It seems that when things happen, they happen all at once. After enjoying a week off during Thanksgiving, I threw my back out the Saturday after the holiday. This happens from time to time, and it is always an annoyance and a reminder that I’m getting older. So the Monday after Thanksgiving I returned to… Continue reading
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It’s not easy, like Sunday Morning
As I catch up on my Sunday morning social media updates, news and posts about kittens and baby elephants being saved, I’m reminded that in my adopted home (the land of the free), there are still so many people who are willingly engaging in a hateful discourse about groups of people. I’m a believer in… Continue reading
Submission to Australian Inquiry Relating to Marriage
I missed the deadline (damn timezones) for submitting my comments relating to the Australian Senate Inquiry, so I decided to post it here. Committee Secretary Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee PO Box 6100 Parliament House Canberra ACT 2600 By email: legcon.sen@aph.gov.au Subject: The matter of a popular vote, in the form of a plebiscite… Continue reading
Aussie, aussie, aussie … oi! oi! bully!
Growing up, we lived our life fairly simply. I didn’t realize that at the time, but I’ve come to appreciate that the summers were a time to be outside playing with your friends, reading a good book out in the back yard under the plum trees, and walking to the fish and chip shop for… Continue reading
Hypocrites, traitors, oh my
What I’ve learned from reading the variety of commentary on the blogs, Facebooks and Twitters is that the SCOTUS will make decisions that some people agree with, and others don’t. To criticize the court for a decision on marriage, is the same to criticize the court for allowing corporations to inject money into politics (Citizens… Continue reading
dignity in the eyes of the law
From the majority decision of the Supreme Court of the United States written by Justice Kennedy: No union is more profound than marriage, for it embodies the highest ideals of love, fidelity, devotion, sacrifice, and family. In forming a marital union, two people become something greater than once they were. As some of the petitioners… Continue reading
Let’s Just Walk Around and See
“Let’s just walk around, and see things,” might sound simple enough to most, but when in Washington D.C. this can be a dangerous thing. So we did walk … and walk … and walk. My Fitbit tells me that we covered 14.47 miles this day. But sites we did see. Chris had chosen a great… Continue reading
Road Trip Continues – Nashville to DC
No visit to Nashville is complete without the obligatory photo at the Grand Ol’ Opry at Opryland (given we were staying at just around the corner at the Courtyard Opryland). Check. Next we once again looked to Yelp to help us find a hidden gem for breakfast, and we were thrilled to find Biscuits and… Continue reading
The Trip to D.C.
I’m not sure what we were thinking. Packing two exchange students in a car of a road trip to and from Washington D.C. seemed like a good idea at the time, and to be honest – it turned out to be exactly that. Tong and Tommy were troopers, and I’d thought I’d document – in… Continue reading