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Monday, April 5th, 2010

After a wonderful weekend with my partner, I’m surprised today doesn’t feel like more of a letdown than Mondays typically do. I’m not going to complain about the lack of the “case of the Mondays,” by any means, though!

Part of the weekend fun involved shopping at one of my favorite secondhand stores, Community Thrift on Valencia Street in San Francisco. Their book collection absolutely cannot be beat – it’s extremely well organized, well stocked, and absurdly priced. Most hardcovers are under two dollars, and paperbacks a dollar or less. We picked up a few household items, a couple of games, two records (I can’t resist musicals on vinyl!), and a handful of books (including a paperback copy of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, which I’m in the middle of reading right now) for twenty-five bucks. We have the hardcover HP5, but I’d much rather carry around the smaller, lighter copy for bus rides and jury duty (yep, back again today).
How did you spend your weekend? Celebrate Easter, watch or listen to some baseball (go Sox!), score any new books?

Free-form Friday

Friday, April 2nd, 2010

Today’s link is to my girlfriend’s new blog, and her post about the military, stop-loss, and Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.

I’ve always been connected to the military in one way or another; my dad was in the Navy, my brother in the Army, I have a good friend who is still in the Army now, and of course my partner is former Navy. We’ve talked about the possibility of her returning once the policy is repealed; it has its good and bad points, and we’ll certainly weigh them more deliberately when the time comes, but even the idea of it being an option is an indication of the fact that we, as a country, are finally making some great strides toward equality.

What are your thoughts? Share them here or there, or both!