Last night the Washington State Senate passed a bill to expand domestic partnership rights from 23 to 197 of the 480 married couples have. This bill (The Domestic Partners Bill 2SHB 3014) already passed the House. Next step, Gregoire ( Read more... )

I think it's ironic that America as a whole believes itself to be the forerunner of civil rights and liberties. We look at the world from our ivory tower and tell them that their cultural practices, their way of governing isn't humane, or worth anything. Yet as numerous states this November voted yes on initiatives to limit citizens' civil right to ( Read more... )

WTF Joe Lieberman?

Also, a big preliminary fuck you to Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Virginia, and Wisconsin. No really. Fuck you.

( Inflamatory Abortion-related rant )

So far, today has been a productive and good day. Or at least a satisfying one ( Read more... )

It's pretty strange that when I'm feeling very sorry for myself things tend to happen that make me realize either a). Life really does suck, or b). Be happy 'cause it could get worse. Fortunately, today I've chosen to go with option b ( Read more... )

Today is my mother's birthday, also known as the day Ene can feel so profoundly inadequate that it borders on tragic comedy.
( Mother Amusement )

I've never seen Dane Cook's standup before now ( Read more... )

I hate those damn rubber wristbands ( Read more... )

I do this all the time. I open up a Phoenix window to post in LJ, and then it gets buried in other things. By the time I get to it, I've completely forgotten why I'd opened it in the first place ( Read more... )

What could be better than an icon that mixes Harry Potter and Airplane? Nothing, I say ( Read more... )