I'm afraid Houston's equal rights ordinance is going to lose. It was passed by the City Council, then people got a petition to put it on the ballot, then the petition was ruled invalid, then that ruling was reversed.

The focus of all the hysteria? The ordinance would allow transgender people to use the bathroom of the sex they identify as. OMG we must protect our wives and daughters from all of the EVIL MEN pretending to be women just so they can get inside a women's public restroom.

I would love to understand why people think this is so likely!

Did I tell the story here of being in the women's bathroom when someone who I definitely would have thought was a man came out of the stall? Now, I have no idea what that person's gender story is, but guess what? They washed their hands and left the bathroom! THE END. Who fucking cares?? If someone is a perv, they are a perv regardless, and that is the actual problem.

If someone is a perv, they are a perv regardless, and that is the actual problem.

Exactly. And "bathroom laws" can't do anything to stop hypothetical same-sex pervs.

I've accidentally gone into the men's room. For some reason they didn't all run out screaming.

Vote correctly, Houston!

I haven't been able to find any voter information for my area, so I assume I do not have an election today. Maybe I will swing by City Hall (also my polling place) on the way home to be sure...I can cast an uninformed vote for school board if that's what's on offer.

I don't know about this cleanse. I expected to like the Beet Kvass, because I like beets, but it tasted very raw. Perhaps I should just expect none of it to actually taste good.

Called the Department of Elections and I am registered to vote! So I will figure out how I'm voting in between meetings today.

My ballot was fairly simple, though it did include the question of what to do with all the "extra" marijuana tax money - give it to education or refunds back to marijuana stores and customers. It is more complex than that, but that is the basics.

One county over is a HUGE big deal school board recall vote. Jefferson County is a mess and our news is saying that "the nation is watching" this vote. This mess started a year ago when there were proposed changes to the AP US History courses and has evolved to include relevance of teachers unions, pay for performance and equal funding for charter schools.

I'm staring out the window as I wait for a customer's computer to finish a process, and I finally realize what I'm staring at is the sunlight on the small waves on the lake a few miles away.

Eye surgery is in the top three best things to ever happen to me. Maybe top 2.