1 month ago
Andy Baio : Librarian responds to complaint about "Uncle Bobby's Wedding" - incredibly thoughtful and well-reasoned defense of a mildly controversial children's book [via]
philgyford : Myliblog: Uncle Bobby's Wedding - Imagine if every complaint about anything received a reply this thoughtful. (via Kottke)
wearehugh : myliblog: Uncle Bobby's Wedding - librarians can say "fuck you" better than anyone else
Eric Meyer : Uncle Bobby's Wedding - Now that is one fantastic response.
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gleuschk : Fishing Party (Ftrain.com) - possibly my favorite all-time ftrain
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14 month ago
deusx : Survey: Men Happiest With Smart Wives - Living Now on The Huffington Post - "Men in search of true happiness should steer clear of bimbos and dumb blondes: research shows men are happiest if they marry smart women."
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nelson : Gays in online games - General roundup of gay and lesbian issues in online MMOGs and others
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19 month ago
jimray : Washington Defense of Marriage Alliance - Clever, very clever
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19 month ago
deusx : Ballot: Married People Must Have Kids -- Tuesday, Feb. 06, 2007 -- Page 1 -- TIME - "Proponents of same-sex marriage have introduced a ballot measure that would require heterosexual couples to have a child within three years or have their marriages annulled."
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20 month ago
deusx : bilerico.com: The dirty underbelly - "Tell me the stories that will embarrass those conservative bigots that are backing a constitutional ban on our formalized relationships. Send me gossip about who's a philanderer, a kink fiend, a drug addict, a porn addict, or had a divorce, an abortion o
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21 month ago
jkottke : Some couples are waiting to get married until gays and lesbians have the right to marry - Some couples are waiting to get married until gays and lesbians have the right to marry.
plasticbag : Some straight couples are deciding not to get married until it's a universal right that gay people can exercise too - It's a lovely sentiment, and the people concerned really have all my respect for making this choice. I think it's more of an indication of personal morality than a political campaigning move though. None the worse for that of course...
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26 month ago
deusx : Bligbi - 10 Reasons Why Gay Marriage Will Ruin Society - "Being gay is not natural. Real Americans always reject unnatural things like eyeglasses, polyester, and air conditioning."
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deusx : Crooks and Liars - "It doesn't say much for the class of pundits representing Democratic values when Stewart so easily defeats them."
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27 month ago
deusx : Clipmark: Damien, Demons and Dubya - "Wrestling with Iraq and Iran have worn down W., and he knows, as we do, that a couple of middle-aged guys who want to tie the knot in Provincetown is not the worst threat America faces."
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27 month ago
deusx : Fact-Checking the President's Statement on the Marriage Amendment - Center for American Progress - "FACT: A constitutional amendment will silence the voices of millions of Americans today and those of generations to come."
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27 month ago
deusx : Senate rejects amendment on gay marriage - Yahoo! News - "Why is it when Republicans are all for reducing the federal government's impact on people's lives until it comes to these stinging litmus test issues, whether gay marriage or end of life they suddenly want the federal government to intervene?"
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27 month ago
deusx : CNN.com - Dobbs:Gay marriage amendment sheer nonsense - Jun 7, 2006 - "I believe most Americans are far more concerned about their declining real wages and the lack of real creation of quality jobs than the insulting insertion of wedge issues into the national dialogue and political agenda."
Eric Meyer : Gay marriage amendment sheer nonsense - What he said. Fix the real problems first-- THEN we can argue about who gets to marry whom.
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28 month ago
deusx : CNN.com - Bush to promote gay marriage amendment - Jun 1, 2006 - "This is fundamentally both a civil rights and religious freedom issue and the president's position of supporting amending the constitution is just dead wrong,"
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28 month ago
jkottke : Apple has time lapse movies of the first 24 hours of the new Apple Store on 5th Avenue in NYC - Apple has time lapse movies of the first 24 hours of the new Apple Store on 5th Avenue in NYC. For those that don't live in or have never been to NYC, click on 4am to see how crowded the streets still are in some parts of the city, even in the middle of t
Rod Begbie : Apple Store - Fifth Avenue - Apple is posting time-lapse videos of the first 24 hours outside their new NYC store. Respect is due to the person in that 5am video who uses the camera to propose marriage! [via] #
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29 month ago
deusx : Blogging Points: How To Be A Good Christian Wife - "I've re-written the list and I hope it helps as many women reading this as it has helped in the past. "
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31 month ago
gleuschk : Tips for an engaged couple merging their finances? | Ask MetaFilter - various solutions
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31 month ago
deusx : Altruistic Love Related to Happier Marriages - Yahoo! News - "Whatever, altruism and happiness seem to go together in the realm of love." Again, surprised that this is a surprise.
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32 month ago
Matthew M. Boedicker : why not to buy diamonds
jimray : Ten reasons why you should never accept a diamond ring - I fucking hate DeBeers
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33 month ago
plasticbag : 'Gay weddings' first for Belfast - "Two women, Shannon Sickles and Grainne Close, exchanged vows at Belfast City Hall, followed by a gay couple and another lesbian couple." Lovely. And about time, frankly.
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34 month ago
gleuschk : Marriage Licenses: Lake County, IL - half-price compared to Cook county
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34 month ago
gleuschk : We've got so much blog we don't know where to put it all - megnut.com - five years. wow. and congrats to jason and meg.
plasticbag : Five years after Meg and Jason were featured in the New Yorker's weblogging article, Meg has an announcement to make. - "So for everyone who's been reading for five years, I just wanted you to know: a few months ago Jason and I got engaged. We're going to be married early next year."
Andy Baio : Meg Hourihan and Jason Kottke get engaged - five years after You've Got Blog; a warm and wonderful congrats, you two [via]
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