Two Things That Fill Me With Joy

[dr_pretentious]

Hundred-year-old color photographs from Russia--many thanks to rednikki for the link.

New Jersey's Supreme Court got it right, as we all thought they probably would. I have seen the future of America, and it is New Jersey!

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[happy-dr-friend.livejournal.com]

The NJ court got it nearly right. They seem to have gone the Vermont civil union route rather than the Massachusetts full equal protection including the name route. But given the recent boneheaded (to be polite about it) NY decision, yeah, I suppose I don't have much room to quibble. In NYC's defense, it was the state government that rejected gay marriage, though. And the state government is ruled by upstaters. Maybe if Elliot Spitzer gets in as gov we'll have a chance of making NY state a little more progressive.

If I may whine about only semi-related issues...The number of cars in NYC has really been depressing me lately. Plus I seem to be developing either a low grade panic reaction or asthma: my breathing gets shaky when I bike too near cars. I want to move to Zermatt. Or maybe Zuerich, except that we'd never be able to afford to live in the car-free zone.

[dr-pretentious.livejournal.com]

My upstate relatives from Rochester and Forestport were all appalled by that NY decision too--we had occasion to discuss it at the commitment ceremony in which my cousin and her wife got not-quite-married. New York, as a state, might not be as close to the tipping point as Jersey is, but the hinterlands are getting more complex than most people realize. I'm looking forward to seeing what Governor Spitzer can get done.

Well, if you guys head to Switzerland, that would be an excuse to see the Alps again, but we'd miss those hiking expeditions. Panic sucks. Be well.