Posts Tagged ‘marriage’
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Friday, January 9th, 2009
… I had to scrape ice from the inside of my windshield Tuesday night. That’s the most painful “welcome back to winter” bitch slap I’m able to think of.
… Every month, we have an employee newsletter. (Think, “how could an office be more lame?” and you can probably imagine most of the topics covered.) I, (un)fortunately, was chosen this month.
I was emailed a set of questions and I answered most of them, as honest as possible, thinking they wouldn’t take as many as they did. The “interview” is as follows, word for word but for some anonymity-motivated redacting. (Links added.)
- Where did you grow up? [Hometown]. Northwest of Milwaukee.
- What are your plans for the holidays this year? I’m going back to MKE for Christmas, then to Cabo San Lucas until New Years Day.
- What’s on your wish list? Money, clothes and money. In that order.
- If you were not in Marketing at [Employer], what else what [sic] you like to do as a career? Design websites for small and medium sized businesses from somewhere in the middle of nowhere. Or maybe become a retiree. I hear good things.
- What are some of your hobbies? Watching movies, blogging, snowboarding (theoretically) and darts.
- Describe your favorite thing to do on the weekend during Minnesota winters. Relaxing with a movie, a fire and some drinks with a few choice friends.
- What is your order at your favorite restaurant? Juicy Lucy with pepperjack in the center, cheddar on top and jojo’s on the side at the 5.8 Club or a medium meatball and chicken pizza from Fat Lorenzo’s.
- What did you want to be when you grew up? A lottery winner.
- What’s the last concert you went to? Kings of Leon at the State Theater.
- What is the most interesting place you’ve ever traveled to? The NW coast, Portland and Seattle. Which just barely beat out Wall Drug by a few figurative miles.
- What will your News Years Resolution(s) be for 2009? To take certain things less seriously, others more seriously and to enjoy every day more than I’ve enjoyed the last. That, or to lose ten pounds.
… and finally:
It looks like I’m headed to Vegas in March. I have no idea how I’m going to do this but there’s a wedding in the works. (Sacrifices right? ::snicker::)
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Thursday, December 11th, 2008
Sen. Huckabee was on The Daily Show the other night. When the Stewart and Co. were here for the RNC, I attended and he was the guest then, too. Huckabee and I are close like this, like brothers or fire and ice.
Sure, religion is virtue because without we’d be animals. Phrases taken literally (without context) from a book of metaphors is the path to pomposity. But, the marriage thing confuses me.
Here’s how I understand it and you can (but won’t) call me out where I’m wrong.
It was born of necessity. We birthed the weakest offspring (ex: giraffes pop out walking) and needed familial structure to survive until we could fend for ourselves (currently, about twenty-four years). Symbolism manifested, conventions were established.
Marriage was arranged, without love and until death (like diamonds). Romans had man-man, woman-woman and pool-boy-anyone relations. Catholic priests could wed until they passed their wealth to children or wives instead of the church. (They’re still marriage counselors, which makes sense if your neurons misfire.)
Polygamy was legal, interracial marriage wasn’t. Divorce is as popular as American Idol. Merriam-Webster already has a secondary definition for “marriage” as same-sex unions without legal sanction.
Marriage has been changed many times. Social environments demand such alteration. Where’d the inflated, righteous concept come from?
The arguments are stale. Procreation ignores the millions of children in shitty homes or awaiting adoption. Our eroding family ignores the lemming-like divorce rate. Religion dismisses much of our history, most of The Book and common sense. (You’d need to do the same if you argued verbiage.)
It seems Huck just thinks homosexuality is a lifestyle choice. To him, it’s akin to wearing pre-faded jeans or misogyny. But we have a black president-elect, so do the progressives just have to wait it out?
These anti-gay folk are getting pretty old. Maybe that accounts for their fervidity. They need to push laws so generations can enjoy the same oppression they remember fondly from their youths.