February 24, 2004
sad fish

Observed recently in Chinese restaurant.


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February 18, 2004
amaze me

I can't believe I actually wrote these words.  I am amazed.

We go on. With hearts of lions we proceed through our kitten-lives; with Magellanic vision we find our hopeful paths through humble existences; and with hearts of gold—some more deeply buried than others—we pay the astronomical cost of our passage. The length of our route does not matter, nor the weather on the way, nor the number of stunning vistas we encounter, nor the amount of opressive darkness we endure, nor the love we give, nor the hate we suffer; in the end, the invaluable life of the journeyer is exact compensation for the priceless journey's cost.

We go on...

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February 17, 2004
I would do it all again

Once, I said:

Every one of these I loved, and though not all brought me to bed, at times each one brought me to tears. They still do. It seems to me that I'm no worse than any of the straights I see. And as for all the pain and struggles of growing-up gay; if avoiding it meant that I would lose even just a single moment with any one of these sweet men, then I would do it all again.

I have loved desperately, hungrily, passionately, and painfully; I have given of myself foolishly, lavishly, heartachingly, and tearfully. I have injured others painfully, and others have painfully injured me. I have held in my arms the one I love, until he fell asleep, and cried myself to sleep alone, when he was gone. And if I had the power, I would do it all again.

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February 13, 2004
tangled moon

A recent moon, entangled in a tree, captured as I arrived home. 

The moron's recent call to land a man on Mars before—before some obscure date that I cannot now recall—does not have the inspirational power of Kennedy's call on May 25, 1961 to land a man on the moon before the end of the decade.  But Mr. Bush seems to be making a futile grab at greatness by reaching for Mars, and many, in their hunger for real leadership, may embrace the deception.  Though a manned mission may well reach Mars, Bush will never reach greatness.  Infamy, perhaps.  Never greatness. 


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February 07, 2004
coffee


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February 05, 2004
'maintaining and fostering
a stigma of exclusion'

When a court does what is right simply because it is right, then it has fulfilled its highest obligation.  I am especially proud today to be from Massachusetts; the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court did the right thing at a time when doing something less would have been far easier.  The Supreme Court of the United States—if it wanted to—could learn a thing or two from my justices.

"I have no doubt that passions will be running high on this," Bonauto said. "But in the end, no matter what you think about the court's decision, it's always wrong to change the constitution to write discrimination into it."
Mary Bonauto, representing the plaintiffs
"The history of our nation has demonstrated that separate is seldom, if ever, equal," four justices wrote in the advisory opinion. "For no rational reason the marriage laws of the Commonwealth discriminate against a defined class; no amount of tinkering with language will eradicate that stain. The (civil unions) bill would have the effect of maintaining and fostering a stigma of exclusion that the Constitution prohibits."
Chief Justice Margaret H. Marshall, writing for the majority,
including Justice John M. Greaney, Justice Roderick L. Ireland, Justice Judith A. Cowin
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