Cool thing I only found out about today

Apparently the Quakers (the Society of Friends) in Britain appear likely to 1) approve gay marriage within the church (they've had same sex relationship blessings for years but they are likely to equate these to marriages) and 2) ask the British government to change the law to allow gay people to marry.

At least according to this story in the BBC News.

I think that's cool.  I had no idea.  And since I complain sometimes about stupid or mean things that various religions do, let me go on record as pointing out and applauding this nice thing.

In other news I will be going off LJ in a day or two and be out of touch for a couple of weeks.  Don't panic; it's nothing bad.  However I can pretty much guarantee I won't be able to catch up with two weeks of LJ when I get back.  Just so you know.

And I'm pretty sure I'm the only person in Jefferson city who has walked around her block, more than once, with her canoe on her head.  Well, her shoulders really.  The clamp-in yoke works. 

The neighbors' dogs were *so* freaked.  You would think my smell wouldn't have changed any...