Gay marriage

One small step. How long until the President holds a press conference and makes it void?

A minister married two men outside his Iowa home Friday morning, sealing the state's first legal same-sex wedding. Less than 24 hours earlier, a judge had thrown out Iowa's ban on gay marriage.
The Rev. Mark Stringer declared college students Sean Fritz and Tim McQuillan legally wed.
"This is it. We're married. I love you," Fritz told McQuillan after the ceremony on the front lawn of the Unitarian minister's home in Des Moines

and here it goes:

County attorney John Sarcone promised a quick appeal, and he immediately asked Hanson for a stay that would prevent gays and lesbians from getting marriage licenses until the appeal was resolved. A hearing on the stay request is likely next week, said Camilla Taylor, an attorney with Lambda Legal, a New York-based gay rights organization.

Can't we all just get along?

Drug Scandal

Drug scandals are not just for sports teams anymore:

Stripping away opera's glamour, singers are increasingly speaking out about a more sordid side of their world -- increased drug and alcohol use sparked by relentless pressure to perform often and well.

Most performers continue to avoid the pitfalls of substance abuse and no figures exist documenting the extent of such behavior. But insiders agree that heightened competition, unyielding sponsor demands and the weight of stardom are leading to excesses that invite comparisons of opera to sports tarnished by doping scandals.

doing scandals ... in the opera house

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beauty queens

She's not doing much to help out the beauty queen stereotype:



She mentions "US Americans" and "the Iraq". Hey, she still came in third runner up! Wouldn't you be pissed if you were fourth runner up and THAT girl beat you?

office drinking

This article first started:

After eight days in a coma and a life- saving liver transplant, Laura Bates was warned that continuing to drink alcohol could kill her.
But the 19-year-old is apparently so caught up in the binge-drinking culture that she has refused to heed medical advice.
Claiming that she would feel 'left out' if she gave up alcohol, the student had her first alcopop a mere two weeks after being released from hospital.

Then followed up with my favorite part:

Last week, it emerged that young women who work in offices are twice as likely to drink themselves to death as the rest of the population and a study last month revealed that teenage girls regularly drink more than boys.

I'm screwed.

smoking

This made me (and other office peeps) giggle:

An iron-lunged pensioner has celebrated her 100th birthday by lighting up her 170,000th cigerette from a candle on her birthday cake.

Winnie Langley started smoking only days after the First World War broke out in June 1914 when she was just seven-years-old - and has got through five a day ever since.

Excellent. I'm starting tomorrow, however I missed those first few days of the Iraq war ....

finding jesus

Why does being a criminal always make you find Jesus? Vick is the just the most recent criminal to claim they have now found Jesus. Am I supposed to forgive you now for killing dogs by throwing them against electric fences and beating them to death with baseball bats?

Interesting point brought up today at work:
Everyone is furious and making a huge media storm about the beating and killing of dogs, but would we be making the same if he was just beating his wife? How many countless players have been arrested and charged with domestic battery, but do they get suspended from the NFL and have their signing bonuses taken away? Not that the media covers ....

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spa day

Yesterday I took the day off of work and went to the beauty school with my Mom and her friend Jenny for a spa day. I was hesitant at first because it was at the beauty school, I expected to get my fingernails cut too short and get my face horribly burned or something during my facial but I was totally wrong. We started with pedicures, then facials and manicures. I of course chose the most obnoxious color of nail polish possible. I was very excited to get a really normal looking girl who was very sweet and had possibly the world's longest eyelashes. The pedicure was very good, the feet rubbing superb, and then, the facial. It was quite possibly the best thing that has ever happened to me. I was so relaxed I could have fallen asleep. Later Jenny asked one of the other girls who was the best at facials and she said the girl who I had, and I believe it. The manicure was great too, same color as the toes. So overall it was a superb day, I want to go get a facial everyday for the rest of my life. If you go to the beauty school ask for Danielle, she's amazing, but you have to hurry because she graduates in October ...