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Help is on the way

8 Comments Published April 18th, 2008 in Metacommentary.

A long overdue site rehab is now getting underway in earnest. LD has needed sprucing for a while, but the Great Spam Attack of ‘08, plus the intercession of an angelic friend, has got the boulder moving.
Any preferences? I mean, you people are the ones who’ll notice the most. (The Reader Survey [...]

Thank you, gentle readers

9 Comments Published April 16th, 2008 in Metacommentary, Nonsense fun.

Today was Reader Appreciation Day, an event spear-headed by Robin Reagler, our gal over at The Other Mother. Robin has been a lesbian parent blogospheric cheerleader par excellence lately. This is her second group fun-fest in a few months, the earlier one being the Freedom to Marry week carnival of posts, celebrating something old, [...]

Gremlins are eating my website

5 Comments Published April 10th, 2008 in Metacommentary.

If you can even read this, please pardon the mess. That is of course if indeed there is a mess on your screen.
If everything is fine, and not a mess, please ignore this post. If everything is not fine, please ignore this blog for a while (how long? who knows!) until [...]

Forgot the “G”

1 Comment Published March 30th, 2008 in Metacommentary.

Wish the omission in the packing/to do list title was a joke. Like I wish the level at which my brain functions these days was a joke. Alas, it is not.
SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: “Forgot the “G””, url: “http://www.lesbiandad.net/2008/03/30/forgot-the-g/” });

Mwah!

7 Comments Published March 7th, 2008 in Metacommentary, Mostly a picture, Re: the lil' monkey.

I am confident that most of the text message-, online-, chat-, IM-, email-, blog-, and newsgroup posting-literate folk among you handily recognized the title to this post as shorthand for “kissing sound.” To what do I owe this confidence? My handy-dandy netlingo reference page, which helps bridge the yawning gap between me, who [...]

Snarker wins (and no, I’m not talking about Hillary)

1 Comment Published March 5th, 2008 in Metacommentary.

And in non-presidential nominee news, the inimitable Dorothy Snarker was indeed the heaviest vote-puller in this year’s Lesbian Lifestyle Blog of the Year contest, which ended on Sunday night. Her post today (and the spiffy YouTube clip of the Ditty Bops) does a fine job of illustrating the zip and wit that help win [...]

“My hands are not that sassy”

4 Comments Published March 4th, 2008 in Metacommentary, Mostly a picture, Re: the lil' monkey.

“…but my hips are that sassy.” That’s what she said. Quote, end quote.
She’s been taking to planting her hands on her hips for emphasis. Only three years old here, people. Already feeling her power. I’m just sayin’.
We’re working on her popping her hips in preparation for an upcoming trip to [...]

LD is two

22 Comments Published March 3rd, 2008 in Metacommentary.

All parents know that “the terrible twos” is a misnomer. The hell really hits after three, but none of us can come up with a word that starts with a “th” that packs the same kind of punch as “terrible.” (Follow the asterisk* for a Roget’s download.) Be that as it may, I [...]

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    From "Gay marriages in California surpass those in Massachusetts,", Jessica Garrison, on 7 Oct., 2008, at the Los Angeles Times.



    Data released Monday (6 Oct 08) by UCLA's Williams Institute found that an estimated 11, 000 same-sex couples were married in CA since June 17, when the court began to allow them. (Since May 2004, over 10,000 have married in Massachusetts.)



    Pastor Jim Garlow of Skyline Church in La Mesa, who has been rallying voters to pass the constitutional amendment, said: "The fact that there are big numbers doesn't change the reality that it is still bad for the country."



    Garlow, who along with hundreds of other Christians, is observing a fast until election day as a way to show his support for the proposed amendment, added: "There are enormous numbers of people doing cocaine right now. . . . Simply because large numbers of people are doing something does not make it right."
    "Foes of gay-marriage ban say poll shows Prop. 8 leading," by Jessica Garrison, 8 Oct., 2008, in the Los Angeles Times:
    The opposition has enjoyed a healthy lead in several surveys taken by polling organizations that do not have a stake in the campaign. But officials with the No on 8 campaign held a conference call with reporters Tuesday to announce that their own poll showed the measure would pass by four points. Opponents attributed the result to fewer television ads, which is, in turn, a result of the No on 8 campaign falling behind in fundraising.
    From Geoff Kors, Equality California, in an email to EQCA and No on 8 supporters, 7 Oct., 2008:
    Our worst nightmares are coming true.



    Today we learned of the massive $25.4 million our opponents have raised so far. They are using this war chest to broadcast lies: 24/7 and up and down the state of California.



    And the polls show the lies are working. We need your donation now.



    Yesterday’s CBS 51 poll shows that:



    “…likely California voters overall now favor passage of Proposition 8 by a five-point margin, 47 percent to 42 percent. Ironically, a CBS 5 poll eleven days prior found a five-point margin in favor of the measure's opponents.”



    People change their minds about Proposition 8 when they hear the lie that churches will lose their tax-free status if they won’t marry same-sex couples – EVEN THOUGH THIS IS NOT TRUE!



    So this is crunch time. With less than a month before the election, we must get on the air now to answer these lies and swing votes back to our side.



    And the ONLY way to do that it to raise more money. The generous $15.8 million that our supporters have given isn’t enough. Not when the other side has nearly $10 million more than we do and the fundraising gap is growing.


    Earlier:



    Ellen DeGeneres: "My Political Point... And I Do Have One," on 24 Sept., 2008 at her site.



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    • Lesbian Dad commented on Good news from Connecticut* saying "I-could-be-your-grandmother-but-could-still-run-circles-around-you." Probably one of my favorite kinds of people. Our wee son always calls out "Go 'Bama!" whenever he sees the Obama/Biden button on Mama's purse. Now I'm thinkin, "Go Gramma!"
    • LaraCarina commented on Good news from Connecticut* saying Wow. This is all so wonderful! Rock on Connecticut! This is so exciting. It is strange how it happens in wave. We had that explosion of places legalizing (comparatively) in 2005 (Mass, Belgium, Spain, Canada) and it looks like this is going to be the second wave. On the home front: My mother went on
    • Lesbian Dad commented on Good news from Connecticut* saying Thank you sister Reno, writing to us from the great former swing state of Nevada! One of the odd things about this (for those who aren't eyeball-deep in it all, like us) is that a "NO" vote is actually the positive, love-affirming thing to do. "No" sounds so negative, doesn't it. Of course, also,
    • Reno commented on Good news from Connecticut* saying I got a call this morning from Doctors Without Borders. "Sorry," I said, all my donations right now are going to Obama and to the No on 8 folks in California." The woman asked me, "What's up with No on 8? Which side is which?" She's been meaning to look it up because she's in California
    • themoosevolta commented on Good news from Connecticut* saying Awesome news :) shame about the November challenge. Im in the UK but it all counts as one step further!
    • Lesbian Dad commented on Good news from Connecticut* saying THANK YOU! What a fabulous idea. "Love the justice in Conneticut? Help keep it shining in California!" http://www.actblue.com/page/lesbiandad/.
    • woodnymphs_mom commented on Good news from Connecticut* saying Good news indeed. I just made a contribution to No on 8 in its honor.
    • Tina-cious.com commented on Good news from Connecticut* saying LOL!! Thanks for that! :) Are ya kiddin' me? Every Prop. 8 post your make is shared in my google reader since you started them... In fact everyone's is... We've even made a meager contribution. We wish you all the best and hope that equality wins out. Hugs from one of the other two marriage states! :) Tina