god don't like ugly

georgetown played syracuse today and georgetown decided not to extend the right hand of fellowship to syracuse fans. you see they thought that they could influence the game's outcome by not allowing syracuse fans to attend the game, which makes the final score even that much sweeter!

hoya suxa!!

GO ORANGE!

what a week!

let's start off with a little will.i.am -

i went to sleep last night, tired from the fight ... i woke up this morning feeling brand new cause the dreams that i've been dreaming have finally come true!

that's how i felt earlier this week when the justice department announced that it would no longer defend the defense of marriage act. DOMA has many concerning elements, but for me the most destructive has been the inability to have my partner of 9 years - the one with whom i own a house, a car, retirement savings - on my federal employee health insurance. this has been a huge issue as she is currently self-employed. while i know that the policy change won't happen immediately, it's comforting to know that the end is near.

and now for the fun! dc politics is the stuff of legend. we've had a crack addict mayor who kept getting elected and elected. now we have a council chair - the man responsible for the district's budget - who makes incredibly poor personal financial decisions and is deeply in debt. it should come as no surprise then that he would order a fully loaded luxury suv at a time when the district faces a massive budget deficit.

if that wasn't bad enough, our new mayor - the one for whom i voted and had such high hopes - decided to give a $110,000 patronage appointment to a man with little to no relevant experience and who may or may not be a pedophile. oops!

i think howcanihelp sums it up best with her/his comment on this report -

"dc is quickly turning into the place where clown college dropouts go to die"

beginning again

so i think that i have more to say and will now begin again

don't bother asking because it finally doesn't matter

well done!

with a special thank you to scott brown, susan collins, olympia snow, mark kirk, lisa murkowski, george voinovich, john ensign and richard burr.

reclaimed art

more than two years ago, kristin and i took a trip to buckeystown in search of old doors (to make a bed frame that's still unfinished?@!). we came upon this fantastic old barn door and decided that it would make a great "frame" to display our photographs. we finally hung it today. let me describe before you look at the pictures. the hanging brackets and rod are all plumbing supplies - flanges, nipples, t joints and a piece of galvanized pipe.

christmas cards are the first installation.

where's the cry against obstructionist legislators?

we've heard time and time again that "activist judges" are responsible for ensuring civil rights for all people. so what does it take to ensure the ABSENCE of civil rights for all people? why, obstructionist legislators, of course.

i said where i come from ...

... it's 47 inches of snow over 97 straight hours and everything's open! (apologies to alan jackson)