Today, on May 9, 2012, for the first time in history, the President of United States publicly announced that he supports same-sex marriage. [Let's not overlook the fact though that he also said each state gets to decide whether to legalize same-sex marriage or not... But still...]
What makes it such a groundbreaking moment in history is that right after the news got out, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, a devout Mormon, also made a statement supporting same-sex marriage:
My personal belief is that marriage is between a man and a woman. But in a civil society, I believe that people should be able to marry whomever they want, and it’s no business of mine if two men or two women want to get married. The idea that allowing two loving, committed people to marry would have any impact on my life, or on my family’s life, always struck me as absurd
What he said. Exactly.
What amuses me though is the fact that in addition to issuing a carefully worded statement containing the paragraph quoted above, Senator Reid also tweeted his stance. I smiled when I saw those tweets. “Now it’s official: He’s tweeted those exact same sentiment. There is no going back now, Senator Reid, because screenshots, like diamonds, are forever.”
Finally. Someone said it.
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Screenshots are like diamonds: they are forever
I have not been motivated to write real posts for a while now because I find lately my stats dispiriting, to say the least…
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Turkeys. Reason why most people visited my blog lately...
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I am kind of not motivated to write a real post... Gobble gobble
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Oh well. This kind of provides me with a great excuse to show you this picture I took when I all of a sudden saw something really interesting happening on my bookshelf at work.
I think I am going to report them to HR.
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I swear. I did NOT stage this. I simply caught them in the act. I suspect they've been doing this for a while now right above me all this time...
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Or, I could talk about how famous people on Twitter actually talked to me today.
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By “famous people” I meant whichever staff member from Comedy Central’s InDecision happened to be in charge of Twitter today. By “talking to me” I mean “Direct Messaging” so I was like the Booty Call that they were ashamed of being seen with.
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And this is why we all need to have a blog: to make sure that we always, ALWAYS, have a way to have the last word.
There. You. Go.
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POTUS has not been really tweeting ever since he became, well, POTUS. I can understand how he is super busy what with running the country and dealing with the crazies. On October 9, soon after the world learned about the surprising news that he has won the Nobel Peace Prize, he sent out a tweet, with one single word:
Humbled.
I was surprised that he still maintains the official BarackObama Twitter account (and it IS verified – I doubt anybody would even try to set up a fake celebrity account for this… Think of how the FBI would get on your behind faster than you could say “Squatter”…)
I decided to check on how he fares per number of followers on Twitter. Boy, he got beat by not just Ashton Kutcher, but Britney Spears too. Actually, I am fine with Britney Spears since she has a ‘Twitter double” that actually does the tweets for her. Thank goodness. But Kim Kardashian, people?!
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