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!

Comments

[elphaba-of-oz.livejournal.com]

Go New Jersey! Woo hoo!

[tokeiwakamidesu.livejournal.com]

I did a little dance around my room when I heard the decision.

Does this make New Jersey acceptable?

[twoeleven.livejournal.com]

hm. the future of america is endless traffic jams? i guess that's probably true. i don't think we needed a court to see that, tho. or one to reform the marriage laws.

[kistha.livejournal.com]

I hope it sticks.

But it is indeed good news.

Hooray! ... but-

[leapfaith.livejournal.com]

I don't want to live in New Jersey again! I like living where people don't tell me that I'm crazy for wanting access to a swimming pool, and I should go to the "Jersey Shore," and then look at me funny for wanting to go swimming there, because almost nobody actually goes swimming at the shore, you know, you just sunbathe and walk on the beach. I like living where I can go cross country skiing, and sledding in the winter, and where nobody assumes I'm from another country because I'm polite. I'm warning you, if I have to move to Canada to escape New Jersey, I will!

In spite of that, I'm very happy that their courts got it right. :-)

[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.