all over the map

Good lord, way to make me feel old. And pervy.

I just realized that Chris graduated from High School in 1989. I graduated in 1986. I was a senior when he was a freshman. Lance would have been 7 years old.

I feel all skeevy now.

Remember that list I posted of the books I was in various stages of reading?? Still reading three of them. Now I'm in the middle of playing a bunch of games.

Final Fantasy X
Final Fantsy XII
Final Fantasy IX
Final Fantsy VII
Final Fantsy VIII
Silent Hill 2
Batman: The Rise of Sin Tzu
Kingdom Hearts
Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring
Spyro: Year of the Dragon (damn the skateboards!!)
Metal Gear Solid
Icewind Dale II
Might and Magic VII
Freedom Force.

Way to focus Lincoln! And these don't count the open-ended games like the Sims, Civilization, Age of Empires, Space Colony, Zoo tycoon, Tradewinds, Heroes of Might and Magic, Sim City and others.

well now...

From Advocate.com - today

Second judge in Washington State rules gay marriage ban unconstitutional

Echoing the ruling of another local court, a Thurston County, Wash., judge ruled Tuesday that Washington State's ban on same-sex marriage is unconstitutional.

A King County judge had ruled in favor of gay marriage rights in a separate case last month. Both cases will now go to the state supreme court, where they will likely be consolidated. "For the government, this is not a moral issue. It is a legal issue," wrote Thurston County superior court judge Richard Hicks in his ruling, posted Tuesday on the court's Web site.

Hicks acknowledged that the intent of the state's 1998 Defense of Marriage Act was very clear: Legislators wanted to limit marriage to a union between one man and one woman. But, Hicks said, that law directly conflicts with the state constitution.

"What fails strict scrutiny here is a government-approved civil contract for one class of the community not given to another class of the community," Hicks wrote. "Democracy means people with different values living together as one people. What can reconcile our differences is the feeling that with these differences we are still one people. This is the democracy of conscience."

The plaintiffs in the Thurston County suit, filed in April, are 11 gay and lesbian couples from across the state. An attorney from the American Civil Liberties Union argued their case in court last week. The King County suit was filed in March on behalf of six couples.