Waiting....Waiting

I don't think that I have as bright of hopes for today as Andrew does, but I really need his hopes for tomorrow right now.

Prop 8 Results
Here's the page for results. Only 24 percent now reporting. So hang in. I can't get it to load right now. But I'll keep trying. I sure haven't lost hope on this. But I will say this, whatever happens. We will win this in the end. We must never let popular votes affect our own internal sense of our worth, our equality, our dignity as human beings. Our marriages are real; all that is at issue is whether a majority will recognize them in law. The next generation already does. We shall overcome. Do not be discouraged. But we may still win.

Here's to doing the right thing

Here's to doing the right thing.

Funny campaign video

(Well, when the 1st of May rolled around, I didn't get the post up that I wanted in a timely manner. I am trying something new here. Blogger lets you set an auto post date, and so that's what I will try to do. )

Well, tomorrow is the day.

I like Les Miserables. I still haven't finished the book, but I have seen the Broadway production numerous times. So I have to admit that I was tickled to see the following on Andrew Sullivan's blog a week ago.

Productivity sink

(Well, I can thank Dwight Silverman of the Houston Chronicle for this. )

We woke up late this morning. I rushed around getting the kids up. Most of the family was getting up a half hour late. Megan was getting up an hour late (Don't get me started on how my 6 year old daughter already needs more time to get ready then anyone else in the house). I took over some of their morning chores, and tried to get them moving as fast as possible.

Everyone got underway on time. Except me. And it's not because I was doing their morning chores. It was because of twitter. I pulled up the web page as everyone was leaving, and saw this.

Needless to say, I lost another 30 minutes to that this morning.

It's 8 years later, and they're back

Taking a break over lunch, I visited a few blogs that I read. One of them had a few videos posted in a poll, trying to get one to promote. I'll show my favorite next week, but I thought this was funny enough to post.

To me, and to Wikipedia, it looks like at least some of the same actors from the original ad back around 2000. I thought the original ad campaign wasn't bad, but I think I liked the parodies more. Maybe that's one of the reasons that I like this one.

Muslim McCain Fans Confront Intolerance At Rally

I have seen video of a lot of intolerant religious talk. I agree with one of the young men in this video. You can question someone's ties, and policies, without being intolerant of their religion.



Update 2008-10-21 11:34 AM CDT:
How disappointing. I would love to hear what he has to say. Maybe he'll receive permission soon.

I Gave

Last Sunday, Tammy and I drove back from Houston as quickly as we could. We were planning on attending the March of Dimes fundraiser in the Fort Worth Botanical Gardens. It was another event where local chef's get together and cook and everyone samples their cooking. In this case, they weren't competing against each other, but most of them did provide the items for the live auction. There were also silent auction items up for bid. These were donated by local businesses.

The live auction was great, but it was punctuated by a few personal speeches from people who had benefited form the March of Dimes, as well as a video of the chef's and some March of Dimes kids painting the centerpiece.

Those videos were moving. I was in tears after the last one. I had to go to the bathroom and dry my eyes. I was ready to bid on the artwork. And then they started outside of my price range. I was really tempted to bid anyway. I didn't. I don't know where we would have put it anyway. But it was really tempting.

I can do the next best thing, online.


Update: I altered the post time to reflect now, rather then the day I started this post. Also here are a few pictures of the auction book: