My mother called me tonight – I already knew, I think, because there’s no other reason she would be calling me at well-past-bedtime Eastern. Her mother, my grandmother, my last living grandparent, died in the hospital this morning. It wasn’t terribly unexpected; she was 95, she’s been in pretty ill health for a while and [...]
The Queen, who a) believes her father to be a cruel tyrant with the sole motivation of making her life miserable, and b) hates cooking (up to and including microwaving a TV dinner), spontaneously made breakfast in bed for her dad on Father’s Day. Okay, it was toast and Grape Nuts, but there was no [...]
Tagged fathers, holiday, kidsPros: Cool architecture. The bench is only slightly raised, instead of being higher than God as is not uncommon in many courts. Apparently the Justices do not have something to prove. Their cafeteria food is actually pretty decent. Marble, and plenty of it. Just admitted Mythago to the Supreme Court bar. Cons: Supreme Court gift [...]
Tagged Law, SCOTUS, TravelI love Portland, but it does have that pretentious thing going on, which is also why I love Cat and Girl.
Tagged cat and girl, portlandUrsula LeGuin has a funny essay cautioning against actually meeting the writer behind the breathtaking works of genuis that you love to read, because you might find out that the creative genius is kind of a weirdo who mumbles and has bizarre theories about tungsten poisoning. Well, Jonathan Tweet just managed to prove LeGuin right. [...]
Tagged Angry, Dumbth, GamingNow that Vermont has legalized same-sex marriage by overriding a gubernatorial veto, the bigot squad is going to back off, right? After all, their real beef was with imaginary activist judges, and this was a decision made by elected officials. Oh, wait, the National Organization for Marriage begs to differ: But we take heart in [...]
Tagged Law, Politics, queer, VermontSamwise is kind of avoiding me today because I am stalking around muttering under my breath about how the fucking Baby Boomer generation needs to grow the fuck up, after reading an article that exemplifies everything about the stereotype of the ivory-tower policy wonk you can imagine. Frank Micciche writes about how the recession is [...]
Tagged Angry, Boomsday, Dumbth, finance, Frank Micchice, recession, taxes