In looking at the Obama blog I'm noticing people doing a blogwave, basically posting one letter and then trusting the next person to spell the next letter and so on. Usually Yes We Can!

Has anyone seen this before on a blog? It's a really interesting method of trust and connection through fun + vulnerability in a digital space.How's that for analyzing the crap out of something fun. It's like analyzing a joke, I know. 

I don't. To me this was the entire point of registering Independent. At the time I thought: "Damn, if the Democratic party can't get a liberal, Jewish, Canadian queer chick like me to register Democrat, they're in trouble."But this point, of focussing on our shared problems and doing things to make them better entirely eludes Stanley Fish, who blogged today Against Independent Voters.In his lofty NYT estimation, Independents don't really want to stand for anything except avoid politics which we hate.  (more…)

I meant to write this while I was still in the vortex of power and love, but the thing about the vortex of power and love is that it felt so good, I didn't want to do anything like leave it, and that's what thinking would do. 

Now I am thinking a little.

Do you feel any different?

Yes. I feel relentlessly loving toward Stacey. I am not annoyed by anything she does. I have been happy every day. I can now feel the ground beneath my feet. 

We were together 5 and a half years and lived together for 3 before marrying. I never did the lesbian UHaul thing because I had thought moving in together would be the only marker of commitment I would have. Years ago, I didn't think I'd have family support for a marriage and for more years than that I didn't think I'd find someone to marry. I certainly *never* anticipated the possibility that I could get legally married. Now that it's all happened I am amazed at how different I feel. 

Where are the photos? 

 Our excellent documentary photographer Ian Taylor's + few from my sister Wendy + Paul Schreiber's. You are welcome to use Ian's photos, but you must name the people in the photos, credit him and link to his site: iantaylor.ca 

What did it feel like to get married?

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Heather mixes Lawrence Lessig, comedian Aundre the Wonderwoman, marketer Deb Schultz and the "audience" about Earnestness in Politics. Is it possible? What about earnestness at work, in the corporate environment?

Listen to the full 90 minute show.

I'm starting a new ongoing thingy [otherwise known as a blog category] called ourselves together. My main mission is to create ways /a world/ in which we can be our full selves together. no censoring or conformity. a togetherness of individuals. a world without capitalization.

This is a joyous, beautful video that captures this.

Lip Dub - Flagpole Sitta by Harvey Danger on Vimeo

It's made by peeps who work at vimeo and collegehumor.com. The most subversive element? Being their full joyous selves at work.

You can see from the comments how much we yearn for this.

other things I've written about coming out of the closet at work as yourself: work shouldn't have to suck.
open source management

Flagpole Sitta-Harvey Danger
(this group is also releaseing their new album for free on Bit Torrent and for download)

tip o the noggin to vlogmaster nick douglas for the heads up.