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Golden Oldies, P8TT-style
December 19, 2010
By Adam Bink
Over at my home blog, OpenLeft.com, we on the management team like to take the holidays off to rest, recharge, etc. While folks are often driven to write anyway because of current events or inspiration, what we do to keep things lively is feature past pieces that our readers particularly like. We call them “Golden Oldies”.
My tenure running the shop here ends on Christmas, as I plan to recharge as well (and travel), although I may continue at some point in the future. In the meantime, I decided to bring the same idea to P8TT. For the upcoming holiday season between Christmas and New Year’s, I’ll be re-posting some of the more interesting/provocative/brilliant front page pieces from P8TT’s history. The reason is because not everyone has a chance to read every piece throughout the year. As many of you know, if you Google “Prop 8 Trial”, it takes you here, and many folks who came here because they did that during the 9th Circuit hearing, or simply because they just heard about the blog, haven’t had a chance to read some of the better, more insightful pieces from the blog’s history.
So, we’d like to open up the floor to you to recommend your favorite stuff. It could be live-blogging from the Judge Walker’s district courthouse. It could be NOM tour posts, whether the national tour or the California tour. It could be a commentary piece you find particularly insightful that I did, or Eden, Julia, Rob, Jeremy Hooper, Karen Ocamb, Arisha, Rick, or someone else. Just leave a URL in the comments and we’ll pick the best suggestions. And of course, the management has ideas of our own.
To help you find the URLs, I recommend using the Categories “tags” on the right side of the page you’re currently viewing (they say Community/Meta, DADT Trial… NOM Tour Tracker… etc.). And if you want to go back to find earlier posts beyond the page you’re viewing, scroll down to the bottom and hit the “Older Posts” button. You can keep doing that to scroll back and back. Or, you could just use Google, and I recommend inserting the words “Prop 8 Trial Tracker” in your query along with whatever terms you remember, such as the author or topic. If you simply can’t find it, try asking your fellow P8TTers to help in the comments. And if you like someone’s nomination, be sure to leave a comment “second!” or “third!” or whatnot so we know what the good stuff is. An example is here.
I’ll be asking you as an open thread each night throughout the week leading up to Christmas.
So, what are your favorites?
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25 Comments Leave a Comment
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Richard A. Jernigan | December 19, 2010 at 9:33 am
Great, Adam! I am going to have a VERY DIFFICULT time trying to choose something to nominate. All of the posts here have been so good. But I will look over everything and see what hits me.
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Ronnie | December 19, 2010 at 9:46 am
Memories….I'll take a look through some old emails i saved & see if anything stands out….<3…Ronnie
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Ann S. | December 19, 2010 at 10:05 am
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Sagesse | December 19, 2010 at 10:10 am
Hmmm. Thinking.
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Rhie | December 19, 2010 at 10:29 am
WAtching
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Papa Foma | December 19, 2010 at 11:05 am
Well — it ain't a blog entry or front page, but being the adoptive father, and hopeful father-in-law, I can't get enough of the love story between Felyx and Kevyn (Kirill to some). After almost a year spent 5000 miles apart, the guys are finally together in Russia for a three-month time of wonderfulness. Now if we can only find a way to get Kevyn to the US for a wedding, the story of two trial trackers whose common cause led to romance will be ready to sell to Hollywood!
At this season of Brotherhood and love (sisterhood, too), my best wishes to all — and YES! I look forward to the repeat articles! Papa
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Kathleen | December 19, 2010 at 12:47 pm
Their story is so wonderful. When will we get a note from them in the comments? I want pictures!
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JonT | December 19, 2010 at 1:10 pm
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DaveP | December 20, 2010 at 2:20 am
You know, if they hop on the Trans-Siberian express and head east, they'll end up in Vladivostok. Apparently, you can see Sarah Palin's house from there and then they can just hop over a little stream and they'll be in the USA.
Sorry, couldn't resist. Yes, please send us some info about those guys! (and I agree, their story would make a great movie).
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Carpool Cookie | December 20, 2010 at 4:04 am
"My tenure running the shop here ends on Christmas"
Don't go!
All the plants will die!
: )
(Bill Murray in Stripes.)
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Carpool Cookie | December 20, 2010 at 4:06 am
Okay, that wasn't that funny. Just when anyone says their going I think of that line.
We have been so lucky to have you back in the driver's seat during this important time!!
Thank you!
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adambink | December 20, 2010 at 4:25 am
Oh, very kind of you to say.
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