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Recession

I occasionally read Andrew Sullivan. So I tuned in today reading a comment from another reader about the recession, when I found this:

The other thing I have realized through all of this is the cruelty and capriciousness in our gay marriage laws (err, bans). As a single person, it never really hit home how cruel having one state who recognizes gay marriage and another who does not really is. You see, my co-worker married his partner a few years back. They have a house, children, cars, the picket fence. (No dog though.) Though we have never spoken about it, it pains me to think that he is facing a choice between finding a career in a different state and retaining his rights (such as they are) as a father and a husband. How many of us are asked by the government to choose between having a happy family and the financial success that encourages that happiness? How can the government say they are a family in Massachusetts but not in Utah, or Pennsylvania, or wherever?

I know people who are moving in order to find a job and support their family. It's one of the possibilities that I am considering, although I doubt I would need to move that far. If I would lose something that is part of who I am in that move, I don't know if I could do it.

A little humor to brighten the day

I recently started reading xkcd. Sometimes it's WAY out there, but today's was funny.
http://xkcd.com/548/

FavoriteSuperbowl ad

After rewatching them this morning, I would have to say that I enjoyed the "Coke Zero: Mean Troy" commercial.


Of course, I think it was regional, but I think the commercil that made the biggest impact on us at the party was the Jack in the Box commercial, in which Jack Box was hit by a bus.


The thing that surprised me most, though, wasn't any of the commercials, but the fact that most of the people that I talked to didn't remember some of the old commercials that I was talking about:

How to Nap

I could really use this right about now. My only concern is that I might get in a habit and it not be available when I get a new job.