This has been around for 2 years, but I've only just seen it:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZFG5PKw504

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I've run into the problem before.

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Passing this on from Mark Bittman, food writer for the New York Times.  He tweeted this article ( Read more... )

First, thanks to all of you who made it out to my birthday shenanigans last night.  Everything worked out great ( Read more... )

I'm so freaking livid I could scream.

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I read this morning that Pastor Rick Warren was going to be giving the invocation at Barack Obama's inauguration.  That made me mad, because I know Rick Warren was one of the outspoken opponents of gay marriage, and helped get Proposition 8 passed.

Then I read this:

This part really reached me: "If you are mad about Rick Warren, I'm not attacking you ( Read more... )

Wow.  This makes me said.

http://tinyurl.com/6kuht9

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valgrl  and I went to JJ Ichiban tonight, one of the numerous Japanese restaurants that have opened up in the Copperfield area in the past 6-8 months.  They've had a write-up in the Houston Press, that made it sound pretty good.

It was great.  Sadly, we were there from 5pm to 7pm, and there were never more than 5-6 customers, including us.  This place ( Read more... )

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It looks like the first African-American president has been elected.  I'm hoping and working towards the day when distinctions like that  won't matter anymore.  But for now, I'm hoping that this result means a step forward, into the future.  I'm hoping that people are going to be willing to make changes, fundamental changes, and put in some hard ( Read more... )