marriage equality strategy discussion

what abortion rights debate says about it 

Jeremy Grantham on global limits

Charlie Rose interview   Of interest to sadams, Charley, Kevin and Bruce K in particular

a great example of Carolina shag dancing

National Junior Champions

Yes you can (read this without depending on anyone)

Americans whose forbears came from Europe are unmoved by the common good

Men in Black IX

Scalia's comment that voting rights are the last bastion of racial privilege caused an uproar among Republican elected officials.   One governor ( who remained anonymous due to his hood) shouted that the comment would only backfire and added that the governments should continue with proven practices:
1) disenfranchisement via id laws and reduced voting hours
2) wholesale felony convictions for black Americans
3) jerry-mandering of voting districts.
"Scalia played into the Left's hands.  Leave this work to the professionals and get back on the golf course!"

LJE has been reduced to fishing with the homeless

Yet Another Yacht Story (YAYS).  "Yeah, some guy said something about teaching us to fish rather than giving us fish, so that's what we're doin'".

Request: Google Glass h/w + DJ app

One of the most iconic DJ scenes occurs early on in Blade, when we see a party of what turn out to be vampires dancing while the DJ presides over it wearing a pair of small flashlights mounted to his head.
Imagine what we could do with Google Glass Augmented Reality with a DJ app!

Dance party success!

Saturday night was so much fun!  Great turn out, mixing Buddhists with swing dancers - it resulted in a room full of great people having a good time together!  What more could I ask for?

We are fans of Portlandia

Portlandia, the hipsters-mocking-hipsters TV series - yes!  As an SNL fan, Sara has to endorse it.
I will make an on-site visit in April for the Rails Conference

(This post sponsored by Doc Martens for Kids, which is endorsed by Alison )

Deep into the Other Ballroom

This BoingBoing post by Niall Connolly should be of interest to sadams, LoriL,  KevO, and Albert.
College of Musical Knowledge upper division course for dance and anthropology minors, apply here...
I have always been a fan of both Paris is Burning and Retromania and this post is the hybrid offspring of the two.  Of course as a social dancer, DJ, fan of electronic music, and avid watcher of sub-cultures, it's right up my alley!

some inspiring swing dancing!

Mid Atlantic Dance Jam 2013