meta-roj

recent developments in my life means i might actually catch up with the stuff here on the “to blog” list. look for a flood of short posts. enjoy.

i’m going to make this into an inspirational story, because one of the players stood up and took a hit.

so, thank you, kari sewell.

Lesbian’s Picture in Tux Cut From Yearbook [ap via seattle post intelligencer, feb 26, 2005]

County school officials are backing a principal’s decision to bar a picture of a lesbian student dressed in a tuxedo from the high school yearbook.

now, i don’t feel like digging up an old yearbook, but i’m sure there have been women in tuxedos since the invention of the tuxedo. so maybe the county’s beef is that this young woman happens to be a lesbian? i dunno. this has shades of a local story. besides, i seem to remember the women in some school groups (things like band and rotc) being required to wear the same thing as the men.

no matter. i’m not writing this to go down the litany of stupid policies, i’m here to credit a teenager with courage.

Lesbian’s Picture in Tux Cut From Yearbook [ap via seattle post intelligencer, feb 26, 2005]

The student editor of the yearbook, Keri Sewell, was fired after refusing her adviser’s order to take the picture out.

update (2005.03.02): it’s been picked up by usa today and metafilter. let the outrage spread.

update (2005.03.29): looks like the wire story might’ve spelled her name wrong… kari sewell? your name’s been corrected in my space. thanks for dropping by…

the ap story at spi seems to have expired, so here’s another version, this time from the student press law center, and hopefully more permanent.

cat person

sometimes, it’s best to recognize that someone else has said something that needed to be said, and to simply acknowledge and appreciate it, even with its flaws.

[via metafilter]

musician

in yet another conspiracy to keep my blogging limited, reuters.com has implemented a splash-ad mechanism.

i’m not willing to sit-through or click-through ads for sexual enhancement products just to see a news summary, so reuters.com exits my browsing habit.

it was fun while it lasted…

beyond real

and worse, once the stupid manifests itself, it spreads like a cancer.

just in case you had any doubts, i direct your attention to the comments attached to this post about walmart getting into the online music business.

peacemaker

Oom Ray