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Congratulations, New York!
Jun. 24th, 2011 11:11 pmWe were watching Gnomeo & Juliet (very funny, see it, plus it has Elton John music and Patrick Stewart as Will Shakespeare) when it happened. New York now has gay marriage. I gather it wasn't any of this pussy foot wimp-out "civil union" stuff like Illinois did either. California, hang your head in shame for dragging your feet for so long.
It's funny. Back in 1973 and 74, when we were just getting into the swing of protests and demonstrations, and really starting to show numbers even though people threw eggs and tomatoes at us (or worse) I don't think we ever thought the movement would come so far in our own lifetimes. Perhaps there is hope that the human race will grow up after all.
Nah, what am I saying. Look at the Middle East, look at Africa... If it ever happens, it's going to take thousands of years still.
Not that I've ever thought gay marriage was a big goal. I've always said that "marriage" is a religious concept, and the state should get out of the marriage business entirely. But I'm rational, moreso than most people in the US I guess. The screaming hypocrisy of people like Newt Gingrich insisting that we have to "defend the sanctity of marriage" when none of his legal marriages have lasted as long as my same sex partnership just cried out for this. And now we are seeing it. As the big states go, so will the rest, even the holdouts like Kentucky and West Virginia. If necessary, the federal courts will force it on them, just as they did with interracial marriages.
If only we could get a decent national health care plan instead of this abomination congress has dumped on us, I'd be happy.
On another front, DECnet working perfectly on three machines at the library. It works at home too, except that one pairing is unidirectional. It has to be a configuration issue. A can connect to B or C, B can connect to A or C, C can connect to A but not to B. Makes no sense, but I can't find the flaw. Even putting the configuration files from one site alongside those from the other doesn't reveal the issue.
Fireflies have appeared. Flashing their little green lights at us through the glass, making what looks like Morse code until you try to read it and it comes out in Japanese or something. Catalpa trees flowered and within just a couple of days dropped everything in the wind and rain. Sad. Those are one of my most favorite flowers. They smell so nice and look so tropical.
It's funny. Back in 1973 and 74, when we were just getting into the swing of protests and demonstrations, and really starting to show numbers even though people threw eggs and tomatoes at us (or worse) I don't think we ever thought the movement would come so far in our own lifetimes. Perhaps there is hope that the human race will grow up after all.
Nah, what am I saying. Look at the Middle East, look at Africa... If it ever happens, it's going to take thousands of years still.
Not that I've ever thought gay marriage was a big goal. I've always said that "marriage" is a religious concept, and the state should get out of the marriage business entirely. But I'm rational, moreso than most people in the US I guess. The screaming hypocrisy of people like Newt Gingrich insisting that we have to "defend the sanctity of marriage" when none of his legal marriages have lasted as long as my same sex partnership just cried out for this. And now we are seeing it. As the big states go, so will the rest, even the holdouts like Kentucky and West Virginia. If necessary, the federal courts will force it on them, just as they did with interracial marriages.
If only we could get a decent national health care plan instead of this abomination congress has dumped on us, I'd be happy.
On another front, DECnet working perfectly on three machines at the library. It works at home too, except that one pairing is unidirectional. It has to be a configuration issue. A can connect to B or C, B can connect to A or C, C can connect to A but not to B. Makes no sense, but I can't find the flaw. Even putting the configuration files from one site alongside those from the other doesn't reveal the issue.
Fireflies have appeared. Flashing their little green lights at us through the glass, making what looks like Morse code until you try to read it and it comes out in Japanese or something. Catalpa trees flowered and within just a couple of days dropped everything in the wind and rain. Sad. Those are one of my most favorite flowers. They smell so nice and look so tropical.
