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turkey day

as much as i dislike the aura of genocide surrounding thanksgiving (um, dislike is perhaps too gentle a term), i do enjoy the whole getting together with family and eating until you pop aspect of it. sadly, i realized that i neglected to eat any of my mother's famously fabulous pumpkin pie! surely the world will very shortly come to a grinding halt.

among the highlights of this evening: i got to meet my cousin nora, who slept her way around the room (hm... well, considering she's two months old i guess that's not terribly risque), and i got to chat with my great grandmother, who looked chipper as always. i asked her if she'd be interested in telling me stories and having them recorded for posterity and she was thrilled by the idea. since she's going to be 95 in december i figure now's as good a time as any to get her to spill all the juicy bits. now i just need an isight to bring my plan to fruition...

now i am going to eat a half frozen piece of cherry cheese cake. no, two dinners were not enough!

a problem.

"Do the right thing...but how?"

the reason that the children of tolerant people never seem to know how to stand up for their beliefs is that their parents have taught them to be tolerant.

this is a problem.

target, i barely knew thee

alas, it seems the hipster fav is pulling punches on us. this is the text of the email i just sent them in regards to a case mentioned in (among other places) dan savage's recent column in the onion (NOT work safe, scroll down):

It is absolutely disgraceful that your company allows your pharmacy employees to refrain from doing their jobs because of "religious" concerns. It is in no way a pharmacist's decision whether or not I have access to legal prescription birth control. That is between me and my doctor and no one else. Your pharmacists have no right to impose their so-called ethics on me for any reason, and the thought that they feel like they can and that your company policy reinforces that misguided view sickens me. I will not be shopping at a Target again until you put a stop to this shameful, harmful, and discriminatory policy.

considering i just finished reading larry kramer's book, the tragedy of today's gays, i'd say i showed considerable restraint in not peppering my email with exclamation points and frothing spittle.

halloween cat blogging!

i know it's supposed to be friday cat blogging, but this picture is just classic.