GPOYW: Enjoying the view, originally uploaded by JW Doom.

No, really.

GPOYW: my second favorite redhead, originally uploaded by JW Doom.

Mmmm, Wendy’s…..

America isn’t ready for gay marriage. Like I alluded to above, Oregon of all places banned gay marriage (once again, I voted against that). The obvious rejoinder is America wasn’t ready for civil rights in the ’60s. Clearly America was at least a little more ready. Or maybe the opposition wasn’t as organized, or maybe the disdain wasn’t as deep. In any event, to your rejoinder I say, “Well lah-dee-dah.” This isn’t the ’60s and gay marriage isn’t civil rights. Hell, I’ve said this before so I’ll just quote myself.

Your one-sided moral outrage is just as reprehensible as theirs. A LOT of Americans view moral considerations as at least equal to fiscal or legal considerations. In a democracy their view is just as important and valid (I repeat JUST AS VALID) as yours.

In a democracy, opposing gay marriage is just as valid as supporting it. Your opinions and beliefs are not more important or more right than anyone else’s in a democracy, especially if you vote for the losing side. What this means is NORTH CAROLINA GETS TO BAN GAY MARRIAGE, unless the NC or US Supreme Courts say otherwise. That’s how democracy and rule of law works. You don’t get to only like it when votes and decisions go your way (and just to re-reiterate, I voted against Oregon’s gay marriage ban, so save your slurs). Now, the courts haven’t had their final say, but if you’re holding out hope Roberts’ conservative activist Supreme Court will overturn California Prop 8, well, good luck with that.

If it came up on the Oregon ballot, I’d vote to remove the ban. But I gotta be honest, I’m not crazy about gay marriage as a concept. It’s probably the closest to reasonable that we’re going to get, though. Marriage isn’t about love, it’s about making kids to inherit land (and I’ve just saved myself a follow up to this post). I think we should do away with the whole fucking primitive thing. But that’s not going to happen, so gay marriage is a bad second best.

GPOYW: Belts (and backlight), originally uploaded by JW Doom.

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Silly Protest, originally uploaded by JW Doom.

Discounts for everybody!
I didn’t bother walking around to see what it said on the other side. Stupid hippies.

GPOYW: Bad elevator, originally uploaded by JW Doom.

Not my favorite vertical conveyance, this one.

But no. This is the fault of my union’s benefits trust. First they farm everything out to different highly specialized cut rate firms. After that they suck on their own. I’ve never gotten anything but cluelessness from that 800 number. Even a simple question like “how much is this going to cost me” befuddled someone’s grandma I just got off the phone with. Actually I got off the phone with an answering machine, since when I made clear the difficulty I was having getting someone to look at a list I KNOW SOMEONE HAS she transferred me to an entirely unrelated department! Shit, Gam-Gam, sorry I took you away from your cross stitching! Why aren’t you in Florida waiting to die?

These “benefits” might suck, but at least they’re costing me $26 per week! Because my rep is also an idiot. And is old, coincidence? Well, maybe.

I always thought that unions were for shitty workers who needed protection from termination for cause. My membership in one has not changed that opinion.

The yellow face!!, originally uploaded by JW Doom.

Me? I love the sun. Why do you ask?

GPOYW: Whisky, originally uploaded by JW Doom.

The way to enjoy Deadwood fully. *hic*

Else I’d end up an alcoholic fo sho!