1,000 Oceans
This is the most beautiful rendition of the Tori Amos song 1,000 Oceans. The is the PS22 School in New York City, a public elementary school…that soloist needs a record deal STAT. I posted the original by Tori and then their version. It’s amazing!
Happy Birthday Kristen!
Listening to: Brett Dennen - Ain’t No Reason
23 and Me
This is so cool and I really want it. It’s called 23andme and it’s Time Magazine’s “Invention of the Year.” In short, you purchase a kit for $399 (it’s a little pricey but this is down from $1000 late last year) Once you receive the kit you spit into the tube provided and mail it back. Within 4-6 weeks you can go online and check out your results. It will give you a report on any diseases that you are predisposed to, inherited traits and antecstreal data - I need this!
Here is an article from Tech Crunch where the author tried this.
This is being added to our wish lists - Jeff wants one too!
Fight H8!
As most people know Proposition 8 passed in California. For those that aren’t aware (read: you live under a rock) Proposition 8 is a California State ballot proposition that would amend the state Constitution to restrict the definition of marriage to a union between a man and a woman. It would overturn a recent California Supreme Court decision that had recognized same-sex marriage in California as a fundamental right. The official ballot title language for Proposition 8 is “Eliminates Right of Same-Sex Couples to Marry.” The entirety of the text to be added to the constitution is: “Only marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognized in California.”
This vote deeply saddens me. I do not believe that homosexuals should be treated as second class citizens - we all deserve equal rights. I also believe that this type of discrimination is akin to the types of hate that happened against African Americans and that at some point this will be a non-issue and people will look back and say “Can you believe people were that hateful!” How is it that two people that are in love is threatening and hurtful to anyone?
There are lots of people out there protesting about the passing of this. There are non-violent protests this weekend in cities across the country. Unfortunately, Jeff and I will be packing on Saturday but check out the protests in your area!
Happy Birthday Samantha!
He’s a Cat…
I almost cried with happiness…
Obama won it
History was made tonight
Change is coming our way
One Year Ago Today…
I love you.
All of me, belongs to you already:
my body, my mind, my heart even my soul.
I will follow you anywhere and everywhere you lead.
And today I take you to be my husband/wife,
secure in the knowledge that you will be my constant friend,
And my one true love.
I promise to give you the best of myself and to ask you for no more than you can give.
I promise to respect you as a person with your own, desires and needs
and to realize that they are different but no less important than my own.
I promise to be open to you, to let you see through the window of my personal world
Into my innermost fears, feelings, secrets and dreams.
I promise to grow with you and to be willing to change
And finally, I promise to love you in good times and in bad, with all I have to give and
All I feel inside in the only way I know how…completely and forever.
This is my sacred vow to you, my equal in all things.
Happy Birthday Amanda!
