The ERA is back! Awesome!

Alice Paul
Alice Paul
Holy crap, I was really surprised when I read this on Shakespeare’s Sister, and then read the WaPo article:

New Drive Afoot to Pass Equal Rights Amendment
Federal and state lawmakers have launched a new drive to pass the Equal Rights Amendment, reviving a feminist goal that faltered a quarter-century ago when the measure did not gain the approval of three-quarters of the state legislatures.

The amendment, which came three states short of enactment in 1982, has been introduced in five state legislatures since January. Yesterday, House and Senate Democrats reintroduced the measure under a new name — the Women’s Equality Amendment — and vowed to bring it to a vote in both chambers by the end of the session.

That just makes me so happy I could cry. Maybe we can finally honor Alice Paul the way we should.

2022-03-16 Update:
This didn’t go further in 2007, but several states made strides. The whole history is available on wikipedia and there is an advocacy organization working on getting this passed.
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Twitter

Shorter review: Simple, and seemingly frivolous web communication tool. But I can see it really working as a fun, handy IM/mobile texting tool for my friends, if I can only herd all of them onto it.

What Twitter is: It’s a really simple, public blog. You post short (less than 140 characters) messages about what you’re doing right now. The messages display on the site, and get sent to your friends, via the web, IM and text messages – whichever they’ve set up. You can send messages to twitter from you mobile phone or IM.

Anil Dash put it much better back in February:

Twitter is a simple service that lets you send simple status update messages to your friends via SMS, IM, or a very basic web interface. Those messages are then sent to everyone who follows your updates, using any of the communications methods available. Simply put, it’s a buddy list or reply-to-all form of group communication for media which didn’t really have them. And Twitter lowers the threshold of participation to being just a straightforward prompted text area.

I discovered Twitter about 3 months ago, and even had a little twitter blurb on my site for a while. Since SXSW I’ve been on frequently and have a number of people I keep up with on the service. Twitter was a huge deal at SXSW – they had giant screens set up in the hallways and people would post little messages about what they were doing/thinking in the panels they attended, where they were going for lunch, etc.
That was pretty frivolous. It’s the mobile aspect that I really find intriguing. I want to be able to text my friends quickly and easily, all at once, to let them know what I’m up to. It would be great for spontaneous weekend activities – “we’re going to go to the zoo this afternoon – join us at 2:00!”

Friends I’d like to get set up on Twitter:
Stephanie (of course)
Dan
Douglas
Amy (although that could be dangerous; she’d twitter all day long)
JonwithTyres
MJ
My sister – how could I forget her on this list? I miss her a lot.
Cate

Anyway, here is me on Twitter.

Twitter Bird
Twitter Bird

2022-03-16 Update:
Who could have imagined a “seemingly frivolous web communication tool” would cause an attack on the US capitol and almost destroy democracy in 2021?
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Rumor: Katamari for Wii?

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The rumor is flying on all the gaming sites out there on the interweb tubes, but the article has been pulled from the original source:
Beautiful Katamari is set to be released in the USA on October 17th for $39.99 on the PS3 (with SIXAXIS support) and XBOX 360. The Wii version will arrive shortly after on November 14th on the Wii for $29.99.
God, I hope that’s true – that would tip me off of my current “which platform to get next?” dilemma over into getting a Wii.

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Good Disguises

Me to a co-worker: “But would you expect me to have a mustache and goatee? No – that’s why it’s a good disguise!”

Commie Disquise
Commie Disquise
2022-03-16 Update:
Why did it take me so long to deal with my gender issues? I do not know.
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Steph Sold Her House Mix

Douglas made me this mix, in celebration of selling my house.
The Creeps – Camile Jones Vs. Fedde Le Grande
She’s My Man – Scissor Sisters
Miracle – Cascada
By The Way – Jenna Drey
Glamourous – Fergie feat. Ludacris
She’s Madonna – Robbie Williams
Love Today – Mika
Take It – Tom Novay and Lima
Girlfriend – Avril Lavigne
Minimal – Pet Shop Boys
Dare Me – Junior Jack
Lil’ Star – Kelis feat. Ceelo
Ruby – Kaiser Chiefs
This Ain’t a Scene, It’s An Arms Race – Fall Out Boy
Read My Mind – The Killers
Standing in The Way of Control – The Gossip
New Shoes – Paolo Nutini
Lost Without U – Robin Thicke
So Not Over You – Simply Red
I Need to Wake Up – Melissa Etheridge

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