Entries from July 2003

Gay marriage?

Date July 30, 2003

Alan hits the solution to the Gay Marriage issue right on the head: why does the State “even care”:http://www.alanmacey.com/index.php?m=20030730 how the God defines marriage? Isn’t that a *religious* decision?

Noises.

Date July 30, 2003

One thing you do *not* want to hear in Arlington is an explosion. But that’s what we heard last night. Sarah, a friend of ours, and I were watching some Mystery Science Theater shorts last night when there was a sound very much like a shotgun shot _right behind us_. Or an electrical transformer blowing [...]

Not electable, my ass.

Date July 28, 2003

The Dean campaign set a fundraising goal this weekend of $250,000 — to match the $250,000 Cheney is supposed to make tonight at some sort of fundraising gig. Well, as of 6:30 PM they’ve “raised $441,997.28 from 8,433 contributors”:http://blog.deanforamerica.com/archives/000843.html. That’s an average donation of $52.41.
When I hear people talk about how Dean doesn’t have mass [...]

Hard to claim a moral victory…

Date July 28, 2003

Iraqis meet the new boss, same as the old boss: “we’re taking hostages in Iraq”:http://www.atrios.blogspot.com/2003_07_27_atrios_archive.html#105940140351785819.

Now this is more like it.

Date July 26, 2003

Fresh from the disappointment that is BuyMusic.com, I tried another service: “Rhapsody”:http://www.listen.com/, a subscription service recommended by a friend and a person or two on the ScriptyGoddess thread on BuyMusic. Rhapsondy *is* a subscription service, but then I like subscription services.
I don’t think I even bothered to check this one out when it started. Streaming [...]