1. American Citizens, having long enjoyed a history of bearing arms for the reasons of sporting, sustenance, and personal security, shall not be unreasonably restricted from owning and bearing arms suitable for such purposes ( Read more... )

...for an old high school friend ( Read more... )

My wife just called; she found our sun conure, Pumpkin, dead inside her favorite hiding box.

Goodbye, my precious pretty pirate parrot!

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It is with great joy that I retire my 'Marriage Equality' icon. Thanks SCOTUS - or at least 5 of you - for doing the right thing!

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 Yesterday morning, at 9:40 mountain time, my mom finally passed away.

Sadly, 'she who bore me' was not killed in a freestyle match (she was a bit of a Trekkie!), but instead finally was brought down by a stroke in her spine... She was too stubborn to let her cancer take her! Despite her stubbornness, when she finally decided it was time she passed ( Read more... )

Another step towards retiring this userpic!

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/05/19/1300452/-Judge-rules-for-marriage-equality-in-Oregon?detail=hideThis entry was originally posted at http://ironjeff.dreamwidth.org/175249.html. Please comment here or there but I'll get your ( Read more... )

...that leads us inexorably to polygamous marriage to children and animals.

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/05/09/1298210/-Breaking-Arkansas-State-Circuit-Judge-Chris-Piazza-Overturns-State-Marriage-Ban

Congrats, Arkansas ( Read more... )

No, not California... My ex-wife lives in (slightly) red New Mexico, however, with her wife and family. Tomorrow she will be sworn-in as a US Citizen ( Read more... )

3 types of tomato, 2 zucchini, 4 colors of bell peppers, and a jalapeno in the raised beds; some more delicate herbs in hanging pots ( Read more... )

I know anecdotes are not data, and that weather is not climate, BUT ( Read more... )