My friend Free points out:

…Unlike Massachusetts, California does not have a law prohibiting marriage in the state if your home state would not recognize the marriage. Thus, allowing same-sex marriage in California will open same-sex marriage up to a lot more people than the Massachusetts change did.

…In addition, any same-sex couple from outside of California that gets married in California may find themselves unable to get a divorce. The reason is that divorces are generally governed by the law of your state of domicile. Thus, even if a Maryland couple gets married in California, they could get a divorce only in Maryland. Since Maryland would not recognize the marriage, it would not issue a divorce. Thus, the couple would truly be married for life, unless one or the other of them moved to Massachusetts, California, or another state or foreign jurisdiction that recognizes same-sex marriages.

One comment on her blog mentions

… Strange that in legalizing same-sex marriage, they’re indirectly promoting the sanctity of marriage (married por vida). Wonder what that will do to the arguments that same-sex marriage diminishes the sanctity of marriage. :)

Ha!

This show was quite a lot of fun. The piece I found most fun was a piece involving real dancers. A dancer was moving around, dancing this repeating pattern and I saw a placard around her neck that read something like “1, 1 2, 1 2 3”. On the wall there was a sign that read “Put signs on the dancers if you can” There were signs like “Take a break”, “Double time”, “Slow Motion”. I had trouble getting the sign on the moving dancer until Charlotte noticed the pattern. She pointed out when the piece was going to end and I got to put my sign around the dancer’s neck. Groovy.

It was at the Climate Theater.

A Victorian trans-Atlantic viewing tunnel revitalized for the 125th anniversary of the Brooklyn Bridge.

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The ends of the telectroscope had been sealed off for more than a century, forgotten… almost.

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Find out more about the Telectroscope here and here. I found out about the Telectroscope when looking over my blog logs. A Metafilter article talked about both it and my Alameda-Weehawken article.

Airgas sells dry ice under the Penguin Brand name all over the place. Find out exactly where you can buy dry ice in supermarkets. I found this dry ice box in the front of a Safeway in San Jose.

You are Jayne, the Merc

You have a unique sense of fashionable hats and a discomforting closeness with your firearms. You may be the object of adulation for a small group of people.

Take the Which Firefly guy are you? Quiz at HeavyInk.com

I sent this reply to Rick about… well, read for yourself

Don’t tell Charlotte. She wants a motorcycle but refuses to get one because she knows it’d be WAY too dangerous for her. And I should definitley NOT get a jet pack!
NOT
NOT!
NOT!!!

——– Original Message ————-
From: Rick Taylor
Sent: Sunday, May 18, 2008 10:35 PM
To: Lee Sonko
Subject: Yves Rossy

http://www.jet-man.com/prod/index.html

You heard of this guy? Reminded me of your RC wings, thought you would be interested.
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I went to a molecular gastronomy talk put on by Michael Zbyszynski at Maker Faire a few weeks ago. Here’s the bullet points I wanted to remember

Get supplies here: http://le-sanctuaire.com/ 315 Sutter Street on the 5th Floor

Recipes: Read the “Hydrocolloid Recipe Book”

Sous Vide cooking (pronounced “sue veed”) is used by about 60% of the food on your plate at most restaurants.

Carrot Juice Caviar recipe: http://www.instructables.com/id/Carrot-Caviar/
a very interesting example as to what you can do with molecular gastronomy

http://forums.egullet.org

A blog I found on the subject
http://thegreatindoorsman.com/?cat=17

Several years ago I ripped the original Hampsterdance.com homepage from Archive.org. It’s just a joy that every few months I get a thankful email from someone. Here’s the one I got today:

Hi Lee-

I just wanted to thank you for preserving the original hamsterdance so faithfully. I click on it whenever I need to smile!

Get some old-school internet joy right here.

(The sound might play automatically in your browser, or not. There is a link to the music at the bottom. Hey, it’s a faithful rip of the original site!)

Last month Melissa sent me a banana bread. I have to say that it was completely terrific. She wrote,

i made three, gave one to a friend and kept one. the one i kept was super cinnamon and was so good, it was a borderline cinnamon bread.

yeah that recipe is a total keeper…the secret are the folgers fresh crystals!

There you have it!

These people are amazing. If you are near New York City on June 1st, you should go see them. You won’t be sorry!

Here’s the email I got from them tonight

“A delicate blend of untamed nature dialoguing with new technologies, Lulacruza is a cornerstone in the musical DNA of Latinamerica.”

– Revista 23, Argentina

We’ll be playing in NYC at the beginning of June with an amazing video artist; and our incredible friend Dygn will be opening for us. Don’t miss this rare opportunity to see Lulacruza with live visuals in an intimate venue (please make reservations!) And forward this information to anyone in NYC who might be interested. Thanks!

Sunday June 1st, 8 pm
@ Monkey Town
Lulacruza
+ dygn
visuals by Lady Firefly

58 N 3rd Street (between Kent & Wythe)
Williamsburg, Brooklyn
Reservations: 718-384-1369 or go to www.monkeytownhq.com
$8 (they also serve delicious food)

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NEWS:::
Watch our new live mini-video/documentary: https://youtube.com/watch?v=RMRvefhAN_4
While in NYC, we will also be mixing our new album Soloina and getting ready for our South American tour in the Summer!

We hope the Spring is bringing you all a lot of beauty, understanding and expansion.
light resounding))))

ale & luis

www.lulacruza.com

“Seldom does a sound emerge so ripe and innovative. Lulacruza’s Luis Maurette and Alejandra Ortiz weave haunting female vocals with South American instruments and electronically manipulated field recordings.”
Visavis.com

“The universe of this duo spins around four elements: wind, earth, fire and especially water, creating primitive and vibrant songs. Like a nymph from the Andes Mountains, Alejandra hypnotizes you with a voice and lyrics that pay homage to Pacha Mama, mother earth to the Incas. Luis is in charge of creating the décor; an electronically processed primitive forest.”
Proyectounder.org