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June 25th, 2009
Farrah Fawcett, who soared to fame as a national sex symbol in the late 1970s on television’s campy “Charlie’s Angels” and in a swimsuit poster that showcased her feathery mane and made her a generation’s favorite pinup, died Thursday. She was 62.
via Pop culture icon Farrah Fawcett dies at 62 – Los Angeles [...]

YouTube – ACLU Responds to Prop 8 Loss.

via JMG and Towleroad.
The only way to win this fight is through education (and also, waiting for all the bigots to die, but that takes longer) and Empire State Pride Agenda has a new video calling for equal treatment for all families featuring more real live gay people [...]

Currently At 9:20AM: 52°F
RealFeel®: 44°F
Winds: WNW at 9mph
Rain
Humidity: 100%
Dew Point: 52° F
Pressure: 29.76 in
Visibility: 1 Miles
via AccuWeather.com – Rochester, NY – Weather Forecast – Local Weather Forecasts.
It’s not really raining outside, but it is misting.  I didn’t watch the news this morning (paying attention to the weather is more of Kevin’s thing) so I didn’t [...]

The Vermont Senate and House voted today to override a veto by Governor Jim Douglas of the state’s same-sex marriage bill.
The Senate voted 23-5, overriding the veto by a wide margin, while the House squeaked through with a 2/3 majority with a 100-49 vote.
via Same-Sex Marriage Approved in Vermont as Legislature Overrides Veto – Towleroad, [...]

“The Iowa Supreme Court this morning struck down a 1998 state law that limits marriage to one man and one woman. The ruling is viewed as a victory for the gay rights movement in Iowa and elsewhere, and a setback for social conservatives who wanted to protect traditional families. The decision makes Iowa the first [...]

Mar 16
St. Urho’s Day, Patron saint of Finnish vineyard workers. Attributed to him is the miracle of banishing grasshoppers from Finland which he accomplished with a few choice Finnish phrases, thereby saving the season’s grape crop. But in reality a bunch of very drunk people made this up in 1956.
via Daily Rotten: Weird News.
Crap, I [...]

Feb 11 2006
During a quail hunting trip, Vice-President Dick Cheney takes aim at a small bird but instead manages to shoot his friend Harry Whittington in the face. As a result of being peppered with birdshot, Whittington has a minor heart attack but lives to apologize to his friend.
via Daily Rotten: Weird News.
“Sweet googly moogly [...]

Making my sweet sweet vacation just a tiny bit longer, a whole extra second will be inserted into the space time continuum in less than an hour.
On December 31, 2008 a “leap second” will be added to the world’s clocks at 23 hours, 59 minutes and 59 seconds Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). This corresponds to [...]

High Court Grants Marriage Rights For Same-Sex Couples — Courant.com
The state Supreme Court’s 4-3 decision Friday that same-sex couples have the right to marry swept through the state with the force of a cultural tidal wave.
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The Supreme Court released its historic ruling at 11:30 a.m. Citing the equal protection clause of the state constitution, the [...]

SOS: the signal that has saved thousands turns 100 – Times Online
In the past century, “SOS” has become a firm part of popular culture used in everything from DIY programme titles to Abba hits. But it began life in a far more serious setting after being adopted by the international community on July 1, 1908, [...]

George Carlin – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
On June 22, 2008, Carlin was admitted to St. John’s Hospital in Santa Monica, California complaining of chest pain. He died later that day at 5:55 p.m. PDT of heart failure at the age of 71.
George Carlin was pretty damn funny.
Seven words you can’t say on TV (wow he [...]

5:01 PM – Towleroad, More than gay news for more gay men
At 5:01pm today, history will be made as gay and lesbian couples begin marrying in California, led symbolically by the marriage of Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon, the couple of 50 years who were first married in San Francisco City Hall in 2004
(their 2004 [...]

This is Why They Wanted Hillary Clinton’s White House Schedule? – Towleroad, More gay news for more gay men
The National Archives released 11,000 pages of scheduling documents covering 2900 days of Hillary Clinton’s time as first lady.
So on the fifth anniversary of the war in Iraq, ABC News used those documents to post a “stained [...]

Free water ice for the first day of spring – Slashfood
For those of you not in the know … water ice is a half sorbet/half shaved ice concoction that is infused with fruit flavors
Rita’s is giving away free Italian Ice in celebration of the first day of spring.  I haven’t had Rita’s in a while, [...]

Arthur C. Clarke, Premier Science Fiction Writer, Dies at 90 – New York Times
Arthur C. Clarke, a writer whose seamless blend of scientific expertise and poetic imagination helped usher in the space age, died early Wednesday in Colombo, Sri Lanka, where he had lived since 1956. He was 90.
See also Arthur C. Clarke – Wikipedia, [...]