NY Senator Diane Savino talks about why she supports legalizing gay marriage:



Bestest quotes:

"Turn on the television. We have a wedding channel on cable TV devoted to the behavior of people on the way to the altar. They spend billions of dollars, behave in the most appalling way, all in an effort to be princess for a day. You don't have cable television? Put on network TV. We're giving away husbands on a game show. You can watch The Bachelor, where thirty desperate women will compete to marry a 40-year-old man who has never been able to maintain a decent relationship in his life."

"That's what we've done to marriage in America, where young women are socialized from the time they're five years old to think of being nothing but a bride. They plan every day what they'll wear, how they'll look, the invitations, the whole bit, they don't spend five minutes thinking about what it means to be a wife. People stand up there before god and man even in Senator Diaz's church, they swear to love honor and obey, they don't mean a word of it. So if there's anything wrong with the sanctity of marriage in America, it comes from those of us who have the privilege and the right and have abused it for decades."

"We have nothing to fear from love and commitment."

I really like the Knowledge@W.P. Carey web site, part of ASU's Business School. They post a lot of thought-provoking articles on the economic aspects of various current events. Today I found this article about abortion and self-ownership:

http://knowledge.wpcarey.asu.edu/article.cfm?articleid=1823

It's nice to see a piece on abortion that presents reasoned arguments (on both sides) rather than emotionally overwrought sound-bytes.

Thanks to solar_diablo for this enlightening ad.

This is awesome:

http://www.vipfibers.com/

I could make a Frieda sweater!

I saw this video while I was at the gym today and it made me smile. Love the little story. It also REALLY makes me want to learn how to jump rope like that!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSvrf84UjFg

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Nothing is ever black and white, is it?

http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/johann-hari/johann-hari-you-are-being-lied-to-about-pirates-1225817.html

Lorne from "Angel" died. I always loved his character. The actor was only 33.

Looking to waste some time at work? These sites will have you spewing your lunch all over your monitor:

Why Women Hate Men, a blog that snarks horrifying personal ads posted by desperate men.

And its companion site, Psychotic Letters from Men, which pretty much explains itself, I think.

And of course if you aren't already familiar with F*** My Life, be sure to check that out, too.

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http://music.metafilter.com/2943/Runnin-With-The-Songsmith

(heehee...it's making the dog howl)

This is for architectgirl43 because we were just talking about Halloween weddings.

solar_diablo would probably get a kick out of it too.

http://community.livejournal.com/halloweddings/

Subject: Merger Bulletin From The Wailing Wall Street Daily

MERGER

Continuing the current trend of large-scale mergers and acquisitions, it was announced today at a press conference that Christmas and Hanukkah will merge. An industry source said that the deal had been in the works about 1300 years.

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