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Proof that anything can be deep fried.
Suddenly those Christmas cookies I ate for breakfast don’t feel so good. I’m going to the gym right now.
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I have a solution to the five pounds I’m sure to gain this holiday season…
Ugandan president will veto bill
The Advocate reported yesterday that the president of Uganda, Yoweri Museveni, has pledged to veto the bill wending its way through the legislature. For those of you who hadn’t heard, this bill would have punished homosexual “repeat offenders” with the death penalty. Horrifying.
From Our Family to Yours Campaign
Wanna send a holiday card to the Obamas?
LGBT family rights groups are encouraging you to do so. Send your card by January 1st. Let’s increase the visibility of our families!
Details are here.
I think I’ll send this holiday card from a few years ago, since I’m unlikely to get this season’s card out until sometime in [...]
Spaghetti Sauce
Here’s my recipe for spaghetti sauce. Before Claudia’s son tasted this, he would only eat Ragu.
1 eggplant
1 green pepper, halved and seeded
3-4 carrots
1 onion
4 cloves garlic, minced
a handful of fresh basil or parsley or both
1 large can (28 oz.) tomato sauce
2 large cans crushed tomatoes
1 large can diced tomatoes
salt and pepper
olive oil
Peel the eggplant. Cut [...]
Marriage Equality in D.C….!
It’s about to pass, I think. I’m watching it live:
http://www.dccouncil.washington.dc.us/
UPDATE: It passed, 11-2!
Photo credit, Women holding hands
Blended Families
I spent a lot of my first year with my daughter explaining to her that no, she was never going to have a dad.
“But why do you kiss Claudia like that and not me?” she would ask.
“I kiss Claudia like I would kiss a dad if you had one,” I would say.
“But why can’t I [...]
Mother worries…
Tell me, other mothers out there, are you sometimes paralyzed with worry about your children?
Such anxiety is a fairly new thing for me. Years ago when the little one had been with me about a year, I had a dream that I lost her. Since I woke up panicked, and not wishing I was back [...]
Gay Dads in the Penguin World
Act one. The East London Aquarium staff wondered why penguins Molly and Guido didn’t produce offspring after sixteen months together. And so they did a blood test. Surprise—both Molly and Guido were male. A penguin gay couple.
Act two. In the Penguin world as in the human world, apparently heterosexual individuals can be bad parents. A [...]
Healthy Granola Bars
This is a high-protein snack that even kids who insist they hate nuts will love. The secret is chopping the nuts very finely. My daughter carries these with her to eat before swim practice to give her energy.
2 1/2 cups Quaker oats (not the quick cooking kind)
1/4 cup steel-cut oats (or substitute more Quaker oats [...]
The Band-Aid Crisis
I visited with my daughter-to-be for six weeks before she moved in with me. It was supposed to be a time for her to begin getting used to the idea of moving to a new family. I’m actually fairly sure there was no preparing her for the huge change that was to come. I, on [...]
