Post this on your LJ if you're in an opposite-sex marriage and you don't want it to be "protected" by the bigots who think that gay marriage cheapens or hurts it somehow.Seriously y'all, I saw the shittiest fucking thing this morning on my way to the gym. Huge throngs of people were marching down both sides of a major thoroughfare in our town ( Read more... )

I've been in a very dark mood the past couple of days. We went to discuss preparations yesterday with Eric's venerable Grandma B, about whom I have spoken before (we're having a small mostly-family party at her house after the bat mitzvah, which Eric and I are solely responsible for setting up/arranging/cleaning up after) and I cried in front of ( Read more... )

Eric's father called last night for him; thankfully, Eric was out doing laundry and I was putting the kids down for the night and didn't get to the phone in time. I called Eric to let him know and waited for him to call me back and tell me what happened ( Read more... )

Just found this little turd in my e-mail box from my stepmother-in-law ( Read more... )

Like most everyone these days, I've been following the story of the Virginia Tech shooting. It's all over but the axe-grinding now as the talking heads subdivide a tragedy into opportunities to advance their own agendas: more gun control, less gun control, stricter campus security, etc ( Read more... )

Wow, a second visit from fire engines and paramedics to our block today! Joy.

I fucking hate this neighborhood. It's so crowded I'm afraid an actual fire would consume the block within minutes.

Last night I went to my temple's service for Tisha B'Av. It was the first time I'd ever been to a service for that particular holiday.

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Hey, thanks for nothing, fuckface ( Read more... )

After much soul-searching, I've decided to start looking for work.

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Just in case some of you folks thought I was overreacting when I worried about the possibility of hate crime against me and my children ( Read more... )