This is one soldierly fight that I will enlist in

Support the end of Don't Ask Don't Tell. Please visit this link and sign this petition. It only takes a minute. If it's not enough to have me encourage you, watch this:



It is also great to see Asian Americans front and center for this campaign. I hope Obama keeps his promise and that Congress helps him do it.

Count me as one of 'em

This is no surprise, but it still makes me sad.

And women supposedly live longer anyway? Hmmm.

Pearls of wisdom about swine flu

Daily Kos has a great and detailed rundown of school closures and an informed take on the swine flu and classification of a pandemic.

The fact that it's being called H1N1 is starting to bug me, only because every time I hear it, I instantly get this song stuck in my head:



When a fatal disease starts translating into an infectious pop song, you know you're in trouble.