Here's a great corporate response to disaster

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A heart touching video

I saw this on the excellent blog Gay Family Values here. Apparently, ABC ran an experiment to see what bystanders in a restaurant would do if they witnessed bigotry toward a gay family. The results were surprising and really moving. Well worth your time. When I think of families like Mitch's, and what we're going to be going through here in Minnesota for the next seventeen months as we argue about the Minnesota amendment, I'm heartened to see people speaking up to object to bigotry.

High school open house

Oh Livejournal/Dreamwidth, hive mind repository of all human knowledge, please pass along your best suggestions/tips for a successful, affordable high school graduation open house in one's own home. Any menu suggestions?

Fiona's going to be a high school graduate!* Can you believe it?

*Well, with an asterisk by her name. Technically, she doesn't graduate until she finishes online gym, over the summer.

One more picture

Just because I can't resist.

Uh, I'm just showing what the dress looks like without the shawl! That's it!