Federal Recognition of Same-Sex Marriage?
From SecState Rice, of all people, USA Today notes:
WASHINGTON — At a State Department ceremony this week, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice warmly acknowledged the family members of Mark Dybul, whom she was swearing in as the nation’s new global AIDS coordinator.
As first lady Laura Bush looked on, Rice singled out his partner, Jason Claire, [...]
Shakespearean Daily Diss
“Yond gull is turned heathen, a very renegado; for there is
no Christian that means to be saved by believing rightly
can ever believe such impossible passages of grossness.” –Twelfth Night, 3.2.66-69
Here Was a Royal Fellowship of Death
Crooked Timber comments on the recent estimate:
The Lancet paper by Burnham et al. study estimates about 655,000 excess deaths in Iraq for the period of March 2003 to July of 2006, of which about 600,000 are directly attributable to violence—an appalling number. Right-wing reaction has been, understandably, that the 600,000 estimate is unbelievably high. (Tim [...]
Shakespearean Daily Diss
“If you have any music that may not be heard, to’t again.” –Othello, 3.1.16
Gratuitous Video Feed
MIT computer simulates engineering environment. It’s a lot cooler than it sounds.
Shakespearean Daily Diss
“What a disgrace
it is to me to remember thy name, or to know
thy face to-morrow.” –Henry IV, Part 2, 2.2.12-14
FanLit Pimpage
I posted a rather silly promo a few minutes ago for my entry in Avon’s FanLit contest:
“Beautifully written.” –daisycat
“Well said, Mr. Darcy.” –lildandy
“Oh, Mr. Darcy. Le Sigh.” –skirbo
“Cute, but nothing happens.” –krliul
“Wait…what?” –ErvinA
Think that Lord Coulter is, despite his obvious charm, just a bit of a thickie? [...]
Shakespearean Daily Diss
“I count it but time
lost to hear such a foolish song.” –As You Like It, 5.3.43-44
Shakespearean Daily Diss
“What, no attendance? No regard? No duty?” –The Taming of the Shrew, 4.1.113
FanLit? No Kidding?
After weeks of listening to Lynne talk about Avon’s FanLit contest, I have actually entered. You read that right. As sick as I had become of reading entry after entry with the same characters in often similar situations (scintillating writing and marvelous parodies excepted), I leaped at an idea that she considered and [...]
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