Daily Archive: September 3, 2009

Sep 03 2009

Advice to geeks planning on getting married

(Originally posted by Jason on Aug 7, 2009) There’s a post up on Slashdot regarding how to navigate a geek marriage. One of my favorite comments on the thread: In geek terms (Score:5, Insightful) by cybereal (621599) on Wednesday August 05, @05:49AM (#28954017) Homepage Marriage is like a static group in any RPG. The same …

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Sep 03 2009

Secular How-to in Nova Scotia

(Originally written by Jodi on July 26, 2009) In Nova Scotia, Canada if you are ‘living in a conjugal relationship’ you basically have two options. You can apply for a Marriage Licence or make a Declaration of Domestic Partnership. I’m fairly new to this topic myself, so I’ve been relying on the Access Nova Scotia …

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Sep 03 2009

How It Went Down

(originally written by Jason on July 18, 2009) The morning of the proposal, after I clicked my way furiously through to the final post and yelped when I finally clued into what was going on, I immediately posted the following: Jodi wakes me up, where I’ve slept about two hours longer than her. “Hey Jason, …

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Sep 03 2009

How it all began…

(originally written by Jodi on July 18th, 2009) Jason and I met at a call center. I was a newly hired techy and he was the IT manager. I didn’t expect to meet anyone at that job, I had just followed my friend Sara there because the money was good and I was fairly decent …

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Sep 03 2009

Wedding blog being ported

Just so you know, I’m importing the five posts over at the wedding blog and incorporating them here into their own category. It seems senseless for it to have its own blog since we’re hardly posting about it. Speaking of which, I should update everyone on how things are going, but maybe I’ll save that …

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Sep 03 2009

India refuses HIV drug patents

This is great news. India has rejected applications from two US companies for patents on two key AIDS drugs in a move that could mean more people in poor countries will have access to life-saving medicines. The decisions are the latest in a string of legal victories for Cipla, India’s largest generic drug maker. The …

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