James Nunn Blog

NY Times Editorial

Stephanie Coontz over at the New York Times wrote an opinion piece, “The Heterosexual Revolution” which discusses marriage and how heterosexuals have changed this institution over time. Thanks to Lewis over at Towleroad for...

America, before make-up

Over at Towleroad, Lewis Payton is filling in for Andy while he travels. Lewis's first post was a doozy (read: awesome), and has caused a barrage of comments … well a few at least....

Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness

I normally don't agree with a lot Andrew Sullivan has written, but I enjoyed his essay that he contrbituted to NPR's “This, I believe” program for July 4, 2005. Titled, “Life, Liberty and the...

Damir’s New Job

My friend starts his new job today. Yay!!! Congrats Damir.

War of the (lack of) Words

I've just seen War of the Worlds. I can't say that I enjoyed it. I felt the movie was trying to portray Tom Cruise as something he wasn't (or wasn't capable of playing that...

Those bells are ringing …

Spain officially allows same-gender marriages, adoptions and other “marriage-like” qualities with the passage of bill for the second time in the Spanish lower house (Congress of Deputies). The measure was rejected by the Senate...

Speaking of crashes…

This morning my boo-boo (pet name for my Chevy Malibu) died. On Sunday, after being at the dog park with the boys, we stopped off at the new Kroger on Coit and Hwy 121...

Crash-TV

Interesting movement to turn Crash (the 2005 film with Don Cheadle, Ryan Fellipe, etc) into a weekly series on FX. Originaly seen at ModFab. It will be interesting to see how they do the...

Canada makes it official

According to CNN.com, Canada has made same-gender marriage official. A great quote from the Canadian Prime Minister: “We are a nation of minorities and in a nation of minorities, it is important that you...

Insightful meanderings of a mind elsewhere

I just wanted to share the thoughts of a friend of mine following the speech given by the US President tonight. I think it is one of the more insightful pieces of writing out...