Tuesday night: Yes, yes I am still alive . . .

1. A great, big Liamverse welcome to  apolloniavoss and  gryphonsinistre.

2. 100 Minutes War (and the ensuing visit to Konrad and Brenwen's) wiped me flat out. Of course the long ride home didn't help, but yee-ha, we got to shop at Trader Joe'). It was an extremely well-run event. I was really impressed and had a great time.

3. Progress is a good thing.

Associated Press

MIAMI (AP) — A judge on Tuesday ruled that a strict Florida law that blocks gay people from adopting children is unconstitutional, declaring there was no legal or scientific reason for sexual orientation alone to prohibit anyone from adopting.

Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Cindy Lederman said the 31-year-old law violates equal protection rights for the children and their prospective gay parents, rejecting the state's arguments that there is "a supposed dark cloud hovering over homes of homosexuals and their children."

She noted that gay people are allowed to be foster parents in Florida. "There is no rational basis to prohibit gay parents from adopting," she wrote in a 53-page ruling.

Florida is the only state with an outright ban on gay adoption. Arkansas voters last month approved a measure similar to a law in Utah that bans any unmarried straight or gay couples from adopting or fostering children. Mississippi bans gay couples, but not single gays, from adopting.

4. If you are in the SCA, you might want to wade through the madness that is sca and sca_snark. Then again, you might not.

5. I have a lot of thoughts on a lot of issues, SCA and non-SCA. I am just too damned tired to make sense of them. I am also trying very, very hard to be a polite gentleman.

6. "We had a dog named Bocephus living out in the front yard."

7. OK, here's a new feature!

Did someone saygryphonsinistre?