(no subject)

mr_quackenbush, a fine poet, is having a discussion about polyamory in his journal, here. I'm not very well versed in formal logic or constructing formal arguments, so I fear my objections to his post are going to be dismissed. Yet, I still wanted to make my views known, as I respect his opinions.

Edit: mr_quackenbush has given me permission to reproduce portions of our discussion. ( Read more... )

(no subject)

About 9 hours of overtime for the last pay period. Aw yeah.

alerted by byzantinespy

O'Connor, First Woman Supreme Court Justice, Resigns After 24 Years

O'Connor's retirement

No one on my friends list seems to think that this is a good thing.

We all knew that vacancies were going to open up on the court. Rehnquist will be going soon, too.

These are the political realities we have to face. (And I mean this only insofar as the Court is part of our government, and our government has been overtly political as of late. Though I do believe the Court politicized itself during Bush v. Gore.)