witness your union, are probably going to be prevented from being in the judges chambers. They're funny about crowds. As somebody considering this, I love in plumpton wall already have everything I need (mostly in the form of a good woman), and wouldnt want or expect and (- mandate) no presents. Also, if I decide to have a party after the legal event my friends are gonna give me something whether I ask them or not, so it isnt impolite or tacky to tell people who spend their hard earned money on you, because they care, what means the most to you. In fact, Ive seen people do things like put a list of the excursions they want to take on their honeymoon on their registry, in lieu of any actual gifts. Who needs another fucking frying pan or a gravy boat? My friends, lacking direction would be buying me new camoflage carharts or another duck gun. You'll be more likely to remember the experience and who gave it do you than the his and hers towels if you speak up. Traditions die hard.

I work in an industry dominated by youth, especially men. Sometimes I forget that, and it still surprises me that some of our cooks are half my age, but the younger folks are growing up in very different circumstances; circumstances we helped pave the way. I'm used to being the only fill-in-the-blank in any given environment, but anectodally, I plenty of change. Those half my age are either out and comfortable about it, or consider the gheys a mundane part of the landscape like anything. Aside from myself, two of our staff are out, another used to ID as a lesbian but recently figured out she was bi (her mother said she liked it better when she was, the new boyfriend isn't up to snuff), and a third is str8 but was raised by two moms and extended lesbian family, so she considers herself as having twelve moms. I'm hoping she shows up with all of them at some point. How ago was any of this mundane? It hasn't been that, and it's going to keep going, no matter what the power-mad haters wish.

1. Hijackers caused the fiasco. 2. Bush AND Congress AND the Senate ALL looked at multiple sources of intelligence to determine if there was a possibility of WMDs in (considering that Saddam Hussein ALREADY USED THESE WEAPONS ON THE KURDS, it wasn't such a stretch). 3. Is this sympathy for the poor Guantanamo prisoners? If these nutcases drove planes into the building where you worked (like they did to ME), trust me, you'd have no qualms about the torture thing. 4. The -/- fiasco originated with ACORN, who, through bullying members of Congress, got credit standards lowered so EVERYONE could own a house, thus, laying the groundwork for the housing defaults, when poor people realized that you have to earn money and pay your mortgage in order to actually OWN a home. 5. I'd say wins the award for worst Prez.