We’re a third of the way through the month already! I’ve been enjoying writing every day, and really enjoyed the more free-form blogging over the weekend (as well as the time to work on the site a bit), so I’m certainly glad I’m doing this. However, if other NaNoWriMo projects are any indication, this is where it starts to get hard!
Various LGBT groups have come together to help stop the SCOTUS pick. If he’s confirmed, we will most likely lose any kind of discrimination protection and will probably lose marriage equality as well (in addition to legal and safe abortion, contraception, voting rights and the list goes on and on).
Quick update, I’ll probably have more later, but for now, enjoy!
First up, coffee shops are now getting into the Growler scene. For those unaware, Growlers are used by microbreweries to sell and transport beer. So now you can get 64 oz. of coffee at once.
The governor of Maine took down a mural because it showed the fight for worker’s rights and he doesn’t like that. So now it’s a billboard:
George Takei is amazing. In response to a bill in Tennessee which would make it illegal to discuss sexuality until high school (we had sex ed starting in fourth or fifth grade if I remember correctly). So he’s taking matters into his own hands:
Remember kids, like I’ve said before, the more a politician rails against something, the more likely he or she is doing that thing. This time: smoking pot.
Sooooooo, I’ve been incredibly sick as of late. But, always looking for the silver lining, I learned what I’m allergic to by being prescribed a massive dose of it! Yay!
So the CMS I use gave this article the same number as my college mailbox number, so exciting! So anyway, here’s some fun things for you:
Here’s the “official” 140 character description of LOST:
Check out this cool ad, although I’m honestly more impressed with a cell phone in a wooden shell:
I saw this on my phone, and it’s not circulating around Facebook. Mad Elf is amazing (and really high ABV), but I don’t know how much of a case Troegs’ has. Guess we will see.
Zombies are now walking on the Wisconsin State Capital in protest of Scott Walker! Check it out:
Listen, the first one of my friends who has kid around 6 or so (that’s just a guess), has to buy them this shirt:
No exceptions.
Well, this is infuriating. Also, alarmingly scary that over 30 states have laws like this.
So up in Maine, the Republican governor was so incensed by a mural depicting the labor in his state, he had it removed (which I guess is now angering the people who put up the money for it, but that’s a legal battle for another day). I think this is a fantastic way of protesting (it’s not a bad mural, although I’m not a huge fan of the colors used or art style, but hey, that’s not the point):
Infuriated by the police blaming the victim in sexual assault cases, in Toronto, a “Slut Walk” was organized, with over 2,000 people attending.
Copyranter wrote about a previous Hot Wheels installation, putting two giant kids on the side of the highway, watching the road like it was their track. This one is better though, and it’s been picked up by a lot of sites:
The giant news that has overtaken my twitter and Facebook feeds is that the next Batman will be doing some filming here in Pittsburgh, probably in July. Nerdist has a great article about the inevitable reboot that is set to happen after this third movie. Go over and read “Reboot Rage.”
First, I have to mention that one of the comments on YouTube brings up a good question, what about pajamas? But anyway, we had a group that was using the conference center that I was helping to get a quote and put together their permit for their stay. They actually split off from another group that used the same facility because the original group decided that women were in fact allowed to wear pants. As they were explaining their new name to me (so we could get all the paperwork straightened out), they were trying to pull me into the theological discussion. I quickly left under the guise of putting their check in the safe and drawing up their permit. Good gravy.
That’s it for now, hopefully I’ll continue to feel better, catch everybody later!
