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2009 in Review

January (N-Seoul Tower, Seoul, Korea)
Family visit to Korea.  No casualties.

February (St. David’s Hospital, Austin, Texas)
Welcoming Madison Maguregui into the world.

March (Home, Round Rock, Texas)
Ray and Mocha.

April (Home, Round Rock, Texas)
New floors!  Followed soon by new furniture.

May (Home, Round Rock, Texas)
Baby bird nesting in the hanging flowerpot on the back porch.

June (Home, Round Rock, Texas)
7 months [...]

LiveBlogging the Great Blizzard of 2009

Given the extensive coverage the topic has received in major international outlets such as the Austin American-Statesman and KUT-FM radio, I’m sure that you are all aware of the impending blizzard that is set to descend upon the ATX later this morning (assuming the weathermen didn’t get it wrong, again).  In case you’ve been hiding [...]

Love and Marriage

OK, I’ll admit it: I’m really irritated with the headline currently on the home page of the University of Texas–”Gay Couples View Marriage as Legal Protection, Not Commitment Symbol, Study Shows.”

The story describes a study undertaken by researchers in the Department of Sociology, and includes this little tidbit:

According to the study, more than half of [...]

Taste the Rainbow, Bitches!

Bad joke from a colleague:

Q: What does a gay drive-by shooting look like?
A: A bunch of guys in a pink Ford Focus throwing Skittles out the window, screaming “Taste the rainbow, bitches!”

There’s been an awful lot in the press lately about the relationship between the Obama administration and gays (specifically, that there really isn’t one).

Andy [...]

In Remembrance: Elizabeth Fernea

I found myself unexpectedly writing an obituary today.  Elizabeth Warnock Fernea — BJ, to just about everyone — passed away yesterday afternoon.  

Saying that BJ was “a member of the faculty” is such an unfortunate understatement.  I lamented to two former coworkers this afternoon, “How do you sum up someone who was so much bigger [...]