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This just in…

Supporters Lose in Gay Marriage Ban Vote

By LAURIE KELLMAN, Associated Press Writer

Wednesday, June 7, 2006

(06-07) 08:57 PDT WASHINGTON, (AP) —

The Senate on Wednesday rejected a constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage, dealing an embarrassing defeat to President Bush and Republicans who hoped to use the measure to energize conservative voters on Election Day.

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Seems Mr. Bush has lost two more votes since the last time they tried this – and both Republicans.. Seems even his party is starting to think that writing hate into the most sacred document in the nation might be a bad thing…

Oh… And by the way.. If you want to see the results look here and if you want to read the text of the proposal itself look here.

SO SORE

So Kevin and I just started doing this Boot Camp SF thing on monday (not to be confused with Apple’s Boot Camp) The program started Monday and is 4 days a week (M, T, Th, F) at 6am in Golden Gate Park. So far it seems really cool but – OH MY GOD – its KICKING MY ASS…

Monday wasn’t bad – just stretching and fitness testing (body fat, pushups, situps, etc.).. But Tuesday was the 1.5 Mile run and then Stairs for the rest of the time. Oh my GOD – I was SO SORE yesterday. I was actually kinda proud of myself – I managed to do all the running without stopping (the stairs was on the edge of stopping – but I survived).. Really surprised myself though – figured i’d drop far sooner…… And then today we did all this strength training including LOTS of running, jumping, and rolling around in the sand.

and then there’s the whole changed diet thing to go along with it.

this is gonna kill me… I”m gonna be walking funny for weeks… But its gonna be really good at the end..

But DAMN! 🙂

First snow.. Now Meat…

So, in case I haven’t mentioned it before, I have the commute of doom. I live in San Francisco and have a 45 mile drive every morning to haul my ass to Cupertino for work. I love the job and I love living in San Francisco so I don’t mind the commute – and i’m sure my Audi dealer loves it too for the same reason my Dentist loves this box of Jujyfruits sitting on my desk! 🙂

Anyway – along that commute I’ve seen all SORTS of weird things along the way. I’ve seen drivers doing the usual daily shaving, makeup, and hair. I’ve seen people reading everything from work paperwork to novels to newspapers. I’ve been nearly run off the road by people engaged in cell phone conversations – I can spot ’em 4 cars away at this point since they tend to drive by brail (those of you not in California should should read about Bott’s dots to know what I mean). I’ve even seen someone playing a Guitar while driving..

But this month has taken the cake… On my way home two Fridays ago it SNOWED on me on the way home. I’m not talking a few flakes. I’m talking the freeway was WHITE and scared drivers were on the side of the road looking confused.. it was DAMN FUNNY…

And then yesterday – there was Meat… No seriously.. MEAT ON THE FREEWAY. Driving north on 101 last night I tuned into the radio to figure out why I had been sitting still so long I had time to put the car in park and read a magazine. The traffic report informed me that a butcher truck had lost its load and there was meat on the freeway and they had closed down all 4 lanes to clear it off. When I got up to the scene later I saw what they were talking about – there was probably 3 some cows worth of butchered meat and what looked like cow or pig carcasses. REALLY FOWL. And can you imagine what it must have been like driving directly behind that truck – must have been like some strange mix of terror and incredibly funny. Stakes on your windshield..

Anyway.. Was funny – had to share! 🙂

Happy friday…

1. cook dinner, 2. wash clothes, 3. find frog.

A friend just forwarded me this article from sfgate. You really should read it – its very well written and sums up my frustration with this whole issue of people having issues with ‘Gay Families’.

I won’t rant on further. Just read the piece. Its worth a few minutes out of your day.

Over the years

UPDATE: Sorry – I pulled the images from this one.. Something started creeping me out about people having images of my passport – even if its been edited.. ask me if ya wanna see the pix

As I was getting ready for my trip to NAB I realized my passport information at work was out of date… When I pulled out my current passport I also found my old passports so I figured I’d share (with sensitive info bleeped out of course)…

This passport was my very first passport. I got this when I was a little kid for a trip to London with my Dad, Mary Ellen, and Charles (my dad’s girlfriend at the time and her son who was my age)…

This passport was from High School when I went to Germany for the summer as an Exchange student. I lived in a small town named Vaihingen enz Ensingien with a family for the first half and then I lived in a youth hostel outside of Hamburg for the second half.

This one was from my senior year of college when my buddy Marshall and I spent 3 some weeks in europe before we stepped into the real world. The week after graduation we flew over to europe and went to Frankfurt, Berlin, Vienna, Salzburg, Zurich, Eindeidln, Rome, and then back to Frankfurt… Lots of fun

And this one is my current passport. This one and my high school one have all sorts of stamps on ’em… 🙂

Anyway.. They made me smile so I figured I’d share..

Spring Cleaning

This weekend was crazy productive. We both spent a TON of time purging old crap from around the house. I’ve managed to create a huge heap of good will clothes, a pile of DVDs to take to streetlight, a HUGE stack of books to give away, and more trash than you could imagine. Kevin did the same! :)… And… Of course, durinig the process I found all sorts of goodies.. But some of the best (or the worst actually) I figured I’d share… So here goes… As embarrased as I am to share it with y’all, here are some pix of me from high school and college:

This one is from prom my Sophomore year. I was so proud of myself cuz I managed to muster the courage to ask Marla to her senior prom. Was a lot of fun! :

These two are from my Senior prom in 1988. I went with my best buddy Kim and doubled with our friends Hans and Deanna.

And this one is one of my senior pictures (the informal one):

And, last but not least, is one that was taken of me in college for an Apple Ad campaign. Ya gotta love the high tops and acid wash jeans.. YIKES..

Anyway… Had to share! 🙂 (Click on any of ’em to make ’em larger)

Happy Sunday