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CBC News: Sask. court approves same-sex marriage

With Friday's ruling, Saskatchewan becomes the seventh jurisdiction in Canada to allow gays and lesbians to legally marry.

I actually spent more time working on work related stuff today than I spent working on school related stuff.

And now my brain is so fizziled that I can't tell if that was a run on sentence. It stays, in homage to run on sentences everywhere.

I finally got the shakespeare stuff checked into revision control, and checked out onto the PC. I'll be doing most of the work with Dreamweaver, which is so much nicer to work with on the PC. They just haven't got the Mac ideals down at all. CVS is a pain in the a**, but it works fairly well. It doesn't handle binary files at all, like images, so I had to jump through a few hoops to get that all set up. There's eight thousand files to work with. Yikes.

I still haven't been paid for the last bit of code I worked on, even though they've been using it on their website for about three weeks. I'm not at all pleased with that. Fricken weenies. I wish they'd get their damn act together. Having read their website, I don't expect it.

D O G T O Y :or: M A R I T A L A I D - You decide.

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You may be trusted with my dog.

I don't know wether to consider myself gifted, or twisted.

Winnipeg Sun: NEWS - Billet a gay American?

Wed, November 17, 2004
Billet a gay American?
By SUN MEDIA

OTTAWA -- A Canadian couple has launched an online billeting program to help gay Americans trying to flee their homeland.

How stupid. Sure, the American Civil Rights movement has taken a huge shock. The queer community is pretty much under attack, as are all the non-white, non-christian, non-conservative elements of American Society. Same sex marriage is very illegal throughout the country. So called faith based charitable organizations get giant government funding grants, leaving non-secular wells running dry.

Should you leave?

Don't be stupid. America needs Americans, real Americans who believe in Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happyness. America needs people to stand up for what they believe in, not run away like a bunch of cowering, wounded dogs.

If you leave, then the wacky-rightys will have a majority (I don't think they do now) and things are just going to get worse and worse. Maybe the USA is sliding into a totalitarian, right wing, fascist theocracy. You have a responsibility to try to prevent it.

Join the ACLU, join the Electronic Frontier Foundation, or any other Civil Rights advocate. Let people know that you dissagree. Join a political party and stand up for your rights and for your country.

Unless, of course, they reinstute the draft. Get the hell out if they do and don't look back.

Read this editorial in the Boston Globe (from the heart of Kerry Country):

Boston.com / News / Boston Globe / Opinion / Letters / Don't go north; stay and fight

Don't go north; stay and fight
November 17, 2004

TO THOSE Americans who are considering running off to our neighbor to the north -- Canada -- because of George W. Bush's reelection, I say, "don't do it, we need you here."

I started a batch of apple ginger wine today, and added just a little cinnamon and nutmeg. Hope it turns out well. Went grocery shopping too, and sterilized the wine making equipment. Calculus was fun, we started Fourier Series and it made sense. How much of it sticks in my mind remains to be seen. I labeled all the race-car bottles too, figuring it should be done eventually. They're sorted by cork quality now. Some look frightening.

And now, I've opened a bottle of Monty. The cork was mouldy, but I'm going to give it a chance and hope it doesn't make me sick while I work on The Calculus.

God, I miss the exciting halcyon days of yore. When the hell did I get old? And don't say it happened on my 28th birthday!

1. I'm not, "the son." I am a real person with a real name. Take some time and learn my name. I don't care why you're in my house at eight in the morning. You don't get to dismiss me as "the son". Fuck you nurse-maid.

2. I realize what a terrible inconvenience I'm being, by waiting for the bus. Perhaps I am in your way. Perhaps you could say, "excuse me" or something polite, rather than push me into the street. Fuck you pedestrian.

3. As if waiting for the bus wasn't too much, I had the audacity to actually get on the bus today. I guess I should realize just how much a favor you're doing, pushing the button to open the door. Maybe you'd have a better day if you didn't grunt at people as they said thank you. Fuck you bus driver.

4. Human interaction can be difficult, yes. I often misunderstand "dark coffee please" for someone yelling "get me a fucking bagel" early in the morning. Did you think I was going to stuff the bagel into the coffee cup I brought with me? At least you made me believe it was my fault that you're an idiot. Fuck you bagel-bitch.

5. I'm there (voluntarily) five hours before I need to be, to help you with something I left more than two years ago. I'm glad that I got mocked, it reminded me of my place in the world. Fuck you prof.

6. Calculus. Fuck you Calculus.

7. Forest Gump is an allegory for the gay rights movement. No, its a love story. No, its crap. Fuck you Forest, and your stupid accent too.

I feel better now. Was that over the top? I can't really tell.

I've decided to take the night off from homework and watch trashy tv and eat. I'm going to eat the first thing I see in the fridge that looks appetizing. Then I'll drink some leftover wine. Then I'll eat some more. Then I'll commiserate the homework I'm not handing in tomorrow. Then more eating.

I should make a cake. How was your day?

1. Everybody who went out of their way to call, comment, email or otherwise express concern over the previous entry. Thank you all, I feel much better.

2. Especially my boyfriend. You get the biggest I LOVE YOU of all.

3. Sunshine. There was sunshine this morning. Hooray.

4. Cheese. I've always had a loving relationship with cheese. Stinky cheese, creamy cheese (but not cream cheese), smoked cheese, they're all good.

5. Film studies tutorial. We all made fun of the tow ignorant Paris Hilton-like girls in the class, who thought that Forest Gump was such a beautiful love story.

Ok. What the hell, I can't really help it. A big FUCK YOU to Forest Gump.

There has been too much spam on the blogs lately. An intelligent solution is needed, but one has not yet presented itself. Drastic measures aren't necessary.

There has been too much homework and studying lately. An intelligent solution is needed, but one has not yet presented itself. Drastic measures aren't necessary.

There has not been nearly enough Ben time lately (see second paragraph). An intelligent solution is needed, but one has not yet presented itself. Drastic measures aren't necessary.

There has been too much fussing about with my mother. An intelligent solution is needed, but one has not yet presented itself. Drastic measures may be necessary if the situation does not improve.

There have been far too many bad movies lately. An intelligent solution has presented itself, and promises to save me money. I won't go to bad movies any more. Is this a drastic solution?