Flew out at Thursday 7:10am after only 3 hours of sleep. Took a cab over to Caesar’s and had a quick breakfast with my folks, then dropped my bags off in their room and we went over to the SEMA convention. It is huge: over 120,000 people pr-eregistered. Wandered around the trade show for several hours, spied all kinds of nifty and bizarre things (a 31″ SUV tire with a 25 aspect ratio???), met up with Jay Goldberg, listened to a pitch from GE Capital Services for private-branded credit cards (actually a pretty good deal), and got my dad a new domain (http://jerrycwhite.com/). My mom and I headed back to the hotel where I took a nap, then when my dad got back we went and had a wonderful dinner at Lawry’s, then went to MGM to see KA, the new one from Cirque de Soleiel, which was outstanding…the guys in the revolving cages were unbelievable. Walked back to Caesar’s, and promptly went to sleep, having spent a whole day in Vegas with placing a single bet.
Year: 2005
(HJR 6 – Sponsors: Chisum et al, and Staples)
The constitutional amendment providing that marriage in this state consists only of the union of one man and one woman and prohibiting this state or a political subdivision of this state from creating or recognizing any legal status identical or similar to marriage.
No.
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Sony BRAVIA – The Advert (requires QuickTime 7…free download here)
A quarter of a million super balls, a hilly street…who could ask for anything more?
[hat tip: Boing Boing]
Shari asked me if I would blog about the propositions coming up for a vote on November 8. I am flattered that she would ask me to do so, and am happy to oblige. I will try to do so by putting the ballot language, a link to the full legislation, and my gut reaction above the fold, with the various arguments pro & con from the guides I list here and my take on it below.
First, though, here are some links to start us off: