Kate Heffernan

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Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:10:12 -0400

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caseydonahue: Idea This is my favorite thing I have written for...

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 13:40:32 -0400

caseydonahue:

Idea

This is my favorite thing I have written for Vimeo

Ju-li-a! Ju-li-a! Ju-li-a!

New accountability project from Obama's CIO

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 16:23:43 -0400

New accountability project from Obama's CIO: This is really cool. It’s clearly a beta version but it’s great that they are making all of this info so publicly accessable. I love that they have the name of the person in charge of each project.

Snakes on a Plane | Know Your Meme

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 16:53:46 -0400

Snakes on a Plane | Know Your Meme:

jimiheffernan:

my second entry for work. thanks to all the guys for helping me research this wonderful…internet…thing…

this is great! What a fun internship!

joshmohrer: I am pleased to announce my engagement to Petra...

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 12:30:46 -0400

joshmohrer:

I am pleased to announce my engagement to Petra Robin Cramer of California. I proposed to her this morning over a picnic lunch in Place des Vosges, a park near our rented flat in the Marias district of Paris. We’re really happy.

We didn’t meet on the Internet… well, not exactly. We were introduced by my CollegeHumor/BustedTees co-workers and her long time friends, Amir Cohen and Amir Blumenfeld. So while it might not be eHarmony or JDate, I still owe meeting the love of my life to a website. Amirs, I will be forever in your debt.

I registered joshandpetra.com an embarrassingly long time ago (even though the possibility of another josh and petra couple is highly improbable), and we’re going to move the love-fest over there so as not to turn off the wider audience of this blog. The DNS entries are still updating, but for now, check us out at joshandpetra.tumblr.com.

so good! I’m glad Petra had on this super cute Parisian-type outfit for the occasion.

Oh hello rainbow.

Sat, 27 Jun 2009 19:25:43 -0400

Oh hello rainbow.

Why are There 60 Minutes in an Hour?

Fri, 26 Jun 2009 10:44:35 -0400

Why are There 60 Minutes in an Hour?:

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on an outbrain installed blog! Yay!

those are some nice puff sleeves.

Thu, 25 Jun 2009 22:17:15 -0400

those are some nice puff sleeves.

Super Vimeo Meetup, 2009!

Thu, 25 Jun 2009 18:36:50 -0400

Super Vimeo Meetup, 2009!: (via pile) Yay! this was pretty epic last year

V. Long trip home but I did get to see this cool rainbow while...

Wed, 24 Jun 2009 23:24:34 -0400

V. Long trip home but I did get to see this cool rainbow while circling somewhere over Pennslyvania.

Patch work America.

Wed, 24 Jun 2009 10:22:19 -0400

Patch work America.

Learning about the big issues on CNN this morning: sexting and cyber-bullying. 1 in 5 kids are...

Wed, 24 Jun 2009 07:33:13 -0400

Learning about the big issues on CNN this morning: sexting and cyber-bullying. 1 in 5 kids are sexting!

To Chicago and back today.

Wed, 24 Jun 2009 07:23:40 -0400

To Chicago and back today.

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Mon, 22 Jun 2009 15:25:35 -0400

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Rights, Responsibilities and Love

Mon, 22 Jun 2009 14:36:29 -0400

lucycc:

On Sunday, The Meriden Record-Journal published the following op-ed by Senator Chris Dodd

June 21, 2009

Public officials aren’t supposed to change their minds. But I firmly believe that it’s important to keep learning. Last week, while I was in Connecticut meeting with members of the gay and lesbian community from across the state, I had the opportunity to tell them what I’ve learned about marriage, and about equality.

While I’ve long been for extending every benefit of marriage to same-sex couples, I have in the past drawn a distinction between a marriage-like status (“civil unions”) and full marriage rights.

The reason was simple: I was raised to believe that marriage is between a man and a woman. And as many other Americans have realized as they’ve struggled to reconcile the principle of fairness with the lessons they learned early in life, that’s not an easy thing to overcome.

But the fact that I was raised a certain way just isn’t a good enough reason to stand in the way of fairness anymore.

The Connecticut Supreme Court, of course, has ruled that such a distinction holds no merit under the law. And the Court is right.

I believe that effective leaders must be able and willing to grow and change over their service. I certainly have during mine – and so has the world. Thirty-five years ago, who could have imagined that we’d have an African-American President of the United States?

My young daughters are growing up in a different reality than I did. Our family knows many same-sex couples – our neighbors in Connecticut, members of my staff, parents of their schoolmates. Some are now married because the Connecticut Supreme Court and our state legislature have made same-sex marriage legal in our state.

But to my daughters, these couples are married simply because they love each other and want to build a life together. That’s what we’ve taught them. The things that make those families different from their own pale in comparison to the commitments that bind those couples together.

And, really, that’s what marriage should be. It’s about rights and responsibilities and, most of all, love.

I believe that, when my daughters grow up, barriers to marriage equality for same-sex couples will seem as archaic, and as unfair, as the laws we once had against inter-racial marriage.

And I want them to know that, even if he was a little late, their dad came down on the right side of history.

I have always been proud of my long record fighting for the civil rights of the LGBT community. I’ve co-sponsored legislation to strengthen hate crime laws and end discrimination in the workplace. I’ve spoken out against “don’t ask, don’t tell” and always supported equal rights for domestic partnerships.

But I am also proud to now count myself among the many elected officials, advocates, and ordinary citizens who support full marriage equality for same-sex couples.

I understand that even those who oppose discrimination might continue to find it hard to re-think the definition of marriage they grew up with. I know it was for me.

But many of the things we must do to make our union more perfect – whether it’s fighting for decades to reform our health care system or struggling with a difficult moral question – are hard. They take time. And they require that, when you come to realize that something is right, you be unafraid to stand up and say it.

That’s the only way our history will progress along that long arc towards justice.

So much love for my former boss. Even more than usual!

Regina Spektor's new album

Mon, 22 Jun 2009 10:32:01 -0400

Regina Spektor's new album:

lucycc:

Her new album is streaming for free at npr.org, and I’m in love!

yay!

Amazing Saturday

Sun, 21 Jun 2009 17:21:00 -0400

pile:

Lots of friends, cooking, and good news. Didn’t leave the apartment once.

truth (but I did leave the apt once)

annaprebluda: The Original Hipster.

Fri, 19 Jun 2009 13:39:34 -0400

annaprebluda:

The Original Hipster.

Colbert + Obama = Best Video Ever! Hard core crushin’ on...

Fri, 19 Jun 2009 12:10:19 -0400

Colbert + Obama = Best Video Ever!

Hard core crushin’ on the Pres as usual!

hmblog: i think it’s irksome when the pundits/republican senators say that obama’s healthcare plan...

Thu, 18 Jun 2009 19:21:31 -0400

hmblog:

i think it’s irksome when the pundits/republican senators say that obama’s healthcare plan would put a washington bureaucrat between the patient and the doctor like it would represent a big change from today. with my aetna plan, I most definitely have a hartford bureaucrat between me and my doctor.

yah.