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Friday, March 27th, 2009
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4:23 pm - Dinge will make criminals of us all
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Spokane residents smuggle suds over green brands
If the problem is really hard water, than a water softener should do the trick. Or are they just as polluting as phosphates? But my experience of Ecover and Trader Joe's are that they deserve the name Dinge, even when used with our water, which is not hard.
Eh, American ingenuity will solve it. Give those detergent manufacturers a little time. And then I can stop using Cascade, which is available for legal purchase here but is doing godknowswhat to the bay.
current mood:  amused
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| Friday, December 5th, 2008
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3:08 pm - Advice request to our Computer and Telecommunications Committee
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Dear CTC,
My computer and my HP DeskJet 895Cse printer aren't getting along. They have frequent communication problems and often tell me flat out, "The computer is unable to communicate with the printer." Should I send them to family therapy, or do you have other suggestions?
While not wanting to assign blame, much less suggest any extra-office affairs, I should note that my computer gets along just fine with the Canon printer/copier in the office.
Caught in the Middle in Palo Alto
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| Saturday, March 27th, 2004
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8:05 pm
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I’m not sure about the etiquette of posting a response to another person’s LJ on one’s own. I’m doing so because this is very long, and it is much more my issue than Amanda’s, even though her remarks inspired it and I quote them below. I hope that is okay.
What I don't think anyone has the right to do is forcibly redefine a category or common usage for their personal satisfaction or justification. I don't think they have a right to demand that I or anyone else must say their union is a quote-unquote marriage, or that their partner is a quote-unquote wife or husband.
This sounds as if those two sentences are intended to say the same thing, but actually, they don’t. The second one is indisputable, IMO. No one has a right to tell another person what to say. If you don’t think so-and-so’s “marriage” is worthy of the term, by all means, don’t call it that. (By this I mean in your personal usage, not in legal terminology. I already gave my explanation of why the legal realm is different here.)
( The first sentence, however, suggests . . . ) ( But what really bothers me is . . . )
Despite its strange and varied history, “marriage” is for me a term fraught with beautiful and holy meanings. To me, marriage is a promise to love, respect, and nurture one another. It is a demanding, joy-filled discipline, and one of the most difficult and rewarding commitments one can make. When I enter into a relationship like that with the intention and hope that it last for as long as we both shall live, I will call it a marriage regardless of whether it is with a man or a woman. Anyone else can call it what they choose; but I hope that all my friends will recognize its beauty and honor it with that name.
current mood:  hoping...
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| Wednesday, March 24th, 2004
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9:48 pm - Marriage
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