In Another Country
I hadn’t planned to write about Korea while I was here, but things got interesting, and I haven’t seen anything about this on the sites I frequent. Korea means a lot to me for both personal and political reasons that are too intertwined to disentangle briefly here. I admire its passage from dictatorship to democracy, a story of which most Americans know nothing. A
In Another Country
I hadn’t planned to write about Korea while I was here, but things got interesting, and I haven’t seen anything about this on the sites I frequent. Korea means a lot to me for both personal and political reasons that are too intertwined to disentangle briefly here. I admire its passage from dictatorship to democracy, a story of which most Americans know nothing. A
Meet Me In Miami
I’ve been trying to avoid writing about politics and especially the US presidential campaign lately, but my mind apparently refuses to generate words about other topics. And then I found this link to this speech by Barack Obama, addressing Cuban exiles in Miami, eulogizing “our” common experiences:These bonds are built on a foundation of shared history in our hemisphere. Colonized by empires, we
Meet Me In Miami
I’ve been trying to avoid writing about politics and especially the US presidential campaign lately, but my mind apparently refuses to generate words about other topics. And then I found this link to this speech by Barack Obama, addressing Cuban exiles in Miami, eulogizing “our” common experiences:These bonds are built on a foundation of shared history in our hemisphere. Colonized by empires, we
CAN A DOCTOR GET AWAY WITH DENYING FERTILITY TREATMENT TO AN UNMARRIED WOMAN?
In 1999, doctors in California refused to provide fertility treatment for Lupita Benitez, a lesbian who sought to have a child. The doctors think they should not have to follow the law that prohibits discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation if it conflicts with their religious beliefs. Benitez is represented by Lambda Legal, and staff attorney Jenny Pizer argued her case before the
You Gotta Tell Us You Love Us So We Won't Be Alone
I'm drawing a complete blank on what to write about today, so I'm going to post this review that I wrote for Gay Community News, but which never got published. There has been a flood of gay Christian material published since 1988, but whether it's put out by a small house, like the book below, or by a major publisher like Beacon or Harper, it almost always takes the same crypto-fundamentalist
You Gotta Tell Us You Love Us So We Won't Be Alone
I'm drawing a complete blank on what to write about today, so I'm going to post this review that I wrote for Gay Community News, but which never got published. There has been a flood of gay Christian material published since 1988, but whether it's put out by a small house, like the book below, or by a major publisher like Beacon or Harper, it almost always takes the same crypto-fundamentalist
Cooperation, Not Obedience
I hadn’t planned to read Nicholson Baker’s new book , Human Smoke: The Beginnings of World War II, the End of Civilization, but I’m beginning to think I should. Reviewing Human Smoke in the New York Times, Colm Toibin called it “a serious and conscientious contribution to the debate about pacifism. He has produced an eloquent and passionate assault on the idea that the deliberate targeting of
Cooperation, Not Obedience
I hadn’t planned to read Nicholson Baker’s new book , Human Smoke: The Beginnings of World War II, the End of Civilization, but I’m beginning to think I should. Reviewing Human Smoke in the New York Times, Colm Toibin called it “a serious and conscientious contribution to the debate about pacifism. He has produced an eloquent and passionate assault on the idea that the deliberate targeting of
My Wives -- I Think I'll Keep Them
Dammit, there’s too much to write about – that’s my problem. And instead of writing here, I’ve been writing long comments on other people’s blogs. That’s one way to procrastinate. (I even thought of putting in links to those comments, but nah.) I’m at the laundromat now, washing my fine linens to get ready for tomorrow’s departure, and that gives me a little time. I’ve actually been pretty
My Wives -- I Think I'll Keep Them
Dammit, there’s too much to write about – that’s my problem. And instead of writing here, I’ve been writing long comments on other people’s blogs. That’s one way to procrastinate. (I even thought of putting in links to those comments, but nah.) I’m at the laundromat now, washing my fine linens to get ready for tomorrow’s departure, and that gives me a little time. I’ve actually been pretty
DID YOU KNOW THIS ABOUT MARRIAGE AND THE LAW?
The law used to make marriage the dividing line between first class children (born to married parents) and second class -- or worse -- children (born to unmarried parents). The Los Angeles Times published my op-ed about the Supreme Court ruling 40 years ago that marked the beginning of the end of this distinction. When I argue today that marriage shouldn't be the dividing line between
I'm A Travelin' Man...
Posting's been light here lately, and I'm afraid it will continue so for at least a few more days. I'm gettin' the hell outa Dodge on Friday, so right now I'm in the middle of preparations. I hope to do more writing once I'm settled into my vacation, but for now I'll give you a link.Someone I know, I forget who, recommended the movie Charlie Wilson's War to me. I think the reason was political
I'm A Travelin' Man...
Posting's been light here lately, and I'm afraid it will continue so for at least a few more days. I'm gettin' the hell outa Dodge on Friday, so right now I'm in the middle of preparations. I hope to do more writing once I'm settled into my vacation, but for now I'll give you a link.Someone I know, I forget who, recommended the movie Charlie Wilson's War to me. I think the reason was political
HOW WRONG CAN A COURT BE??
Very wrong, if it's the highest court in Maryland and they are considering same-sex couples raising children. Today the Maryland Court of Appeals ruled that, after the end of an 18 year relationship that included raising a five year old child together, the mom whose name was on the child's adoption decree could exclude the mom whose name wasn't on the decree from the child's life. The court said
The Difference Of Talking Through Strength
This clip will probably circulate pretty widely (I got it from here, but it also was linked here), but let me help it along. For a moment it made me think that I should watch TV news more, though then I’d have to lay out money for cable, and anyway others have made it clear how atypical Chris Matthews’s performance here was. One of Avedon’s commenters made a plausible guess
The Difference Of Talking Through Strength
This clip will probably circulate pretty widely (I got it from here, but it also was linked here), but let me help it along. For a moment it made me think that I should watch TV news more, though then I’d have to lay out money for cable, and anyway others have made it clear how atypical Chris Matthews’s performance here was. One of Avedon’s commenters made a plausible guess
Rock Band!!!
Well, I know no one knows about my blog, but I'll still post some stuff up about it. Here's a Rock Band video I made of me, my bf, his twin brother and his twin brother's girlfriend:
Rock Band!!!
Well, I know no one knows about my blog, but I'll still post some stuff up about it. Here's a Rock Band video I made of me, my bf, his twin brother and his twin brother's girlfriend:
THE CALIFORNIA CIVIL RIGHTS WIN
Four members of the California Supreme Court have held that same-sex couples have a constitutional right to marry. The Court also ruled that anytime the state differentiates on the basis of sexual orientation the state must prove that it has a compelling reason for doing so and that the differentiation based on sexual orientation is necessary to carry out that compelling state interest. In
Dewey Defeats Truman
If this article and accompanying video (via) weren’t on the Washington Post website, I’d think it was from The Daily Show: Dana Milbank intoning “It’s another exciting day on the Clinton campaign Death Watch” over the opening shot of a yawning bus driver, the “makeshift hackysack game … played with a crushed cigarette carton,” the airplane envy because Obama’s press plane is bigger than Clinton’s
Dewey Defeats Truman
If this article and accompanying video (via) weren’t on the Washington Post website, I’d think it was from The Daily Show: Dana Milbank intoning “It’s another exciting day on the Clinton campaign Death Watch” over the opening shot of a yawning bus driver, the “makeshift hackysack game … played with a crushed cigarette carton,” the airplane envy because Obama’s press plane is bigger than Clinton’s
I Get Around
Another book review for Gay Community News, published in 1989 or 1990.Memoirs of a Bastard Angelby Harold NorseNew York: William Morrow & Co. Inc., 1989448 pp.$22.95 hardcover I remember seeing copies of the City Lights edition of Harold Norse's Carnivorous Saint around in the 60s, but I think I was put off by the title, being uninterested in saints, carnivorous or otherwise. Later I read the
I Get Around
Another book review for Gay Community News, published in 1989 or 1990.Memoirs of a Bastard Angelby Harold NorseNew York: William Morrow & Co. Inc., 1989448 pp.$22.95 hardcover I remember seeing copies of the City Lights edition of Harold Norse's Carnivorous Saint around in the 60s, but I think I was put off by the title, being uninterested in saints, carnivorous or otherwise. Later I read the
You're Wright, I'm Left, He's Gone
“Jeremiah Wright,” said Jon Stewart on The Daily Show, “has been dominating cable news coverage like a missing white girl.” The way he and his writers chose to put that was revealing in itself. Does Wright control the white corporate media? Of course not. It’s the news media that have chosen to put him and keep him in the center ring. I had an interesting exchange with an acquaintance once,
You're Wright, I'm Left, He's Gone
“Jeremiah Wright,” said Jon Stewart on The Daily Show, “has been dominating cable news coverage like a missing white girl.” The way he and his writers chose to put that was revealing in itself. Does Wright control the white corporate media? Of course not. It’s the news media that have chosen to put him and keep him in the center ring. I had an interesting exchange with an acquaintance once,
The Ambarawa Railway Museum. WELCOME
The Ambarawa Railway Museum. WELCOMEWelcome to The Ambarawa Railway Museum.blogspot.com where you can learn, share, and reminisce about The Ambarawa Railway Museum of The Central Java, Indonesia. I hope you will enjoy visiting this blog. I dedicate this blog, The Ambarawa Railway Museum, to my beloved country Indonesia and to all of you who care with such a valuable heritage. At this blog you
The Ambarawa Railway Museum, Museum Kereta Api Ambarawa., SELAMAT DATANG
The Ambarawa Railway Museum, Museum Kereta Api Ambarawa.Welcome. SELAMAT DATANG Selamat datang di The Ambarawa Railway Museum atau "Museum Kereta Api Ambarawa", blog yang bisa menjadi media belajar, berbagi dan mengenang Museum Kereta Api Ambarawa bagi Anda yang pernah memiliki kenangan indah maupun kenangan pahit dengan museum ini."Museum Kereta Api Ambarawa" saya dedikasikan atau saya
Hotels in Semarang, Yogyakarta - Indonesia
The Ambarawa Railway Museum.Nearest Hotels, Lodges. Click linkS below.INFO HOTELS in Semarang, Yogyakarta: Click HEREINFO HOTELS IN BALI: Click HERE
The Ambarawa Railway Museum. Nearest Tour Destinations Surrounding
The Ambarawa Railway Museum. Nearest Tour Destinations SurroundingTlogo Agro Plantation.Tlogo Agro Plantation is about 6 kms eastern side, or about ten minutes drive from The Ambarawa Railway Museum.The Gedong Songo Temple.The Gedong Songo Temple consist of nine small Hindu temples located at Mount Ungaran, Cenral Java. It is about nine kms western side, or about fifteen minutes drive from The
Museum Kereta Api Ambarawa. Hotel dan Penginapan Terdekat
Museum Kereta Api Ambarawa.Hotel dan Penginapan Terdekat. Klik Link di Bawah ini:INFO HOTELS SEMARANG - YOGYAKARTAINFO HOTELS BALI
Museum Kereta Api Ambarawa. Obyek Wisata Sekitarnya
Di sekitar Museum Kereta Api Ambarawa ada banyak obyek wisata menarik, baik obyek wisata peninggalan penjajah Belanda, obyek wisata rohani, maupun obyek wisata pemandangan alam.Obyek wisata paling dekat dengan Museum Kereta Api Ambarawa yg merupakan peninggalan Belanda seperti misalnya Benteng Pendem. Obyek wisata ini terletak di sebelah timur Rumah Sakit Umum Ambarawa. Meskipun kondisinya saat
Museum Kereta Api Ambarawa. "AMBARAWA HERITAGE"
Museum Kereta Api Ambarawa. The Ambarawa Railway Museum.Pembaca The Ambarawa Railway Museum yg budiman, artikel ini adalah artikel saya yg pernah dimuat di KabarIndonesia.com tgl 29/10/2008. Artikel ini saya muat lagi di Blog ini dengan sedikit perubahan tanpa mengurangi substansinya. Harap maklum.Judul di KabarIndonesia.com: "Soal Heritage, Orang Ambarawa Tak Mau Kalah"Saat ini di Solo memang
Museum Kereta Api Ambarawa. TOUR KERETA API BERGERIGI
Di Museum Kereta Api Ambarawa kita bisa menikmati Wisata Kereta Api Bergerigi atau disebut juga Wisata Kereta Gunung (Railway Mountain Tour). Uniknya di sini adalah kereta tsb bisa menanjak karena ada gerigi-gerigi di tengahnya. Kalau Anda perhatikan gambar sebelah, maka di sana terlihat relnya tidak hanya dua, malainkan tiga, yakni ada satu lagi di tengah. Dan rel-nya juga lebar.Lokomotif yg
Museum Kereta Api Ambarawa. PHOTO
Museum Kereta Api Ambarawa. (The Ambarawa Railway Museum). PHOTOMuseum Kereta Api Ambarawa. (The Ambarawa Railway Museum). PHOTO
Museum Kereta Api Ambarawa. SEJARAH
Sejarah Museum Kereta Api Ambarawa ini mengacu pada buku berjudul:MUSEUM KERETA API AMBARAWA - THE AMBARAWA RAILWAY MUSEUM yg saya beli di museum tersebut seharga Rp. 10.000,- pada Desember 2007. Buku ditulis dalam bahasa Indonesia dan Inggris. Buku sampul kuning (yg lebih tepat disebut foto-copy-an) ini tidak ada penerbitnya, tetapi pada halaman terakhir buku tsb (hal. 39) di sana dicantumkan
The Ambarawa Railway Museum. Contact.
Dear Readers of "The Ambarawa Railway Museum", should you need any information about anything concerned with The Ambarawa Railway Museum, please don't be hesitate to send your e-mail to:stanley.sutrisno@ymail.comYou may also leave your comment on each post of this Blog.If you want to know anything about travel destinations in Central Java-Indonesia such as The Prambanan Temple, The Mendut Temple,
Is It Still Not Yet Time For My Painkiller?
I’d intended to post yesterday, but after work I ended up finishing Raymond Williams’s second novel Second Generation, originally published by Chatto & Windus in 1964. It felt so good to be cruising along through a book at a reasonable pace that I decided not to stop until I was done, just in time for bed. Second Generation is a fine novel, though not as good as Williams’s first, Border Country
Is It Still Not Yet Time For My Painkiller?
I’d intended to post yesterday, but after work I ended up finishing Raymond Williams’s second novel Second Generation, originally published by Chatto & Windus in 1964. It felt so good to be cruising along through a book at a reasonable pace that I decided not to stop until I was done, just in time for bed. Second Generation is a fine novel, though not as good as Williams’s first, Border Country
DIVIDING THE PROPERTY WHEN A RELATIONSHIP ENDS
Lambda Legal won a case this week for a California man who thought he was in a registered domestic partnership, only to find when his relationship ended that his partner hadn't filed all the paperwork. The appeals court held that the "putative spouse" doctrine, which protects a spouse who thinks s/he is married but isn't (say her "spouse" lied about getting a divorce from his wife), should apply
MARRYING FOR HEALTH CARE
Thanks to Nicky Grist at Alternatives to Marriage Project for bringing to my attention a bit of news I had overlooked: A recent Kaiser Family Foundation poll found that 7% of those surveyed said that, in the past year, they or someone in their household married to get access to spousal health care benefits. This number is so unlikely that Kaiser felt a need to explain it. Universal health care is
MICHIGAN SUPREME COURT NIXES DOMESTIC PARTNER BENEFITS
The Michigan Supreme Court today upheld a lower court ruling that cities, counties, state universities, and other public employers cannot offer domestic partner benefits to their employees. The Court ruled that such benefits violate the state's constitutional amendment that reads: “To secure and preserve the benefits of marriage for our society and for future generations of children, the union of
Son of Queen of the Darned
Another book review for Gay Community News, probably published in 1990 or 1991.Holy Terrorby Steve AbbottFreedom CA: The Crossing Press, 1989$8.95 paperbound141 pp. Our story begins in 196-, with the narrator, a confused young Iowan named Armand Dupre, checking in at Inviolate Conception Abbey. Instead of the quiet asceticism he'd hoped to find, he is plunged into institutional politics and
Son of Queen of the Darned
Another book review for Gay Community News, probably published in 1990 or 1991.Holy Terrorby Steve AbbottFreedom CA: The Crossing Press, 1989$8.95 paperbound141 pp. Our story begins in 196-, with the narrator, a confused young Iowan named Armand Dupre, checking in at Inviolate Conception Abbey. Instead of the quiet asceticism he'd hoped to find, he is plunged into institutional politics and
Things Aren’t Going To Get Any Better
Let’s see if I can fit everything I want to say today into a reasonably concise post. (Hahahahaha -- did I really say that?)Two months ago (to the day, in fact -- it was March 5), I wrote that I was tired of the current presidential campaign and wanted it to be over. (Mommy, make it stop.) I feel that way even more now. Even the better political writers seem to have run out of substantive
Things Aren’t Going To Get Any Better
Let’s see if I can fit everything I want to say today into a reasonably concise post. (Hahahahaha -- did I really say that?)Two months ago (to the day, in fact -- it was March 5), I wrote that I was tired of the current presidential campaign and wanted it to be over. (Mommy, make it stop.) I feel that way even more now. Even the better political writers seem to have run out of substantive
MILDRED LOVING AND FONDRAY LOVING: TWO CASES WITH TWO LESSONS
"Loving" is a poignant last name to have when the state challenges someone's right to a relationship. In the 1960's, Virginia refused to recognize a marriage between Richard and Mildred Loving, leading (finally...in 1967!) to a US Supreme Court case declaring unconstitutional state bans on interracial marriage. Mildred Loving died on Friday; her husband predeceased her by many years. The news
Hot off the rug hooking frame
Got back to hooking, but mainly because I had a deadline to meet. This stair riser is a new pattern that is available through Spruce Ridge Studios. It is part of the stair risers with Queen Anne's lace. I will be teaching this pattern at the ATHA National in 2009. Hope to see you there. Watch your ATHA newsletter for more information. I will post information on my website when it comes out.
We Must, We Must, We Must Work On Our Bust!
I’ve read the first fifty pages of Randy Thornhill and Craig Palmer’s A Natural History of Rape (MIT Press, 2000), and already some interesting themes have begun to emerge. The book attracted a lot of attention on publication, partly because of the authors’ media blitz (appearances on CNN, NPR, NBC, etc.), and because of their recommendation that rape could be curtailed if boys had to take
We Must, We Must, We Must Work On Our Bust!
I’ve read the first fifty pages of Randy Thornhill and Craig Palmer’s A Natural History of Rape (MIT Press, 2000), and already some interesting themes have begun to emerge. The book attracted a lot of attention on publication, partly because of the authors’ media blitz (appearances on CNN, NPR, NBC, etc.), and because of their recommendation that rape could be curtailed if boys had to take
THANK YOU, QBLISS!
QBLISS has named Beyond (Straight and Gay) Marriage: Valuing All Families under the Law the "Outstanding Book of the Year" and has awarded me the PRIDE in Literature Award. Thank you! I'll be attending Mid-South Pride in Memphis, TN, June 14, 2008 to receive the awards.
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