Stop Being Such a Darned Wuss
So the real title of the post is not what I’ve written there and is NSFW. But it is awesome.
I haven’t watched it all yet, but I really don’t have to. Two guys trek, on foot, across Iceland. In gorgeous HD.
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If this doesn’t inspire you, I don’t know what will.Iceland, into the Westfjords, the wildest and most northerly part of the island. This image hasn’t seen Photoshop, and believe it or not doesn’t even begin to capture what it’s like to see this country with your own eyes.
(via fuckyeahiceland)
Websurfing: Dear Iceland...
I miss you.
Last time we met was more than three years ago, and the time before that was three years before. Even if there was no previous time before those two times, i miss you today.
I live in a beautiful place where there are big mountains around and it’s nice. Though glaciers nearby are…
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These are the folks whose policies helped devastate our middle class. They drove our economy into a ditch. And we got in there and put on our boots and we pushed and we shoved and we were sweating and these guys were standing, watching us, sipping on a Slurpee.
And they were pointing at us saying, “How come you’re not pushing harder? How come you’re not pushing faster?”
And then when we finally got the car up—and it’s got a few dings and a few dents, it’s got some mud on it, we’re going to have to do some work on it—they point at everybody and say, “Look at what these guys did to your car!”
After we got it out of the ditch! And then they’ve got the nerve to ask for the keys back.
I don’t want to give them the keys back. They don’t know how to drive!
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The Myth of Behind
The problem with thinking that you are behind is that it drags you down to a place where you’re disappointed and don’t want to do anything, pulling you lower and lower until you basically have no choice but to fall asleep or eat a giant cake to feel better.
I swear, Julien consistently makes me think my blog should just be an RSS feed of him, Tim Ferriss, Gruber and a few others. He knocks it out of the park so consistently and so amazingly. Another great post on letting the past drag you down.
What Star Wars Could Have Been
This bothers me. I can’t say I find the original ending of RotJ that satisfying, and the version Gary Kurtz describes sounds terrible and awesome at the same time. It makes me wonder what else may have been forgone for similar business decisions.
The Proposition 8 Ruling (in simple language)
On August 4, 2010, Federal Judge Vaughn R. Walker ruled that California’s Proposition 8, which prohibits California from recognizing same-sex marriage, is unconstitutional. The ruling was stayed pending appeal—which means that nothing will happen until a Federal Appeals court reviews it. As you might imagine, it will be appealed. The ruling itself is 138 pages long. I’ll summarize.
The previous lawsuit challenged Proposition 8 on procedural grounds. My post on that case is here. The California Supreme Court disagreed with me. Since the California Supreme Court gets the final say on the California Constitution, it got the last word.
The new suit was brought by two same-sex couples on different grounds. And, since it was brought in Federal court, the California Supreme Court doesn’t get a say at all. Something strange happened. California’s government was sued. The Attorney General said, essentially, “I agree that this thing is unconstitutional.” The other government groups said, “I’m not going to bother defending this.” So did a number of other people, including “ProtectMarriage.com - Yes on 8.”
The people who brought the lawsuit (“the Plaintiffs”) claimed two things. First, they claimed that marriage is a fundamental right under the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. (There is some decent precedent on this—the only question is whether the protected marriage is the one man/one woman kind of marriage). If the 14th Amendment protects same-sex marriage, the court reviews the case using “strict scrutiny” which I’ll discuss below.
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If we read deeply into the lyrics, this song is about living shamelessly and being proud of who you are, even if your interests are outside of the accepted social norm.
If we read less deeply, this is an awesome Bollywood-style video featuring my Ultimate Geek Crush, Felicia Day.
Either way, it’s awesome.
