I've not been taking care of my cuticles lately, so they tear and get those annoying staph infections. Adding to the bother is the extent to which I still sunburn; cue more redness and swelling. Frustrating. But for a moment, I stopped and thought. My body, without my being particularly aware of it, is responding to threats. It's working to protect ( Read more... )

I feel like I should make this point clear to my non-law friends: while the decision of the California Supreme Court is unfortunate, the Court's hands were essentially tied. The issue being argued was not whether Prop 8 was wrong, or hateful, or a product of the LDS; the issue was whether it was an 'amendment' (requiring only a simple majority of ( Read more... )

Mildred Loving, of the landmark Loving v. Virginia decision, passed on today. I can only hope that forty years from now, we'll look back at the various DOMAs the way we look back today on the anti-miscegenation laws: to ask, how did that take so long? There is no rational reason not to allow gay people to marry, just as there was no rational reason ( Read more... )

Verbatim Ron Paul ad: 'Repeal birthright citizenship ( Read more... )

So I get my deposit back- or rather, some of it. This excites me, initially; I look forward to maybe spending the deposit on some clothing, or putting it into savings. Then ni_q comes home, looks at it, and points out that under the state's Residential Landlord-Tenant Act, they should have provided the refund, and list of deductions from it, within 14 ( Read more... )