So I’m engaged. Actually, hold that thought. Before I launch into full-on exultation, I’d just like to say “thank you.” As sentimental as this will doubtless sound, I took a lot of comfort in the warm wishes and affection of… Continue Reading
A little over a week ago, we went to visit the Better Half’s family. It was one of our niece’s birthday, and all of the various cousins were assembled. As is his wont, the Critter tore around like a madman… Continue Reading
Like anyone who enjoys good writing from a sensible person, I am looking forward to reading Tod’s dispatch from the “Values Voters Summit.” With the possible exception of the late David Foster Wallace, I can’t think of another person whose… Continue Reading
Like essentially everyone not named Krauthammer, I loved the First Lady’s speech on the opening night of the Democratic National Convention. I thought that it was warm and personal and effective. It’s probably no great surprise that I liked it,… Continue Reading
I apologize for how I keep going on and on about Chick-fil-A. I know the whole ordeal is just another tedious way station in the long slog toward marriage equality in this country, and a particularly silly one at that. … Continue Reading
*whamwhamwhamwhamwhamwhamwham* Oh, hello. I didn’t see you there. I was too busy pounding my head against a wall. Excuse me if I sit down? It’s made me a mite woozy. What’s that, you ask? Why am I beating my head… Continue Reading
I really like the New York Times. Really, I do. It’s generally the second or third site I visit when I sit down for breakfast every morning (after my own wee blog and the LoOG main page, natch), and it’s… Continue Reading
William Saletan has done everyone a solid and debunked the awful, shoddy new study about same-sex parents by Mark Regnerus. If you’re unfamiliar with the study and have no idea what I’m talking about, best just to move on and… Continue Reading
Gawker: In what appears to be a direct response to the failed boycott campaign of anti-gay group One Million Moms, JCPenney yesterday unveiled a new Father’s Day ad featuring a same-sex couple playing with their children. Well, I like that… Continue Reading
I don’t have much more to say than that right now. I am immensely grateful for your support, and this is the most public way I have of saying so.