgh! And now all breathe again, and don't panic at the sound of the mail drop quite so much....
- An interesting and possibly useful article about the psychology of saving (or not) in These Perilous Times. How many of those traits do you recognize?
- The California Supreme Court agreed Wednesday to review legal challenges to Prop. 8, the voter initiative that restored a ban on same-sex marriage, but refused to permit gay weddings to resume pending a ruling in March. And so now we wait. Meanwhile, after a settlement in NJ, EHarmony's going to start 'allowing' same-sex matches via their website. California, the East Cast is trumping you in civil rights. That's gotta sting....
- Meanwhile, Al Qaeda resurfaced with a message for Pres-elect Obama, among other taunts calling him a "house Negro." Duuuudes. I bet he heard worse from racist asshats by the time he was 10. And I understand you're pissed that he was raised a Christian instead of a Muslim like his (absent) dad, but saying he's the "direct opposite of honorable black Americans" like Malcolm X? *snort* You need better insults. Really. 'Cause you didn't even make him blink. Hell, you didn't even make his daughters blink.
Coffee done. Off to work I go...
- An interesting and possibly useful article about the psychology of saving (or not) in These Perilous Times. How many of those traits do you recognize?
- The California Supreme Court agreed Wednesday to review legal challenges to Prop. 8, the voter initiative that restored a ban on same-sex marriage, but refused to permit gay weddings to resume pending a ruling in March. And so now we wait. Meanwhile, after a settlement in NJ, EHarmony's going to start 'allowing' same-sex matches via their website. California, the East Cast is trumping you in civil rights. That's gotta sting....
- Meanwhile, Al Qaeda resurfaced with a message for Pres-elect Obama, among other taunts calling him a "house Negro." Duuuudes. I bet he heard worse from racist asshats by the time he was 10. And I understand you're pissed that he was raised a Christian instead of a Muslim like his (absent) dad, but saying he's the "direct opposite of honorable black Americans" like Malcolm X? *snort* You need better insults. Really. 'Cause you didn't even make him blink. Hell, you didn't even make his daughters blink.
Coffee done. Off to work I go...