Prompted by the last post, this is October to October:
I never thought I’d be surpassing this anytime soon (in terms of kms traveled), but it looks like I did, with ~105,000 km. There’s a slight bit of a cheat in this map – that trip through Nova Scotia was allll road miles, but it didn’t seem right to leave it off.  All in all, I’m a very lucky guy.
I’ve been thinking a bit about travel, lately, and why it’s so important to me. Anthony Bourdain and I share some common ideas on that, it seems:
(picked up from Esme Vos’ blog)
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvC3hVXZpc4[/youtube]
Andrew Sullivan pretty much sums it up for me. And let me preempt the number 1 bullshit reply that I’ve heard from so many apologists – the anger isn’t about big legislative changes (e.g., ending DOMA), it’s about him not taking actions within his immediate power (e.g., stopping the enforcement of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell). Yes, some things take time. Some things. Not all.
Or music for eternity, really:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5C99JyP2ns[/youtube]
Stopped by the Thomas Jefferson Memorial last night with a friend, and was reminded of one of my favorite quotes:
I am not an advocate for frequent changes in laws and constitutions, but laws and institutions must go hand in hand with the progress of the human mind. As that becomes more developed, more enlightened, as new discoveries are made, new truths discovered and manners and opinions change, with the change of circumstances, institutions must advance also to keep pace with the times. We might as well require a man to wear still the coat which fitted him when a boy as civilized society to remain ever under the regimen of their barbarous ancestors.
– Letter from Thomas Jefferson to to Samuel Kercheval, July 12, 1810
A somewhat interesting aside – in the process of looking up and confirming that quote, I discovered that many of the quotes on the Jefferson Memorial are “quotes.”)
I’m not a criminal lawyer. I don’t expect I ever will be. But the cause of justice is still near and dear to my heart, and I when I see things like this? It sickens me. I am, without apology, dedicated to the law. But moreso? I am dedicated to justice. There is no justice in actions like this.
Okay, a stack of napkins. But still, I think this is great:
(Yes, it’s a rather simplistic explanation, but it still carries more information than 98% of the people jabbering on about it do, I think.)
Credit to Shaun @ IsCool for highlighting this.
A well done short piece exploring the significant difference between the desire to have been right and the desire to be right.
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