Read the CNN Story: California ban on same-sex marriage struck down

The California Supreme Court removed the ban on same-sex marriage in CA… this from a court where 6 of the 7 members are Republican.

I am pleased, of course, but I am also bracing myself for the backlash… which has already started:

“The California Supreme Court has engaged in the worst kind of judicial activism today, abandoning its role as an objective interpreter of the law and instead legislating from the bench,” said Matt Barber, policy director for cultural issues for the group Concerned Women for America, in a written statement.

Okay, great! So we all agree that the job of the court is to objectively (as much as is possible, anyway) evaluate/interpret law against the standard of the Constitutions. So… what exactly is wrong here? How is this “legislating from the bench”? What I see is the courts doing their job: “Hmm.. this law discriminates against people based on sexual orientation. Isn’t that already illegal? It is? Well, that makes *this* illegal too.”

Interestingly, and something that renews my faith in politics, Governor Schwarzenegger issued a statement saying he would not support a Constitutional Amendment that would overturn the courts ruling. Good on you, Arnie. He has enough respect for the law to not go around changing the rules just because he doesn’t like the outcome of something. Bravo.

It still really shocks me that people so desperately want a Constitutional Amendment that ingrains discrimination into the fabric of America. Why? Should there have been one back when Blacks and Whites were not allowed to marry one another? Would that have been appropriate? Why is discrimination based on sexual orientation any more acceptable than racial discrimination? That’s what I’m hearing from people… or are these people who WOULD try to legislate racial discrimination if they could? I think they are. Bitches.

As you may, or may not, be aware… I hate working out. That bares repeating: I hate working out. That being said…

I work out a lot. By “a lot” I mean I work out most mornings, with a buddy of mine from the office, when I get to work. When I was over at NAS, I worked out two or three times a week with a (slowly dwindling) group after work. Since I’m working out BEFORE work now, I don’t really push myself too hard, and usually keep it very, very (dare I say… VERY) short… about 20 minutes… the bare minimum.

We’ve been working out for a good few months now, and I initially lost about 10 pounds (going from 200 to 190) in the first month… and haven’t.budged.since.

I found a site where I can enter my food, exercise, and weight on a daily basis. On the front page of keaven dot come there is now a nice little slider at the top. This is linked to my profile at Fat Secret and will automatically update every time I do a “weigh in” there.

My reasons are two fold. First, by making this more public I create a sense of accountability which would help motivate me on those days I want nothing more than to just eat a pile of doughnuts (Which is just about every Wednesday). Second, I hope that by putting this “out there” like this, other friends of mine might be nudged into a little lifestyle self-examination and maybe join me in goal setting and nutrient counting

For any of you who use Wordpress, I HIGHLY recommend upgrading to the latest version. There are some really great features that they’ve included in this update. One of the updates that I am just LOVING to death is the one-click updating of plug-ins. Fan-freaking-tastic. The post editor is also much, MUCH better in this version, clearing up a lot of the bugs that caused me to turn off WYSIWYG editing in previous versions.

In related news, I’ve reactivated the Contact-Me form. I was having a very strange thing happen before where I wasn’t receiving any emails from my site. I would get email from everywhere else in the world, just not my own site. Very, very strange. I managed to clear that up just the other day (it had to do with alternate MX zones, in case anyone is curious). I had to use a different Contact plug-in though… but I like this new one better anyway, so it’s no big deal hehe

I’m sharing this video with all of you because:
1) It’s cool, and
2) My stuff is in it!

We’re building exciting stuff over here. In case you hadn’t heard, the Collectors Edition is now available for pre-ordering! [/plug]

Not that it really matters… …but my stuff is at the following time slots (if you were at all curious):
2:17-2:38, 3:30-3:45, 3:53-end

Enjoy!!

Right.. so, as a general rule I really don’t like LOL-Cat pictures. Mostly because I can’t stand the whole “LOL” subculture [roll eyes]. Once in a while, however, a picture will pop up that really does make me laugh. This is one such photo. I hope you enjoy it as much as I have… but don’t expect there to be a flood of such pictures on this site