Monthly Archives: June 2008

Eye-Fi and Ocean Beach weather

Posted on June 18, 2008 | 2 Comments

I found the Eye-Fi Wireless Camera SD Card when I was looking for reports of average October weather at Ocean Beach in San Francisco.  Moya and I take a lot of photos of our daughter using our Treo 700′s which translates into a fairly low-res photo history of her life.  We got a new camera (Nikon D40) and I used it to take pictures last weekend.  I forgot (doh!) that a regular camera can’t upload photos as soon as I take them, and, being the busy people that we are, it seems like too much effort to plug the cord into a computer or take out the card and import before uploading to the web.  The Eye-Fi (according to Photojojo) will do most of what I need.  Now if only it was an 8GB instead of 2GB card.

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It started with a box of Candinas chocolates

Posted on June 13, 2008 | 1 Comment

I didn’t mention the chocolatier (in the NPR story linked below) that inspired (along with Gavin Newsom’s decision) our first wedding in San Francisco. The chocolates were from Candinas chocolatier in Verona, Wisconsin. They’re delicious subtle chocolates – the kind of chocolates that disappear too quickly and you wonder, “did I really eat all of those?” And, yes, you did – every delicious treasure.

Lesbian Couple Hopes Third ‘I Do’ Proves Charm is an NPR All Things Considered story about me and Moya. We’re so thrilled and overjoyed that we can, after 11 years as a couple, marry each other in the state and city where we live here in California. It overwhelms me with giddy happy joy!

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I’m Norwegian

Posted on June 12, 2008 | Leave a comment

My last name makes it pretty obvious that I’m Norwegian, though it’s missing an h or two. Three things happened this week that inspired me to more passionately identify with being Norwegian:

  1. Norway’s parliament members overwhelmingly voted (84 to 41) for gay marriage this week
  2. I watch these lions (living in Norway) every day. They sometimes remind me of Spike, my cat who died in 2004, and sometimes the mama lion’s routine of sleep, clean the babies, feed the babies, sleep reminds me of taking care of my daughter when she was a baby.
  3. Norway has progressive legislation that has increased the number of women on corporate boards (“public limited companies”) according to this article Norway’s big stick for getting women on boards:

And the result? Statistics Norway revealed that by February 19, 39 per cent of the board representatives in public limited companies were women. Ninety-three per cent of the 459 public limited companies had met the requirements of representation of both sexes laid down in the Public Limited Companies Act.

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Talking about marriage on NPR

Posted on June 12, 2008 | 2 Comments

Moya and I were interviewed about marriage this morning by Melissa Block for a piece that will probably be broadcast tomorrow (Friday, June 13, 2008) on NPR’s All Things Considered afternoon news program. We were both pretty nervous and we both, I think, really did a fantastic job for our first radio interview. It made me feel giggly. Moya said she felt like she had a frog in her throat the entire time. We’re planning a wedding!

2004 at San Francisco City Hall:

2007 in Vancouver, BC;

Photo by Jane Eaton Hamilton

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