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Sunday, February 29, 2004

If all The President wants to do is ban gay marriage, no new constitutional amendment is necessary at all. All that needs to be done is to repeal the 14th Amendment, which starts out with this:   Section 1. All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the state wherein they reside. No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws   And includes this penalty:   Section 3. No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any state, who, having previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of any state legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any state, to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof. But Congress may by a vote of two-thirds of each House, remove such disability.   A super-majority, which is all you need to add some more unnecessary fluff. Keep It Simple, Stupid. 7:21:42 PM    comment []

Liz and I spent the day shopping. One place we hit was Williams-Sonoma, where she bought four goblets and I got this oven thermometer. Baking is more science than art, unlike a lot of other cooking. This tool makes the science better.   INSTRUCTION MANUAL MODEL OT-03WS   Introduction   Congratulations on your purchase of the Digital Oven Thermometer and Electronic Timer. As most professional cooks know, oven temperatures can vary greatly from the set temperature showing on the oven dials. In order to cook perfectly you must know the real temperature of the oven. This digital thermometer gives you the average temperature of the oven during the time food has been cooking after the initial warm up period. It will also alert you if your oven goes 15º Fahrenheit under or over the set temperature.   How Ovens Work   Oven temperatures work on a wave cycle with the thermostat. Simply, if the oven is set for 350ºF the oven will continue to heat until the temperature is usually about 25º over the set temperature. At this time the oven will shut off and cool to about 25ºF below the set temperature and continue this cycle throughout the cooking process. The graph shown below illustrates this process.   The Digital Oven Thermometer is a unique device that differs from older oven thermometers that only showed the temperature at that time of measurement. This thermometer takes continual readings every ten seconds and averages them from the time your oven has been on since reaching 30ºF below the set temperature. With your Digital Oven Thermometer it is now possible to know the actual temperature at which you have been baking or roasting for a specific period of time. Another benefit of the Digital Oven Thermometer is that it can be viewed without opening the oven door, which can be extremely important during baking since an open door can reduce the temperature in the oven over 100ºF and disturb the baking cycle. 5:37:11 PM    comment []