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Take note of today's date. July. Summer, right? Not in San Francisco, it ain't! I wore a scarf for my walk to work today. In July. Not that I'm complaining, mind you. On the contrary! After two recent trips to 90+-degree climates, I'm most certainly not complaining.
It seems San Francisco's typical "June gloom" waited an extra few weeks to make its appearance this year. Which means June was chock full of perfect, sunny 70-degree days and this second week of July has started off cloudy, foggy and chilly. I say, "Bring it!"
Gotta love KCRW.org. They're playing "Wish You Were Here" at this very moment. R.I.P., Syd Barrett.
What else? I finally caught Wordplay this past weekend and have to say it was the best time I've had at the movies in as long as I can remember. I loved it. And not just because I so fully relate to each and every puzzle-doing freak in the film. I was pleased that my companion, someone who has never in his three decades on Earth attempted a crossword, enjoyed the film just as much as I did. No need to belong to the crossword cult to revel in its wackiness!
Lastly, I have to respond to Liberty Counsel attorney Mathew Staver's "close, but no cigar" remarks on the issue of same-sex marriage. Staver seems to think that gay marriage should not be legalized on the grounds that it does not lead to procreation. Fair enough. But what Staver fails to explain is his plan for prohibiting marriage for those of us blasphemous heterosexuals who have no intention of ever producing offspring. According to Staver's viewpoint, we irreverant souls (like our homosexual brethren) fall outside the Christian definition of marriage as nothing less than a child-producing venture. Oh, what's to be done with us?
Then there's Staver's buddy, attorney Glen Lavy, who stated, "Procreation is the only reason that the state is justified in regulating adult intimate relationships." Umm... nice try, Glen. Please do us all a favor and find some other fictitious reason to try and hoodwink the public into believing same-sex marriage will destroy our society. Then take a look at your own life and enlighten all of us to just what it is that gives you the right to condemn the way others live. Maybe your pal Staver can help you.
Posted by ayelet at July 11, 2006 10:22 AM