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First off, James has posted the top 12 reasons homosexual marriage should not be legal, which you should definitely check out. Now, the other day, Ultra Laser and I were at Home Depot, buying a Rubbermaid shed with gift cards he got as presents from his recent nuptials. The Home Depot Associate helping us, a woman in her late 40's or so, made a remark about how weird it was that UL was paying with 7 separate gift cards. He explained "well, we just got married, and those were wedding presents." He looked at me and quickly added "wait, not we[motioning to me], my wife and I just got married." She laughed and said that there wouldn't be anything wrong about that, and I think I said, well, in this state there would be. She rolled her eyes and said that everyone should get over themselves and let people who love each other get married. Then she complained about how backwards Louisiana is (a complaint I've heard quite a bit lately, actually, from locals). So this was an excellent sign that not every regular Joe and Jane Six-tooth (oops, that's Kentucky) Sixpack from the South thinks queers should go back to where they came from (on their way to hell, of course). Just an anecdote, but one I like to see. And today President Bush lets us all know where he stands on the issue: he wants to amend the Constitution. Now I'm generally against amending the document from which we draw our freedoms from to limit equal rights, but when it's done to appease the religious right, well that's when I get pissed. Unfortunately the Democrats are taking the cautious "I don't like gay marriage, civil unions are ok, but don't amend the constitution" stance (this was Howard Dean's position too, and they'll all be on the wrong side of the issue when we look back in 20 years). The Dem position is apparently (hopefully) a winner, though, so I'll stay pragmatic. Besides, all those activist judges the Republicans are warning us about will just redefine all the laws they want and people will be marrying their dogs any day now.

I'm not one to just go and post stuff from another site, but... this really brightened my day with cat shit related humor. The following is from Penny Arcade which is one of my few religious reads on the web. ==================== "I received a late birthday gift yesterday from Brenna's parents, one of these automated litter box things. That seems like a nice thing to do for a person - you're essentially saying to them, "I recognize that manipulating cat shit is unpleasant." I always see this thing in the SkyMall in-flight catalog, and the image in there always seems to imply that the device actually peels cats, devouring those that wander too near its plastic jaws. Turns out that's not true. I own the "Plus" model, but there's another one designated "X-VI Mega" which has a more refined cat shit algorithm. Under ordinary circumstances I do not pay much attention to whether or not my cat is shitting. I have other things that I'm doing, including Origami, which is the Japanese art of paper folding. Now, that private act is my fixation. I sometimes berate the cat for not "doing its duty," I roar edicts and gesture gravely. The trouble with this machine is that my cat is horrified by it. You would think that I dragged in a crocodile and asked her to just hop up on there and let it go. I don't know if it's the shape or what but something about this robotic bin evokes in my cat a primal fear. The actual operation of the rake or "shit-teeth" is also very loud, really loud, it sounds like the device is tearing itself apart. If I could suggest something to the designers of this machine, it would go something like "Please make your cat toilets less menacing. Thank you." ==================== That actually caused me to laugh audibly in my cubicle - I hope it made you do the same (even if you aren't in a cubicle).

Everyone I know did a "wha-?!" when President Bush announced out of the blue that we must get steroids out of sports during the State of the Union. Ridiculous as it may have been to focus more on performance enhancing substances than on WMD, it looks like there is some movement on the issue among Major League Baseball. That's a good thing, we have enough problems with sports star role models without sending the message that you gotta do anything you can, even steroids, to be the best. Perhaps related (and if it is, oh, how delicious!), Yankee First Baseman Jason Giambi showed up for Spring Training looking noticably leaner, which he swears is just from eating better. Dude, you weigh the same but your muscles look smaller? That's not from getting more vegetables. I can wait for half a season of poor production to make wild accusations, but it's always seemed that Jason has been a 'roid user, since we had his brother Jeremy last year and those Giambi genes didn't look so good on him. I swear, it was like Arnold and Danny DiVito in Twins... Lastly (just to clear out my open browser windows), there's more changes coming to Fenway this year. Remember last year they put seats up on the Green Monster (and made them look like they've been there since 1912)? Well, this year we get a new section of seats up on the right field roof. I don't think the new ownership is getting enough credit for what they are doing with the smallest and best major league park in the world. The two new rows on the field (which Em and I were very lucky to be able to see a game from), the Monster Seats (which we haven't gotten to yet) and now the roof section are all great, unobtrusive ways to add seats to the smallest park in the bigs and squeeze more revenue out of Fenway. They've also opened up the concourse behind right field, which makes a big difference in the pregame experience. Until I had visited other, newer parks I had never realized that Fenway really is uniquely tiny. Tickets for the new seats aren't on sale yet, and you'll have to stand in line on Yawkey Way to get them probably, but it would totally be worth it...

Ben Folds, who I've loved since E-dogg and I saw live at the (soon to be gone) Met Cafe, put out a couple of 5 song EPs that I just downloaded off iTunes. The songs are decent, but I wanted to highlight one that I really like. There's a track called "All U Can Eat" (don't ask me why it's a U. I hate that shit.) It's about our wicked overconsumptive ways (that was wicked like the witch, not the New England adjective). Ben says "i've always said i'd write one love song and one political song. i think this is about as political as i care to be in my music." Here's the lyrics: Good stuff. ADDENDUM: while I was writing this post, Em just happened to IM me with the fact that Rhode Islanders generate 4,000 tons of trash EVERY DAY. That's crazy. My roommates fill up a trash bag every other day or so, it's ridiculous. It's good to see we're all taking Bad Religion's axiom to heart: "it's never really what you own, but what you threw away" _________________________________________________________________ Related: I've been sitting on this link for a while now, but this is an appropriate post to throw it out on. Take this Ecological Footprint Quiz to see how many Earths-worth of resources you'd need if everyone lived like you. We'd need 4 and a half planets if there were 6 billion Bils.

I'm not sure if you can tell, but that picture up there is the sticker from Em's car uncovered after last February's massive snowstorm. I thought it was fitting and all since Spring Training has started and we're all ready to wipe the cold snow away. Plus Em and I had exactly the same idea to put it up there, so that must have been a sign. And aren't you glad we're back to the old design?! For the archive's sake, here's the link to the picture alone: Sox Snow

OK, Ralph Nader is running for President again. I'm going to institute what I have come to call the "Michael Jackson Rule" and refuse to talk about it absent real news. Everyone's been going on and on about "what does this all mean!?" and I'm not that interested. As I see it, if Nader had not run, Al Gore would be President. Most people know that, especially the people who voted for Nader in 2000. All those people, I can guarantee you, hate George W. Bush, and the vast majority of them won't vote Nader again (especially the former Nader voters in Florida). So, if we all ignore him, he'll probably go away. He's not even running under the false pretense of building a viable 3rd Party. Best case scenario he gets a nice megaphone for progressive issues, then, around the end of October, endorses the Dem nominee. Thus, as of this post, the MJ Rule is in effect. No more Nader unless he does something actually newsworthy (especially since I heard someone on CNN today saying "so now does the ultra-liberal Deaniac army go to Nader?" Gah)

So I got my hopes up tonight, because I managed to download a copy of the old bil.com database, but when I opened it, it was missing, oh, all the posts and half the comments. So, no dice. I actually have all the posts in their HTML page format, but that's a lot different than having a nice database to deal with all that bloviating. Sucks.

It's here!!! Spring Training is upon us now that the 2004 Boston Red Sox pitchers and catchers are in Florida, getting ready for another headlong run at 86 years of history. Curt Schilling is, by all accounts, in amazing shape and rearing to go. Pedro Martinez is, of course, not quite there yet (he's been late to 6 out of the last 7 spring training camps). Oh man, this is great! I know you guys up in New England are not feeling springy just yet, but it's in the 70s here in New Orleans, so I'm in a baseball mood... Anyway, I've got some good early reading to get your Sox Excitement Barometer up:

• Sports Guy has reasons to be optimistic (many of which are the lack of Grady Little)
• ProJo's Jack Perry has a hilarious prognostication sure to please all Sox fans
• Sports Illustrated has their look at the matchup (via JimSpot)

Let that keep you busy, I'm off to a Mardi Gras parade!

Long story short, a communication breakdown between my host and I has resulted in the loss of the last 600 Cry for Help posts. It's possible that I will someday be able to recover most or all, but as it stands now that's going to require A LOT of work, and I've barely been able to find time to post lately. So, this is the now 3rd incarnation (database) for bil.com. I know I just made fun of these default templates the other day (I'd link the post, but, you know...). But at least we'll all have something to look at! Reinstalling Movable Type was not what I planned on doing the first real night of Mardi Gras...

Better late than never folks. I'm Nightwing (bet you forgot I had posting rights) and this is my top 10.5 albums of 2003.

10.5) Against Me! - As The Eternal Cowboy - the best 23 minutes of punk rock this year. That's the problem though, it rocks but barely registers because it is over before you even know it. That being said, Against Me! is my new favorite band - check out their back catalog.

10.) The Shins - Chutes Too Narrow - Insanely tight low-fi pop. Great variety, great lyrics, great CD.

9.) The Postal Service - Give Up / Death Cab For Cutie - Transatlanticism - Ben Gibbard is the best songwriter in rock right now and if that wasn't enough he has the best singing voice as well. 2 very different albums - Give Up is a synth pop album and Transatlanticism is an indie rock concept album. Both are must haves. Very excited to see Death Cab at Lupos in a few months.

8.) The Lawerence Arms - The Greatest Story Ever Told - I feel the same about this CD as I did when I discovered Maybe I'll Catch Fire by the Alkaline Trio - I wish every pop punk album sounded like this. Smarter than any punk CD released in years. Great ballance between the unique styles of the 2 vocalists.

7.) RX Bandits - The Resignation - The only ska CD that mattered this year. This CD was tracked live and has an amazing raw sound because of it. RXB are the best band in the US that will never hit it big.

6.) Thrice - Artist in the Ambulance - I found their old stuff unlistenable but this CD does the trick for me. Thrice finally finds out how to write good songs rather than good parts of songs. This CD rocks balls out all the way through.

5.) Constantines - Shine A Light - Sweet lord this is a great album. It sounds like Springsteen meets Fugazi if you can believe that. The rules don't apply to this band - they are all over the place here, in a very good way. Both smart and extremely badass. A rare thing indeed.

4.) Rancid - Indestructible - An all time best from one of my all time favorite bands. A wide variety of punk rock styles creates the most accessible album Rancid has ever recorded. Not quite as smart as 'Life Won't Wait' but so much more fun.

3.) Thursday - War All The Time - 'Screamo'? Sure. But who cares - Thursday is the only Screamo band that really matters. May have the best openening and closing tracks of any album ever. An amazing CD but I think it only hints at what is to come from this band. Catch them live too - the along with Andrew WK they put on the best live act I saw all year.

2.) Brand New - Deja Entendu - This album makes their last CD (which was a great pop punk disc) completely irrelevant. Don't know what else I can say about this CD except that it is damn near perfect. While they are the best tracks on the album, the two singles (Sic Transit Gloria...Glory Fades / The Quiet Things That No One Ever Knows) don't even scratch the surface of what is on here.

1.) The Weakerthans - Reconstruction Site - Already one of my favorite albums of all time. Varied in style and divided by a three part song running through the album, this CD makes me feel smarter every time I listen to it. Sometimes pop, sometimes rock, sometimes punk, sometimes alt-country, always well written character driven songs. I would suggest this album to anyone. Essential.

All told, it was a great year for music.

So what do you guys think? I would love to see some other top ten lists in the comment threads. And check this out too - http://www.songfight.org/blue/ it's pretty cool.