Who here had an advance care directive? A couple times I went into hospital they asked me about mine (which I don't have). Apparently next week is Califoria Healthcare Decisions Week, and it got me to wondering.

Not as serious, but I eat cookies before dinner, or other junk food, somewhat regularly. But I try very hard not to do it in front of Ellie because I'm teaching her about the way the world works and I want her to grow up thinking, "we eat healthy food first." When she's older, she can decide when to eat cookies for dinner, but right now, she's still "learning."

Same thing with the street lights - when she's older, she can decide on her own, but for now, I want her to learn that we follow safety rules.

I just pulled the trigger on the loft apartment. The fact that I don't feel all bummed out about leaving my wonderful-yet-soon-to-be-unmanageably-expensive home in favor of it tells me I made the right decision.

I'd say so. Even when I'm just next to someone with a small kid, I try not to cross against the light.

yeah, me too. I was in a hurry to make a meeting, and this woman had stopped with her two kids and was explaining that they had to stop because the light was red. I ran across the street, and yelling over my shoulder "don't do this, this is bad! If my mommy was here, she'd be mad at me!" The woman cracked up.

"don't do this, this is bad! If my mommy was here, she'd be mad at me!"

Hee!

I have to say - it's never occurred to me to not cross against the light because kids were nearby.

Congrats, Matt.

"don't do this, this is bad! If my mommy was here, she'd be mad at me!"

THAT is hilarious. And yeah, I try to set a good example around the young'uns.

Yay, Matt. Is your commute going to be any better?

A Look Back at Jon Stewart's Greatest Gay Moments

There’s a whole lotta gay going on in the brand-spanking-new archive of The Daily Show video clips launched last week by Comedy Central. Ever since 1999, when a relatively unknown political humorist named Jon Stewart took over as anchor and made “fake news” a household word, the anti-gay elements of society have been one of the main targets of his increasingly impassioned, brilliantly funny fake newscasts. So let’s check out the best of the best by looking at the highlights of the last eight years, stopping along the way to note a time or two The Daily Show really blew it (and not in a good way).

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What sets Stewart apart, aside from his tremendous mainstream popularity, is that his humor conveys a deeply-rooted sense of personal outrage at anti-gay policies, laws, and attitudes. He doesn’t, like Maher, support gay civil rights as part of an overall libertarian or progressive political ideology, but because, as he told conservative pundit Bill Bennett in what may be the greatest interview of Stewart’s career, gay equality is part of “the natural progression of the human condition” because “every gay person [is] someone’s son or daughter.” And in Stewart’s mind, apparently, you just don’t treat your kids like that.

Has both video clips and discussion of the clips.

when a relatively unknown political humorist named Jon Stewart

Wrong, wrong, and wrong. They got the name right, though.