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Last night we had awesome Indian food. After being totally disappointed by this place's dopiaza in the past (to be fair, it's not on their menu, but they will make what's not there) and not being able to get a table at the place we wanted to try, I had their palak ghost and it blew me out of the water. So yay. And we picked up gluten-free cupcakes for me beforehand and went for icecream (I had honeydew icecream -- not sorbet, icecream!) afterwards.

writerinadrawer Round 4.08 voting still on. Only six stories to read this week, because this will decide the top 5. Also, this was a prompt near and dear to my heart, so I look forward to when voting ends and we can discuss.

graduate_maria auctions continue through tomorrow. I'll post a list of 1 and no-bid items later today.

Officials, including the governor, in CA are pushing to have the stay on the Prop 8 overturn lifted. While this is unlikely to happen, it is more likely now than it was. Boies, meanwhile, thinks the 9th Circuit will rule on the case this year, and that it is a "dead certainty" it will go to the Supreme Court, presumably in 2011. I've been involved in conversations about equal marriage cases and the Supreme Court since 1990. I can't believe it's taken this long; I can't believe we're here already, and wow, is it profoundly nerve-wracking.

A few days ago bitsyrant posted a thing about transphobia on Family Guy and then, more problematically, from the creator of Family Guy when asked about the thing on the show. This led to a discussion in redstapler's LJ that you can't read because it's friendslocked, but it included someone asserting at length that not disclosing trans-status before a sexual encounter is like rape. That conversation has now turned into this post.

Look folks, you are not entitled to other people's bodies being the way you expect/desire them to be. ( Rant, and not just about trans issues. )

Are you writing Inception fanfic? If so, this is useful and hilarious.

Women prefer men who wear red. I feel less shame about the awesome brick-colored Ianto-esque dress shirt in my closet now.

South Cape May: the town that was.

Last night on Buffy, "Storyteller" and "Lies My Parents Told Me." ( Read more... )