http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/05/15/same.sex.marriage/index.html

The California Supreme Court struck down the ban on same-sex marriage.

Is it mean of me to hope, just a little bit, that Scalia gets photographed soon in a passionate and unmistakeably ( Read more... )

In case you haven't seen it yet, I urge you to visit my Lady's journal to read the featured chalkboard for our new (fictional) bistro, Nom!

Heh.

http://mail.google.com/mail/help/customtime/index.html

"This morning I put instant coffee in the microwave and I almost went back in time." - Steven Wright

I'm on a ten-minute break in a week of all-day meetings. I've got another one coming up at 3pm or so.

What's on your mind?

For my friends, a taste of hot sweets for a cold day: http://youtube.com/watch?v=pV_eeDKzqlM.

Happy new year, all.

-rm

1 1/2 cups heavy cream ( Read more... )

...In which a deaf man fitted with a cochlear implant badgers researchers until he finds implant software that will allow him to hear -- and enjoy -- his beloved Bolero. And then?

Chorost, Michael. "My Bionic Quest for Bolero." Wired November. 2005: 144-158.

"And some music just leaves me cold: I can't even get through Kraftwerk's Tour de France. ( Read more... )

Rosa Parks will be the first woman to lie in honor in the Capitol Rotunda.