Planet SOMA lives…
An article in yesterday’s paper had a a subhead which read “The heat blanketing the Bay Area can be explained by laws of physics”. Well, duh. Yes, this is the Bay Area, where stating the obvious over and over again can be somewhat necessary, if only to remind residents that — evil as he may be — George W. Bush is not responsible for ALL bad things. Nor are people who (shudder) drive CARS…
I wouldn’t be terribly surprised to see “Current recession may be result of economic factors” in the Chronicle, nor would I surprised to see the moral outrage which would follow such a statement…
Just wait ’til we see this headline: “High housing costs in California may be related to growth limits”…
So the way to solve the problem of low voter turnout is by allowing 14-year-olds to vote? It’s sort of like solving the unemployment problem by creating thousands of new fast food jobs. Color me unconvinced…
I wore my Elmo shirt to work today. I always get lots of attention when I wear my Elmo shirt. Random strangers come up to me on the street. Evil co-workers even have nice things to say. I guess Elmo has that effect on people. Elmo is good…
I think I’ve finally found the definitive squash casserole recipe. I knew it was going to be good when I saw that it was from the Barclay Cafeteria in Charlotte. I used to love that place, and not just because I could eat there and charge it to my Belk card when I was broke…
I’ve been thinking about Charlotte a lot lately. As a matter of fact, I found the aformentioned recipe by accident while looking to see if the Barclay were still open. I was looking up some of my old haunts and reminiscing about my first years there. But that’s all fodder for another journal entry…
All you need to know now is that Mark and I have set a tentative deadline for moving there. Why? Because we both like Charlotte and we both find SF rather distasteful. Because we want to own a house and not live our lives in an apartment the size of a postage stamp. Because I never want to ride a bus again unless it’s by choice rather than necessity. And because a new health issue involving my mom reminds me that I really want to live closer to my parents again…
It’s made me much happier than I was earlier this week…
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…
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…
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 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…