Q10 as a typewriter replacement

I love typewriters. They give me the chance to not get on "fucking" Facebook for an hour. I can concentrate on what's in my head. But my typewriter collection is out of hand, so I think I'm switching to Q10.

Five Hundred Thousand Words

It's true that he can stare at her face and guess wrongly that she's angry, because that's the mask she wears to distance him. She's accustomed to that mask. She sculpted that mask so carefully with her own experiences. But if he knew how she really felt, he'd cry with her. She knows that humans are clunky, bio-chemical organisms and she commands five hundred thousand words in her language, yet her poet's laboring lifetime can barely string them together to simply communicate one hour's worth of real emotions to a few meager souls. So inside she laughs, cries, screams, elates, shivers -- but she can't find the time to write the poetry that would move his soul, and even if she did, he doesn't read poetry.

BTW Podcast - the new Btalk?

So it's rather difficult to subscribe to the the BTW Podcast (apparently, the new BTalk) in iTunes. It took me a while to figure it out.

BTW Podcast

So there's the link in case you're looking for it! Just click "subscribe in iTunes" and it should add it to your podcast list.

Stupidly cute kitten

Stupidly cute kitten.

Letter to Newsweek

Dear Newsweek editors,

I have many religious friends who accept me for who I am: Catholics, Protestants, Jews, Muslims and believers in Native American spiritual traditions (Navajo) alike.

I also have many friends who are part of these religions, most especially Catholics and Protestants. A large majority of their families accept them for who they are.

It is my personal opinion that a majority of the people in this country (and also the post-industrial world) don't believe that homosexuality is an abomination.

Recently, it was pointed out to me that you published an article (Gay Marriage: Our Mutual Joy) reflecting my opinion when it comes to religion and gayness (particularly gay marriage).

Thank you for that.

I also am aware that you received a bitter reaction to the article from (I assume) members of religious right. Understandably, such a reaction might seem scary to you, to your publishers, and to your corporate sponsors. However, I would like to remind you that "the squeaky wheel gets the grease" and that such a bulk of mail from one group does not mean that group's views represent a belief per-capita. It just means they hate more effectively.

In fact, the opposite may be true since they have organized themselves against gays on behalf of their own agenda. Their hatred is neither random nor representative, but rather focused. The sun, when focused through a magnifying class, can certainly burn an ant. They want to burn us, Newsweek, and it is your job to stop their childish destruction. You've already spanked them for bad behavior. Now please ignore their temper tantrum and send them to their rooms without dinner.

P.S. -- I quote, "no sensible modern person wants marriage — theirs or anyone else's — to look in its particulars anything like what the Bible describes". I believe some on the religious right would like to have marriage according to the Bible (for instance, Mormons): polygamy, wife-selling, surrogates, slaves, servants and all. Keep that in mind when you rebuff their reactions.

-Me

Lazy Soap Day

So this morning I was too lazy to actually leave the shower, go to the cabinet and get a new bar of soap. Instead, I used an old bar of SafeGuard that mom had left behind. Normally, I'm very soap-conscious, but today I just felt lazy.

Well. That was a mistake.

When I got to my office this morning I took off my jacket. Much to my chagrin, I smell like a urinal cake.

Why, oh why, would anyone design soap that smells like urinal cake?

La-la-la

Okay, so Proposition 8 in California passed. Gay people are now constitutionally discriminated against. I never thought, of all places, California would be a hate state. Never. Arkansas, yes. Missouri, yes. Arizona, maybe. But California? Isn't that the gay state? I mean, I think it's their official state motto or something.

Anyway, I'm happy Obama got himself elected. Could you imagine Palin in office? Wow.

I'm also happy that my state went back to 100% liberal. All 5 of our national representatives (2 senators, 3 house members) are now Dems. Good for us. We're not as backward as people think!

Hmm. What else? I went to the podiatrist. He gave me a new foot wrap and some injected steroids. I have plantar fasciitis. Yay! Or, not really. It sucks and will take months to heal. I probably got it by walking around Las Vegas for 72 hours. Those freaking casinos are huge.

Anyway, what else? Not much of public interest. Semi-private thoughts are reserved for the Livejournal blog.

Early Voting at University of New Mexico (UNM)

We can vote early at UNM this year.

Donate to Stop Proposition 8 - Keep Marriage Legal

Okay, so I've not posted in over a year. I guess I got burned out on the blogging thing.

Lately, the bug to write and to be active again hit me.

California legalized gay marriage, and the social conservatives are trying to take that right away. Proposition 8 in California will take away that right.

I live in New Mexico, so the only thing I could do was to donate money.

As a poor graduate student, I don't have much to give, but I did it anyway.

And so should you.

Donate here. Give $25. That's a night of movies and popcorn. There are an estimated 15-30 million gay men and women in this nation. If a fraction of those give $25, the EQCA (Equality California) will have enough money to buy enough ads to stop proposition 8 and make equality legal in California (at least until the next election, when the opposition will no doubt sink their money into the pit again).

The Silver Surfer Goes Surfing