It’s been awhile since I’ve blogged, but I could not pass this up – although it has taken me a little longer to get to it than I would have liked. Rightfully, Judge Vaughn Walker, a federal judge in San Francisco, struck down Proposition 8 for being unconstitutional and I applaud him for doing so. Seriously, I did my happy dance. The law was unconstitutional and it never should have been on the ballot to begin with. I hope to see marriage available to all consenting adults nationwide in the near future.
Same-sex marriage will not threaten anyone’s marriage. It will not threaten families. What it will do is allow people – regardless of gender – to build families; to have all the rights and privileges that being married allows (medical rights, estate rights, etc) — to have the same rights as the rest of us have. Someone please explain to me how that threatens my marriage to my husband.
What I see every time a state comes to its senses and makes marriage available to all consenting adults is an outpouring of love and happiness from those that can can now celebrate their unions. It’s beautiful. And it’s worth celebrating.
I know I’ve been heavy on the video sharing of late and light on actual blogging. I’m in my summer “not much to say” thing, but I enjoy Symphony of Science and wanted to share. I hope you enjoy!
Here is (yet another) brilliant talk by my favorite particle physicist, Brian Cox, on why we need to fund curiosity driven science & exploration, even in difficult economic times. It’s 17 minutes very well spent. I watched this video over at Bad Astronomy, which is one of my favorite places on these interwebs. I do hope you enjoy this video as much as I.
Warning — this post is pretty long. Grab a cup of coffee or a pint and I hope you enjoy reading it as much as I enjoyed reliving it.
A few months ago, I decided that I would like to spend my 40th birthday in London, so I got to planning and searching for things I would like to do while there – keeping in mind that there is no way I would be able to pack in as much as I would like and still enjoy it. Still, I researched and consulted Google Earth when I wanted to see what places looked like and I planned and planned. I love doing that. Somewhere in the planning stages I decided that I would also like to go to Cardiff. And I am glad we did. So, anyway, I got the trip all planned out and booked and then we waited….for what seemed like an eternity for the time to come to travel.
Before I get into the details of our trip, I would like to say a few things about the weather this trip. We spent a week in London and Cardiff and not once did it rain while we were out and about. In fact, there was only one incidence of rain the whole trip and it was slight and while we were napping one afternoon in Cardiff. It was truly amazing. We could not have asked for more beautiful weather. It was sunny and the temperature was perfect for short sleeves for the majority of the time. We could not get over just how amazingly perfect it was. Continue Reading »
We just got back last night from a week in the UK. I’m resting up and collecting my thoughts and going through pictures. I’ll write more about my trip soon. We had a fantastic time, and even though I wasn’t quite ready to come home yet, now that I am home, it is good to be here.
