From the Worldwide Communication Is Cheap file

Our housecleaner went back to Colombia for 5 weeks for dental work (it's much cheaper than here). Her sister is now here as her substitute. I believe her sister just called her in Colombia for instructions.

Animal headline of the day

Deer makes appearance at Pa. sporting goods store

Micro movie review

Philomena: Judi Dench plays a woman looking for the son she was forced to give up for adoption (and forced to work in a convent for having) in 1950's Ireland. This is based on a true story. A bit of a tearjerker, fairly well done. It certainly showcased the abuses of the Catholic Church and some of its later efforts to cover-up what it had done.

A dirty Republican

Dana Rohrabacher Is Dirty

Today's news round-up

Good News

• Alan Turing, Enigma Code-Breaker and Computer Pioneer, Wins Royal Pardon
• Same-Sex-Marriage Supporters Applaud Ohio and Utah Rulings
• Federal court: No halt to gay marriages in Utah
• 2 Pussy Riot members reunited after leaving prison
• Colorado St. assistant suspended for gay slur
• Appeals court rules gender change does not invalidate marriage This has always been the assumption for trans spouses, but this is the first time a court has actually said so.
• Indiana Finds It’s Not So Easy to Buck Gay Marriage Trend

Plat du jour

I am going to assume that this doctor is not the mother of 18. Or that she was born in 1918. Or that she became a doctor in 1918. Perhaps she's the 18th person who wanted a DR MOM plate.

Today's news round-up

Good News

• Bangladeshi Factory Owners Charged in Fire That Killed 112
• U.S. rights group sues Florida school for rejecting gay-straight club That reminds me: I have to renew my ACLU membership.
• U.S. court rejects stay in Utah pro-gay marriage ruling

Bad News

• Egyptian Activists Sentenced to 3 Years in Prison for Protests Egypt is not a democracy.
• Oklahoma puts freeze on monuments at statehouse for monkey god, Satan
• Missing From Podiums: Women