.txt file in the current directory."Silverton, Oregon elects a transgender mayor. Go Stu Rasmussen!
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Me being me, naturally I spaced on writing anything yesterday. *amused*
Yesterday, I was grateful for my therapist. Yesterday was my last session with him, by my request – I've been doing fine, plus we could both use the money (I was paying less because I'm broke more, so). He is absolutely the wonderful, and I would clone him if I could.
- I've added a plug-in that allows you, the reader, to subscribe to comments. I approve.
- I need to kick the font sizing around a bit. I don't like that it's teeny. I also want that "font size smaller/larger" thing, yes I do. (Why? Because.)
Ballot Return Statistics for 2008 General Election – Daily
*pleased*
*hits "refresh" a lot*
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I mentioned that I wanted a factcheck.org for non-national voting things – nothing against national voting things, just there's already factcheck.org, you know – and a friend pointed me to SmartVoter.org:
Smart Voter (http://www.smartvoter.org) is produced by the League of Women Voters of California Education Fund, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation, to:
- Provide voters with comprehensive nonpartisan information about the contests on their ballot in an easy-to-use presentation.
- Provide a means for candidates to publish information about themselves and their candidacy directly to voters.
The only downside is, it's only for a handful of states, and Oregon isn't one of them. I plugged in my address and ZIP code anyhow, figuring they'd've made provisions for out-of-bounders like myself.
And, yep, they suggested I go to Vote411.org: "Launched by the League of Women Voters Education Fund (LWVEF) in October of 2006, VOTE411.org is a "one-stop-shop" for election related information."
Fantastic!
For Oregon specifically, also, see here.
[eta] Amusingly enough, Willamette Week has a better voter's guide than any other I've seen, in the sense that it actually has all of the items in one place.
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A friend elsewhere engaged in a sort of project or pledge or what-have-you – to post daily something that you're grateful for. I keep contemplating it, because my default setting is "too stuck in my head". I think it'd be good for me, as it were, to remind myself of the world around me.
Today, I am grateful that I get to vote. My ballot came in the mail today, which pleases me. I wish there existed a factcheck.org for non-national politics (non-national because factcheck.org covers the Presidential part), but that's why wiki sites exist, I suppose – so I can create wikis.
*resists*
I won't say who I voted for in the primaries, but I will say I voted Democrat for both the Congressional and the Senatorial elections. (FF's spellcheck says that latter is a word…? Okay.) That's Jeff Merkley for US Senator, and Earl Blumenauer for Congress.
Tomorrow I'll be researching what all of the other positions are, whether there's a reason not to vote for the only person listed in a section (such as Martha L Walters, Judge of the Supreme Court, Position 7), and the various and sundry measures. I'll also be buying a stamp off one of my roommates. I may even figure out what the terms are for the House of Reps (these are congressfolk, yes? Stupid Civics class never tells me anything). That's the danger of contextual definitions – I can't always tell if I'm using the right word.
I will not, not, be making a wiki or site or something to compare local candidates. Dammit.
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rosefox and I were on the bus going home last night, and there were a group of three people on the bus with us, and one kept staring at us. Because we were -- get this -- holding hands. It's not unlike the reaction we'd get if we had unintentionally killed her dog two years ago.rosefox said, and I agreed, that if they were getting off at our stop (they got off earlier, thank heavens), we'd get off one later, just in case. I mean, there was no sense of impending violence, not that I could get, but let us not tempt fate.A brief note – if you're poly or bi or otherwise not-normal-by-societal-standards, and you need services that're provided by Planned Parenthood, I recommend the one at SE 50th and Franklin. I went in for STI testing, since I'm dating someone new and I hadn't done it in a while.
In fact, one question was whether I had a support structure, I suppose in case the result was positive. I said ayuh, heh, the folk I'm dating. She said that's definitely a huge benefit to dating multiple people.
Yee!
Overall, a very pleasant visit to the local PP. I approve, and am recommending them to (local) others.
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An appeals court has ruled that a gay couple's marriage in Canada should be recognized in New York.
"The state Legislature "may decide to prohibit the recognition of same-sex marriages solemnized abroad," the ruling said. "Until it does so, however, such marriages are entitled to recognition in New York."
And here's the ACLU press release on the topic. This is fantastic!
Oh, hey, and, lookit this:
I love waking up to good news.
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