Not much new to report! Everything is going well. My computer is running well! The problem was the motherboard…the motherboard I got now is very cool, and I’m happy I went with it! (It’s an Asus!). However, I won’t have DSL for a while, and unless I’m at work (which I am now–it’s 7pm!), I’ll be cut off from the digital world. But don’t worry: I have the newspaper and some cool off-line (aka. “normal”) games to keep me occupied.

Oh, did I mention how much I respect our president? Good, because I don’t. I find it sickening that our president will take an issue like gay marriage and try to score political points by amending our Constitution! Not only am I for equal rights for two consenting adults who love each other and want to have a lifetime monogamous commitment, but I’m against the legalization of discrimination. Why? “Gay Marriage” is a misnomer! There is no such thing as gay marriage because as I stated, marriage is the union of two people committed to a lifetime loving relationship. Now what despoils the institution of marriage more? Two committed homosexuals or any drunk moron getting married by a fat Elvis impersonator on a moments notice? What despoils marriage more: two committed women who want visitation rights when one gets ill or that the divorce rate is hovering at 50% (and that the divorce rate is higher in the Bible Belt!). I think it’s hypocritical of conservatives and the Religious Right to bemoan the largess and intrusiveness of government into our private lives and support this amendment at the same time.
If you like irreverent satire, I recommend this: Proposed Amendments based on Biblical verses. Now the Good Book shouldn’t be mocked (a good kind hearted ribbing is ok), but at the same time, so called conservative Christians should take their “literal interpretation in moderation” (an oxymoron?): if they want marriage defined on Biblical standards, then it should be all or nothing. The “this is how marriage has been for the last millenia” is misleading. Marriage has been defined differently by different people during different eras (even modern eras!).