Friday Links!

It's Friday! The first Friday in November! The year is running out fast.

November is usually the wettest month of the year in Seattle. Last month was one of the wettest Octobers on record, and we've had a lot of rain this week, so I'm starting to worry this is going to be a year we got a lot of urban flooding, again. At least my current car is much higher off the ground than the old Ford Escort hatchback I was in the year I got caught in a flash flood near downtown...

Anyway, here is a collection of news and other things that I ran across over the course of the week which struck me as worthy of being shared:

My Uncle Was Gay, and I Want to Tell the World. A very sweet post that made me tear up more than a little.

Why I Love Halloween -- Now More Than Ever. I bawled my eyes out...

The Day Jesus Redefined Marriage.

What is love?

Why “ethical journalism” is still actually about sexism.

THREE LESSONS FROM THE MIDTERM ELECTION RESULTS FOR LGBT EQUALITY?.

SIXTH CIRCUIT LETS GAY MARRIAGE BANS STAND IN OH, MI, TN, AND KY: LEGAL ANALYSIS, PART 1. Eventually a circuit court was going to back this ruling, forcing the Supremes to be less passive-aggressive about this issue.

JUDGE MARTHA DAUGHTREY RIPS COLLEAGUES IN STINGING DISSENT OF 6TH CIRCUIT MARRIAGE RULING.

NY Pastor Thinks Starbucks' Secret Ingredient Is The 'Semen of Sodomites'. Pastor Manning from Atlah Church is at it again... once more obsessing over sexual topics involving gay men. I wonder why?

Marriage is about love.

Pro Strongman Rob Kearney Comes Out as Gay.

Hollaback and Why Everyone Needs Better Research Methods-And Why All Data Needs Theory.

'Car Talk' Co-Host Tom Magliozzi Dies At 77.

Sherlock Holmes belongs to us all: Supreme Court declines to hear case.

New Clock May End Time As We Know It. When you build a clock so precise, that it can detect the time dilate from moving it up or down a few feet in the Earth's gravitational field...

Students disqualified for helping girl finish race.

Why conservative Christians would have hated Jesus.

He’s Glad You Asked.

The world’s largest butterfly is now also one of the most endangered.

Antigay Haters Reserve the Right to Discriminate Against Homosexuals on the Down Low.

#DudesGreetingDudes Hilariously Proves Catcalling Isn’t ‘Just A Compliment’.

Language Nerd.

Dan Savage on those reality-show starring, anti-gay law supporting super fundies and why it's okay for us to talk about their messed up sexual decisions. (You won't guess that from the NSFW title of the article)

Colorado elects Obama exorcist who wants to spank transgender children.

Random Observations on a Reaming: That'll Teach That Negro to Be President.

Dallas adds LGBT protections to city constitution in landslide vote.

Why is Firefox tweeting Gamergate nonsense?

The Absurdity of the 2014 Midterm Elections, in One Perfect Tweet.

Starstruck: half of universe's stars are orphans with no galaxy.

SO THEY BURNED ALEX SALMOND IN MY HOMETOWN TONIGHT.

Are you participating in National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo)? Let's be writing buddies!

The Necronomicon:



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Benny - Little Game (Official Video):



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