http://sighclub.com Thu, 15 May 2008 17:59:04 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en We conclude that, under this state's Constitution, the constitutionally based right to marry properly must be understood to encompass the core set of basic substantive legal rights and attributes traditionally associated with marriage that are so integral to an individual's liberty and personal autonomy that they may not be eliminated ... http://sighclub.com/2008/05/15/congratulations-california/ Luddie does this every morning. Kitty sleeps in I was inspired to start recording video of our cats after Heather sent me the kitty treadmill video. WARNING: If you watch it too many times your head might explode. http://sighclub.com/2008/05/15/absolutely-ridiculous-cuteness/ I've been reading tony pierce for pretty much as long as I've been reading blogs. I've purchased his books and rooted for him all the way from the xbi to laist to now the big time latimes. He still updates his famous busblog (where he writes about women, music, and ... http://sighclub.com/2008/05/14/fireside-chat-with-tony-pierce/ Today was an important day. I woke up thinking it was going to be one I would just want to get through and be done with. I had an 8:30 appointment at the oral surgeon to look at a spot that has been on my pallette for at least a year. ... http://sighclub.com/2008/05/05/theimportanceoftoday/ I took a few photos of Hospital Hill in Northampton last week. I used my 50mm for these shots. Some of them were manipulated and some were not. I didn't mean for the first photo to come out the way it did. I'd had my camera's White Balance setting on Incandescent ... http://sighclub.com/2008/05/03/hospital-hill-northampton-massachusetts/ Inspired by Heather's comment, I photoshopped (or rather "shopped" as they say) one of my parking lot images. I just quickly edited the image, without grabbing the original, so there could be some noise as a result. Check it out after the jump. Thanks for the suggestion, Heather! I'm ... http://sighclub.com/2008/05/02/in-the-parking-lot-part-2/ Just this week a new producer started working here. One of her hobbies happens to be photography. Before she started I emailed her about doing some photo safaris on our lunch breaks from time-to-time. She is much more experienced than I am, so I am somewhat shy about showing her ... http://sighclub.com/2008/05/01/in-the-parking-lot/ Matt and I broke down and registered, because his family asked us to. We definitely didn't want to, because we felt we have everything we need for the most part. As much as we wanted to do this getting married thing our way, we had to acquiesce to a few ... http://sighclub.com/2008/04/28/we-broke-down/ If anyone at all still links to my old typepad address, please stop doing it. Some spam company parked there. I'm not going to link to it here, but it's sighclub dot typepad dot com. Pretty please? http://sighclub.com/2008/04/23/someone-parked-on-sighclub-dot-typepad-dot-com/ We've been taking to walks on Ashley Reservoir (three times in the past week-and-a-half). I'd never been there until this month, which is an unbelievable factoid. Other factoids: 1. Matt and I have devised a rock-kicking game. The object of the rock-kicking game is to kick a rock down the path ... http://sighclub.com/2008/04/22/ashley-reservoir-one-more-reason-holyoke-is-awesome/