'Shindig'
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Google made me all misty-eyed just by replacing the vertical border between search results and ads with a rainbow banner
I don't have this. And I had to perform multiple searches to even get ads, which was weird. (Note: test & caribbean queen are not so good, but central services gets you something)
amych - SFGate has a picture of a picture of young Phyl and Del, shown at their wedding.
The whole ever-expanding series of pictures at SFGate is pretty awesome.
t eta Also, from one of the related articles, about folks planning weddings:
But no toasters or gravy boats, please. Like many same-sex couples, Thomas and Dresser are asking guests to donate to groups fighting the November ballot measure.
Jill Sweringen, 46, and Barbara Schoeffel, 43, are planning an event in their backyard in Miraloma Park in September. They've already visited a stationery store to pick the invitations, which Sweringen described as an illuminating experience.
"He made us look through all these books to choose colors and fonts," she said, noting they chose amethyst and creme brulee. "Which is essentially purple and cream. ... You can kind of see why people might elope."
I looked at about 220 pictures of weddings this morning. I kept having to pause to sniffle.
Another of the pretty brides and baby: [link]
I need to stop reading this [link] and go home, but the sniffle factor has me trapped here for now. Woe!
Woe!
Not woe! Happy sniffles!
Oh man, now I'm crying. Yay.
The Jewish Mac nerds from Kansas kill me.
The second couple down on that link had the biggest crowd waiting for them. My friend and I saw so many Rachel and Carol signs that even we were waiting for them to come out in the end.
That's a cool profile list.
More on George Takei (one of the LA Times blog links earlier today actually said "Sulu, Solo No More")
Actor George Takei of "Star Trek" fame and his partner were among the first wave of gay couples obtaining marriage licenses in West Hollywood. "I think it's a glorious California morning to make history," said a beaming Takei, who stood with his mate, Brad Altman, before a clutch of reporters and TV cameras.The actor, who played Mr. Sulu, the starship Enterprise's helmsman on the original "Star Trek" series, told the crowd: "Congratulations to all of us: May equality live long and prosper."
Takei, 71, and Altman, 54, are planning a September wedding ceremony at the Democracy Forum at the Japanese American National Museum in Los Angeles.