The DC City Council seems poised to enact legislation allowing same sex marriage, paving the way for the first ceremonies to take place in the spring (ah, all decked out under the apple blossoms; how romantic). Predictably, the Catholic Church has worked itself into a petulant frenzy over it, and is attempting to blackmail the City by saying it’ll suspend all its charitable works in DC if they’re forced to treat “those people” like regular human beings. I think that’s how God would want it, don’t you?

I also think God would want the City Council to revisit its mechanism of determining what constitutes a “tax exempt” entity. If the Catholics want to abandon the vast amount of homeless and poor folks in DC, that’s cool. Now start paying taxes on all that prime real estate you own (including that University with the shitty dorms). In fact, I’d go beyond that, and tell them they need to perform at least a dozen same sex marriages (Priests and Altar Boys don’t count) a week in that fancy schmancy Basilica of theirs (which looks pretty gay to me), or all their property will be assessed at full value, and we’ll be needing a check by the end of January (and another one for the school taxes in September).

Turns out Kimberly Munley – the heroic female cop credited with “taking down” the Ft. Hood shooter – was certainly heroic – just not the person who put Major Hasan down. It was Sgt. Mark Todd who plugged Hasan and then kicked he shooter’s gun away. Kinda makes you wonder what else we aren’t hearing about this whole thing. I mean, first, they told us Hasan was dead – and that was the official story for many hours. Then for some reason (why? Better story?) they tell us – despite lots of other eyewitness accounts – that one cop ended the ordeal, when in fact it was somebody else. They say Hasan shouted “Allah Akbar,” too. Will that turn out to be true? Or just another good story? I’m starting to wonder if Nidal Malik Hasan’s name will turn out to be Nicholas Michael Hogan, and instead of being a Muslim, he’s a Scientologist.

If I didn’t know better, I’d think the Army is just incapable of telling the truth or something. But that can’t be, ‘cuz I saw Stanley McCrystal on the teevee, and when he says he can win in Afghanistan if only he gets more troops, I just know it’s true. 🙄

Last Friday, when I noticed it was November 6th, I had a premonition that we would soon have a Friday the 13th – and here it is. Spooky, isn’t it? I’m kind of Nostradamic that way. To celebrate, I decided to take the day off (since it’s going to be a nice, sunny day, and I’m getting tired of coming home from work when it’s pitch black out). Looks like the dogs are gonna get a nice long walk today.

Watch out for black cats, and stay away from ladders today.