Because I know there are some (highly suspect) people who don't actually
do
tumblr, I thought I'd give Jesse a reblog rec here.
It's a lovely story about a father who's helping his 5-year old son feel comfortable wearing whatever he wants to. Which, at this point, includes skirts, dresses, and nail polish. He's helping by wearing the same, because that's how his son feels brave enough to stand up to the kids who tease him.
And what’s the guy doing by now? He paints his fingernails. He think it looks pretty on me, too. He smiles when other boys (it’s almost always boys) want to make a fool out of him and says: ‘You just don’t dare to wear dresses and skirts because your fathers don’t dare to.’ That’s how much he has squared his shoulders by now. Thanks to dad in a skirt.
Oh yeah, that is a good one.
And it involves someone walking into a lamppost! Free slapstick!
It's all fun and games until you have to escalate to Legal.
I'm having a day.
I was just in meeting with a person who said "Oh we never reject applications. We just bury them under bureaucratic requirements until they withdraw in defeat." God, I love working for government.
t /headdesk
Hey, someone we know is in the Times: [link]
(Deliberately not specific, but let me know if it seems to much and I can pull the post.)
Wow, this Curiosity press conference is really neat.
t Schaudenfreude alert
So, that super-conservative new archbishop for San Francisco:
The Roman Catholic archbishop-elect of San Francisco was arrested for investigation of driving under the influence, San Diego police said Monday.
The Rev. Salvatore Cordileone, a vigorous supporter of California’s same-sex marriage ban, was taken into custody after being stopped early Saturday at a checkpoint near the San Diego State University campus, said Detective Gary Hassen, a police spokesman. He declined to comment on whether Cordileone took a sobriety test.
Prince of a man, clearly.
Timelies all!
Well, my work week's half over. (We leave Wed. morning for Chicago)
We are staying in New Orleans for the storm... should be interesting.
