Dolphin’s Dock

I put this little video together of the agility obstacles Zeke and I have been working on. I think he’s doing fantastic for only a month or so of training on them. And we’re both having a great time with it.

• Sometimes you have to just laugh to yourself about people, so that you don't kill them. #
• Yesterday, as we got back from the gym, I said "I wish they'd fill this dip in our street." Today it's being filled. Behold my power! #
• And this is why courts can and do sometimes overrule "the will of the people" and why that's a good thing! | http://bit.ly/94qG5P #
• Dr. Laura misunderstands the 1st Amt: "I want to be able to say what’s on my mind … without somebody getting angry" | http://bit.ly/c0KfeW #
• Didn't realize when I ordered some light-weight lounge shorts to lay around the house in, that "light-weight" meant "plainly see-through". #

• I didnt overdraft, but my bank transferred $13 from sav to chck & charged me a $30 OD fee? WTF? Fixing it then closing my accounts w/ them! #
• Tech Support posts woman's nude photos online. I must admit I felt less and less sorry for her as the article wore on. http://bit.ly/98sLSL #
• I was expecting a package in the mail today. Instead I got an email from the manufacturer telling me they had received my "returned order" #
• So, I went to reorder the product that was magically "returned" yesterday, and it's now $5 cheaper. So at least there's that. #
• The deification of a single author always makes me nervous about the libertarian crowd. | http://bit.ly/baSAhg #

The American Family Association is calling for the impeachment of federal judge Vaughn Walker, after he found California’s anti-gay marriage amendment, Prop 8, to be unconstitutional. Their reason is because Judge Walker is gay and therefore should have recused himself from the case. We’ll leave alone the foolish notion that gay judges shouldn’t be allowed to hear cases involving any sort of gay rights issues ever (other than to note that the AFA has also implied that being gay should automatically disqualify someone from being a judge in the first place), for much the same reason that we would ignore the suggestion that no black judge should ever hear a case that in anyway involved civil rights.

The more interesting aspect is that, in their (unsuccessful) rush to discredit the results of the hearing, they are contradicting everything they’ve said up until the case was decided. The point of view they have held up to this point is that gay marriage isn’t about gay people at all, but about protecting straight marriages. After all, (they say) they don’t “hate” gay people, they just don’t want to see straight marriage fail (which would magically happen if gay marriage were legal of course). But if the case is NOT about gay rights, then where is their opposition to a gay judge coming from? If what’s at stake is straight marriage, shouldn’t it be straight married judges who they demand recusal from? In fact, Judge Walker isn’t married yet they demand his recusal on the basis of his orientation alone, so doesn’t it follow that by their own logic, not only should it be straight married judges, but indeed straight judges in general. Accepting the (false) premises that judges should never hear cases that may one day affect their lives, and that gay marriage cases are all about protecting straight marriage; I’m having trouble figuring out how the AFA thinks anybody except a gay judge could hear this particular case.

• You know, as a web designer, I'm really beginning to loathe Google Chrome. #
• Despite the inevitable appeals, this is an awesome step! http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/08/04/california.same.sex.ruling/index.html #
• Has anybody else noticed that nearly every judge who has decided in favor of gay marriage was appointed by a GOPer? #
• A FB friend posted a pic of her new tat (on her hand) & my first thought was, "Is she still gonna want that there when she's 40?" I'm old… #
• I'm teaching myself After Effects for work. Mostly good times, but I'm way to impatient for these rendering times. #

• I'd dispute a few of his subpoints, but overall, a worthy read: http://huff.to/H5GQ6 – 4 Lessons Gay Marriage Advocates can take from Obama #
• I'm disturbed by this in ways and for reasons I don't begin to understand. http://bit.ly/cZLJbg #
• After Effects or Final Cut, that is the question… #
• I just set up the ability to tweet from Quicksilver! #
• Only downside is the lack of a character count. I'll just have to be sure that QS tweets are way under 140 #
• I wish I'd know how quick e-readers were going to drop in price before I spent $259 on a Nook for Ben less than a year ago. Kindle 3? $139 #
• I'm officially in love with Form Plugin for jQuery http://fb.me/sSr1wR0D #

• I'd dispute a few of his subpoints, but overall, a worthy read: http://huff.to/H5GQ6 – 4 Lessons Gay Marriage Advocates can take from Obama #
• I'm disturbed by this in ways and for reasons I don't begin to understand. http://bit.ly/cZLJbg #
• After Effects or Final Cut, that is the question… #
• I just set up the ability to tweet from Quicksilver! #
• Only downside is the lack of a character count. I'll just have to be sure that QS tweets are way under 140 #
• I wish I'd know how quick e-readers were going to drop in price before I spent $259 on a Nook for Ben less than a year ago. Kindle 3? $139 #
• I'm officially in love with Form Plugin for jQuery http://fb.me/sSr1wR0D #

• MIT analyst should know UFOs are simply Unidentified Fly Objects. Therefore, until they are identified, they ARE UFOs! http://bit.ly/d9h9Qf #
• Holy crap, the rain is so heavy out I literally cannot see out of my office window. #
• When did Subway (@subwayfreshbuzz) start offering avacado for their subs?!? Delicious move Subway! #

• Thoughts on the new The Y logo: Decent job updating while not losing the existing brand, but why keep "YMCA" if you're branding as "The Y"? #
• Gotta love emails like this: "Sorry I got really busy [so you've been waiting on me for a week now], but now I need this finished ASAP" #
• To blog template designers: Line-height is your friend. Bunched up text is hard to read… #
• Congrats to Argentina on becoming yet another country that is more progressive than the US on marriage equality: http://bit.ly/d3i9Qb #
• Life advice from a 6 year old. And wiser words have never been written: http://bit.ly/cV33qn #
• ExpressionEngine 2 is out of beta! http://fb.me/CVpWXrlz #

• I'm actually excited to hit the gym after work today. How strange. #
• I'm noticing the idiots screaming that global warming was debunked by our cold snap this winter are oddly quiet through this heat wave… #
• Obama's DOJ, you have no reason or requirement to appeal this: http://politi.co/dxCsxK #
• Porn and Disney are destroying relationships (funny): http://stuffnoonetoldme.blogspot.com/2010/06/blog-post.html #