Sense and nonsense

Updates all around:

...On the car: Damn thing is crapping out big time. It's like one of those cascading failures where once one thing starts to fail, it's like a sign that everything else should fail too. Ironically, the powertrain is fine...the parts that are crapping out are expensive electronic components like the instrument cluster (what the fuck?!) and the circuit board that controls the turn signals; stuff like that. It is really true: American cars suck. Anyway, I will be following the advice of both my sister and my cousin, and getting a late-model used car...specifically a Toyota of some type.

...On the Lawrence domestic partner registry: Rumors are this will be on the city agenda in the next month or so. This is a very good time to write the city commissioners and let them know of the kind of support it has inthe community. Lawrence voted over 2-to-1 two years ago against an anti-gay marriage amendment to the state constitution; this is a clear sign that the citizens of Lawrence are strongly in favor of civic recognition of gay and lesbian relationships...but it is important to make sure that the commissioners, some of whom were elected on a "business" platform, know this. Josh wrote a really great entry in his blog about the registry, and he has convenient links to email all the commissioners. It takes only a couple minutes, so go do it now!

...On the Lawrence Apple Users Group: If you are in Lawrence and reading this today, come on by our meeting tonight, at 7:00 at Signs of Life coffeehouse, downtown. We're going to talk of the ultimate in sacrilege...running Windows on the Mac. And even if you can't come, check out this cool review of Timbuktu that one of our members wrote!