sundries

[rm]

My perpetually late werewolf story is going to be done TODAY. I have been plowing through it this morning and will continue to do so. Because it needs finish. And the editor needs it like forever ago.

Bristol: still don't know. Trying not to obsess (as opposed to what I've been doing for weeks?)

Patty has a cold.

Nothing sucks more than finding out about a conference stuff I'm working on would be perfect four 5 days after the abstract deadline.

‘Whitening’ the Résumé. I've heard about this before from friends, and I've even been told to use Rachel on my own resume lest my own unusual name trigger racist assumptions. Even so, the article is still shocking to me and a really clear sort of look at "here's one result of systemic racism."

Twenty years ago today 28 people at École Polytechnique were shot by a gunman who ultimately killed himself. He actively targeted women, separating men from women in some rooms he entered and then shooting the women, to, he declared "fight feminism."

Los Angeles Episcopalians elect lesbian bishop.

The IAF auction is almost over. It ends tomorrow, in fact. There's some gorgeous stuff bid now It all benefits the Interstitial Arts Foundation, which supports the type of art many of you reading about this care about.

Bizarre YouTube thing on a look back at the Beatles from the year 3,000.

You know what I like? When my Amazon ranking has only three digits!

New upstairs neighbors. I'll be frank, they sound like the sort of very straight and normal 20-something women that intimidate me.

Yesterday was filled with Costco related aggravation in which I at first could not join because I don't have a driver's license and then was told over and over my passport would be acceptable if it was a "New York State" one. I had to explain, OVER AND OVER again that passports are not issued by the state, but by the federal government, and then come home in a snow/sleet-storm to get various proofs of address. I was finally able to join (and hey, they're gluten-free chicken basil meatballs are amazing) and had another irritating conversation with them about a household card for Patty ("do we have to prove domestic partnership or just her address?" "what do you mean?" "the form says close family, we are gay, do you need a domestic partnership certificate? or just proof that we live in the same house?" all of which somehow lead us back to this idea of New York State Passports).

Comments

[bethynyc.livejournal.com]

You probably know about the non-driver ID that you can get through the DMV. It looks just like a license only without that pesky driving thing, and with Non-Driver Identification at the top!

and ::headdesk:: at the idea of NYS Passports.

[rm.livejournal.com]

Yup. Weirdly, some places wont take those as ID. Normally I just rely on my passport. And then, there was ysterday.

[bethynyc.livejournal.com]

That is so weird. I never have an issue with mine, but who knows? I guess non-drivers don't exist to those people who won't take them.

[rm.livejournal.com]

Some bars and clubs won't take then, and they are not, amusingly, a valid form of ID towards getting a passport.

[bethynyc.livejournal.com]

Wow...didn't know that! I used my expired passport as ID to get a new one, so it didn't come up. And I am a boring person who does not go to bars and clubs.

Looking forward to seeing your play in January!

[alchemia.livejournal.com]

So what are people who cannot drive (eg blind) supposed to do to get a passport? Makes no sense!

[marcmagus]

Present one of the alternative forms of primary identification (government or military ID, pretty much), or a "sufficient amount" of secondary identification [determined on a case-by-case basis] such as social security card, credit cards, employee ID, library card, affidavit of an identifying witness who'd known you 2+ years and is a US citizen with ID. [The non-driver ID would presumably fall into this category]

I thought the NYS Non-driver ID was supposed to count for all purposes other than license to drive as an NYS driver's license. That this is apparently not the case is rather infuriating.

[rm.livejournal.com]

Yeah, US passport agency won't accept non-driver IDs from any state. Unclear on why.

[feyandstrange.livejournal.com]

Is that new? I coulda sworn they accepted mine - or maybe I just had enough old passports to use as ID and so managed to dodge that bullet.

I'm smelling a serious ADA case here; folks who can't drive have just as much right to ID as anyone else.

[rm.livejournal.com]

I got hit with it in 2004. So it's not new new.

[rm.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that's what I had to do too becuase I had lost my old passport.

[delchi.livejournal.com]

Well you know I offered to give you driving lessons years ago .... ;)