New York State Senate Votes Down Same Sex Marriage Bill

Article in the NY Times

When will people get it through their heads that this is a human rights issue?

On a related but tangential note: the fact that the State Senator Rubén Díaz Sr. does not count the Jews, the Muslims, or the Catholics as 'people' at least gave me something to laugh at.

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To read, hit it here: Whipping Boy

With artwork by soloproject

Whipping Boy Cover
and
Ascension and Simon

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Remembrance Day

We have a ... I suppose you could call it a tradition, though that is not the right word ... here where whenever a Canadian soldier is killed, he or she is given a motorcade down the Highway of Heroes. People line the overpasses to show their respect and to welcome our dead home. While I hate the necessity, I love the practice, and it makes me proud of my home and my people that we care enough to do so.

My Grandfather was a member of the Canadian Legion (an organization to support troops and veterans and their families), because he was a member of the Canadian Armed Forces in WWII. He was honourably discharged before seeing action, because he lied about his age when he enlisted, and they found out before he was deployed into Europe. My husband is technically a vet though he also did not see action (that he admits to).

I was waiting on an overpass near a Legion hall, musing about the dwindling number of people involved in the organization when the motorcade approached and I suddenly realised that the ranks of veterans who have seen the horrors of war are growing, not dwindling. This thought was reinforced recently when I was in Florida and I saw several US servicemen, amputees, wounded, and on leave.

For me, Remembrance Day has always been about the veterans of all wars, no matter when they took place. But this year, it is also about the veterans in the making in Afghanistan and other posts. I wish health and happiness and a good day, and I wish you to know that you have my support and my thanks, but far more than that, I wish you SAFE.

I am thinking of all of you. Past, and present.

Item #1 on goblie's wishlist -- A pencil sketch of John as Orca, Rodney as trainer, from Joyriding.

Click on the pic for the full size / high res version.

In the last several days my body has decided that I am just too old to be ignoring things. I've got an epic cold (not the 'flu, at least!), and one of my teeth has developed a significant infection, to the point where I'm swollen up and it's itching inside the bone.

Argh!!!

Title: Joyriding
Author: skinscript
Rating: PG
Fandom: Stargate: Atlantis
Warnings: Alternate Universe, crack-y
Wordcount: 1051
Posted to: story_lottery

Prompt: #13 - Smoke

Summary: Atlantis Aquarium's newest orca, Sheppard, keeps hurting himself. The Aquarium's founder and chief scientist, Doctor Rodney McKay, decides to figure out how.

A/N: Just got back from Florida, and all I can think of is Rodney and John as whales. Seriously. My brain is broken.

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( He's only been here two weeks, and this is the third time he's been hurt! )

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Hi everyone

I am sure everyone has seen this already, but:

are open for voting.

Click the pic, and head on over to vote for your favourites! There are fantastic stories nominated this year, and even if you consider it for absolutely nothing else, you could certainly consider it a great recs list. :)

Title: Hell's Angel on a Tricycle
Author: skinscript
Rating: PG
Fandom: Supernatural
Spoilers: very mild for 5.03 Free to be You and Me, 5.04 The End
Wordcount: 1030
Posted to: story_lottery

Prompt: #30 - a text message

Summary: Under the cut to respect not spoiling.

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( {yo u ther} asked Sam's phone )

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Title: Observer
Author: skinscript
Rating: PG
Fandom: Supernatural
Spoilers: 5.04 The End
Wordcount: 1100
Posted to: story_lottery
Prompt: #24 - A rainbow

Summary: Under the cut to respect not spoiling.

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( If he took the time to think about it, and there was little else for him to do at the moment, he could admit that he missed Dean. )

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Title: Good Hunting
Author: skinscript
Rating: NC-17
Warnings: Character deaths, violence
Wordcount: 8800
Posted to: mcshep_match, mckay_sheppard
Comment: Written for McShep Match 2009, Team War. Prompt: Open Season
Summary: Atlantis sends teams to compete in the once in a generation Pegasus fighting competition Shaur’Atan. Once there, it's open season and everyone gets more than they bargained for.

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Ok, so maybe, maybe, just this once the anthropologists got something right.

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Hey there

Hardly news at this point, but:



Congratulations to the whole team. Well done!

Yes! It. Is. Done.

Well, it's going to need some significant rewrites what with the crappy writing, but DOOODS! I finished! IN TIME!

Final first draft word count: 43871

Woooooooooooo!!!

39837 / 40000 words. 99.97% done!

You all have no idea how tempted I am to just write "by skin script" sixty times to see the word count go over. Note that I would split my name in two to get to count more words. *sigh*

I was kidding about that last part. I wouldn't split my name.

So - why stop when I'm soooooo close? Because I am tired as hell and while I've made the word count, I'm not quite done. The great battle is all I have left and I feel more like a wet noodle. So, instead, it shall be completed tomorrow.

Thank you everyone for all your support, especially my tireless betas and you folks on my flist who don't seem to mind getting daily spam. Tomorrow we celebrate!

34450 / 40000 words. 86% done!

A good day and some good scenes done. I'm actually thinking I have about 8K words left, much to my chagrin, though I can complete my first draft without them all. Some dark themes in this one, geeze -- Poor Lorne! I feel kind of bad for the nightmares he's now going to have for the rest of his life!

Once I've got the rest of the bones built I'll need to print out and re-evaluate ordering to see how pace works.

30353 / 40000 words. 76% done!

Another rough day. I'm right about at that part of the story where I start saying "this whole thing is crap. What was I thinking!?" but since I sure don't have time to start something new, I guess this is what I'll be going ahead with. I'm kind of unhappy with the writing; lots of very repetitive phrasing which I hate, but overall I'm pretty pleased with 30K words in 10 days, especially since I've been full time Mom this whole time and have only been able to write starting at about 10:30-11pm. On the other hand, I've hit a potential plot illogic that, while I can handwave around it or simply not mention it, is the kind of thing that can derail me completely. :(

Anyway, almost there!

27130 / 40000 words. 68% done!

Holy crap hard slogging today, but I also have a very rough outline of how the rest goes. I'm skipping through the most relevant bits cause I now think that the story is longer than I had in mind. I can go back and fill in some exposition later when I have time.

Still feasible to make the deadline. *blows out a big breath*

27130 / 40000 words. 68% done!

Holy crap hard slogging today, but I also have a very rough outline of how the rest goes. I'm skipping through the most relevant bits cause I now think that the story is longer than I had in mind. I can go back and fill in some exposition later when I have time.

Still feasible to make the deadline. *blows out a big breath*

25081 / 40000 words. 63% done!

21716 / 40000 words. 54% done!

Good progress today, but I still need to ramp it up.