Year: 2004

Dentist

Wish me luck. I’m off to the dentist for the first time in, ummm, a while. Perhaps later today I’ll no longer feel like I just got punched in the jaw…

Lunatic Fringe

Marriage Amendment May Boost Bush But Not Pass:

“This is a common political ploy, reacting to some controversial court decision by supporting a constitutional amendment,” said University of Minnesota communications professor Edward Schiappa. “It will gain support from the religious right but no such amendment is ever going to pass.”

It’s true; there are knee-jerk reactions like this to almost evey controversy in the US. I’d be not one bit surprised if someone introduced an amendment recommending the death penalty for anyone caught exposing a breast on national TV. The lunatic fringe needs something to rally ’round, after all…

While I don’t like the tone it sets, nor do I much care for being used as a political football, I’m strangely optimistic that Congress and the assorted state legislatures will realize that this is just not the sort of thing we put in the Constitution. I think we learned at least THAT much from Prohibition…

23 February 2004

Well put:

I firmly believe in the fact that if you live in a bigger or more famous city, it doesn’t automatically make you better than anyone. It’s not a badge of merit because you moved somewhere where there is more to do.

That said, here’s something to do if you’re bored Friday night: join Mark and me for our semi-public wedding reception, 8:00 at Tads Steaks on Powell Street. And since we’re not springing for dinner, so you don’t even have to bring a present…

Thanks

Thanks to everyone for the good wishes, website mentions, etc. For any of you who want to say hello in public, Mark and I are pondering a little semi-publuc gathering at Tad’s Steaks on Powell Street. I hesitate to call it a reception, because that suggests that we’re buying dinner for everyone. Alas, this is not the case, but we’d love to see you anyway. Watch this space for more details…

BTW, if you’re interested in seeing just what this weekend’s festivities looked like, this is the place to go. We were lucky enough to have this particular photgrapher as our escort/witness for the ceremony, and he even shot the video you may have seen yesterday…