Year: 2008

The aftermath of the “Secret Invasion” crossovers, Darwin in more trouble, and my latest YA novel. Whad’ja think?

UPDATED: I didn’t realize “Fallen Angel” was out this week, so I’ve added it to the list.

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The aftermath of the “Secret Invasion” crossovers, Darwin in more trouble, and my latest YA novel. Whad’ja think?

UPDATED: I didn’t realize “Fallen Angel” was out this week, so I’ve added it to the list.

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Thus far the blogging of the VP debate drew comments faster and more furiously than the Presidential debate. Let’s see what happens this time around. As always, I’m watching the broadcast on PBS. Comments below the cut line.

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Just to make it clear: I have no problem that people have been discussing the political aspects and issues of gay marriage below. I take my cue from the happy couple themselves. Barely 72 hours after the wedding, George and Brad were on a local Los Angeles radio talk program discussing the issue. Why? Because of their concern that CA voters will overturn the ruling of the California state supreme court.

Food for thought: If in 1957, Arkansas residents could have voted on the issue of desegregation and whether to overturn the Supreme Court’s ruling declaring schools could no longer be separated by race…

…how do you think that vote would have gone?

I’m reminded of the exchange between Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones in “Men in Black” in which Smith’s character wonders why word of aliens isn’t made public, because “People are smart. They could handle it.” The response: “A person is smart. People are dumb, panicky dangerous animals and you know it.”

A group of learned individuals look at the Constitution and say, “This is wrong,” which is what they’re trained to do their whole lives. And the response of people is to be dumb and panicky because it threatens their narrow view of the way Life Should Be. And such narrowness of attitude, and such determination to destroy the rights of others to individual happiness, is inherently dangerous.

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THAT was an amazing experience. IGeorge standing at the front of the makeshift chapel, marrying Brad, with Walter Koenig and Nichelle Nichols on either side as best man and matron of honor respectively.

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He is just traveling right now and, for the most part, is off line.

But to hold you over, here is a picture of us at George and Brad’s wedding with Brad and George.

I want to remind everyone to play nice. So far y’all have been good while we have been away but some are starting to skirt the line.

Was in Texas on business and was supposed to leave this morning. But with the hurricane coming in, I had to get while the getting was good. So I managed to change my ticket at the last minute and head out to LA a day early.

Now I’m in LA waiting for Kathleen’s plane to get in. After that we’ll be heading to the hotel where we’ll be staying Saturday night, and tomorrow we attend George and Brad’s wedding. Should be interesting. It’s the only wedding I’ve been to where there might be protesters.

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