Massachusetts’s Supreme Judicial Court found today that the Bay State can’t award marriage licenses to out-of-state same-sex couples. It is a sad day for the gay rights movement, but I think the court’s decision is completely unsurprising. It just points out the obvious, which is that until the nation as a whole comes to its [...]

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I just read a great New Yorker article—a profile of a tiny Greenwich Village restaurant, Shopsin’s, and its owner, who despises publicity and review-chasing customers. The lease is running out this year and the proprietor is moving on to a new location with cheaper rent (Brooklyn!), thus his finally giving the writer permission to publish [...]

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Things I’d rather watch than Mind of Mencia:
Puppy Strangling Variety Hour
Fear Factor: Leprosy Edition
Septuagenarian Erotic Massage
Road Kill Cooking
Eastern European Infomercials
Vomitorium 3: Pukopalypse Now
The King of Queens

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Hey look, in Texas they’re arresting people for public intoxication. No big deal, right? We don’t want people wandering the streets in a drunken stupor, exposing themselves and others to danger. Oh, wait a second. They’re arresting people while they’re in the bar? Well, that certainly puts an interesting spin on things.

And while we’re talking [...]

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I finally posted the rest of my pictures from Austin. Here are a couple of selections, click that link for a lot more.

p + j
I had tacos
A nice sunset.

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The UC-Berkeley Bears completely and hilariously punked USC a couple of weeks ago. On March 4, the two teams met in a must-win game for Cal, and they, well… just check it out for yourself.

In Victoria’s honor, I am picking UCLA to make the NCAA finals.

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If you want to compete in my NCAA pool, you’ve got to put together a bracket here and then join the “calamityjake” group. It’s up to well over a dozen hardened competitors now.

And while we’re not on the subject, this Waiter Rant post shows exactly how annoying being a waiter can be.

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If you want to be part of my spectacular NCAA pool, you need to fill out a bracket here and then join the “calamityjake” group. Although the official prize for winning is mere pride, I will buy the winner a beer at the bar near my house, where they serve dollar drafts.

And I don’t mean [...]

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