I didn't know you cared. (Insert "Well, actually I don't" here)
I am in the final semester of getting my masters, and have been awash in revisions and reading the last four months. I'm still not all the way done, but submitting the second draft of my thesis manuscript (novel) has taken a load off, so I feel like I can go back to the land of the living... as it were... --- In [email protected], "Ellen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Did you actually GO somewhere, or just take a hiatus? > > > --- In [email protected], "maxshenk" > brianmargo67@ wrote: > > > > > > I guess I picked the right week to come back. > > > > I keep forgetting to mention that the "There's no plate like chrome > for > > the Hollandaise" joke in the chat was mine as well. > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "Ray Bradley" <clavenia@> > > wrote: > > > > > > `bout time I got some pub. > > > > > > > > > How somebody could be anti-gay marriage: As a single, straight > man, I > > > like gay men. I wish more guys were gay. Many of them are well- > > > dressed, handsome, athletic, well-paid, good listeners who can > cook. > > > I say "get them out of the dating pool as soon as possible." I > move > > > up a notch. Legalize gay marriage and I move up two. Get some gay > > > Mormons, and the sky's the limit! > > > > > > However, I am rather cynical towards insurance companies. I would > > > think that as these corporations become liable for spousal > benefits > > > for married gay folks, they'd jack the rates up on straight folks > in > > > retaliation. We've already seen such ridiculous fees like the > > > September 11th fee on airline tickets (you'd think the airlines > would > > > have a vested interest in keeping planes aloft without this > > > ridiculous fee) and the Katrina-related surcharges...as though > nobody > > > predicted the below-sea-level city might flood. > > > > > > I simply don't trust the insurance companies to keep their hands > out > > > of our collective wallet. Legalize gay marriage nationally, and > > > they'd add something like the "Melissa Etheridge & Elton John > > > Memorial Marriage Fee" or the "We're Not Buying the Whole Katie > > > Holmes Thing Either" surcharge. > > > > > > Gene Weingarten: I'd like to agree, but I can't. It is the JOB of > > > insurance companies to insure people, and the more clients they > have, > > > the better. They have actuaries, they know the risks, and account > for > > > them case by case. No? > > > > > > Here's an interesting thought: If there is gay marriage, then it > will > > > suddenly become obvious to insurance companies who is gay and who > is > > > not -- based on name of spouse. They can't ask now, but they won't > > > have to. So will they charge more for gays, in an era of AIDS? > Will > > > that be legal? Moral? > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/weingartenchatters/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/weingartenchatters/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
