Honoring the Fallen

Veteran's Day was Monday, and I just discovered that the NY Times has created a multimedia presentation of photos of service members who have died in Iraq. Individual faces are made up of squares representing each of the others... and it's also searchable by name or hometown.

Also check out this Military Times database site that gives quite a bit more information about these brave men and women. The count they have now--as confirmed by U.S. Central Command is 4,307.

A bit of good post-election news

Although, the only person I voted for this year who actually won happened to be a Republican (don't ask), the Human Rights Campaign reported that Democrats have taken control of the Virginia Senate for the first time since 1997. Here are some more details.

I'm also thrilled that the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) passed in the U.S. House of Representatives. Unfortunately this measure only protects folks based on sexual orientation (and not gender identity) but it's a HUGE start.

And we all needed a bit of good news, didn't we.