I am a new tie wearing
Last night I completed Crunk Juice in my dining room recording cave. There’s a full write-up over on the page. I didn’t manage to get a song released in the first month of the year per my secret New Year’s resolution, but getting the first one out on my birthday isn’t bad either.
If you have comments, leave ‘em over on that page; I’m turning them off here.
Today we threw a little party for Violet’s 5th birthday, and I just had to post our thanks and a big recommendation to Brittany at Parties by design, LLC. It was a truly wonderful day for Violet, and having a party planner come in with decorations, props, etc. made the whole day so much easier on us (especially since the kiddo was so excited about her birthday that she woke us up no less than four times between two and four a.m.—we are zombies right now)… Thanks again, Brittany, and I hope we can refer some new customers your way soon!
[Note: the post title is stolen from the always-hilarious Tom Pearson]
So, Houston has elected its first openly gay mayor, Annise Parker. I wish her and the city very well, but let’s all remember that things aren’t really as they should be until this piece of information about the mayor-elect is not newsworthy.
This is the part of the article that raised my eyebrows:
After the mayoral race entered a runoff, conservatives and anti-gay activists mounted an intense campaign against Parker. Houston residents received flyers in the mail that highlighted Parker’s support from gay groups and her relationship with her partner.
Oh, you mean her 19-year relationship with her partner? I wonder how many people who received the flyer—hell, how many of the people who helped fund and send the flyer—had marriages that didn’t last 19 years?