All I'm Saying there's a joke in here somewhere

I'm a lot pissed but not at all surprised that Lt. Dan Choi's fight to stay in the military while openly gay lost its first round. Lt. Choi is a West Point graduate, a combat veteran, and a speaker of Arabic who is clearly a great asset to our military, and who will likely be discharged due to the discriminatory "Don't Ask/Don't Tell" policy. I'm furious this policy exists, but knowing the government fairly well, I also know that review board such as this one must only judge based on existing policy, whether the policy is right or wrong. Choi was bound to lose this, but hopefully the recommendation of discharge will not be acted upon immediately. There is still hope that the military could deliberately dither around a bit (for up to a year, evidently), and hope that the policy will change in the interim.

In other news, Matt had his first encounter since his gluten allergy diagnosis with a significant amount of wheat today. Suffice it to say that the poor boy was ridiculously uncomfortable. Must be pretty similar to what happens when I encounter even trace amounts of green pepper: childbirth isn't so painful. But as he points out, there's a valuable lesson he's learning from it. (The secondary lesson is that most fish tacos do have breading on them, dear.)

And finally, Facebook has thoroughly sucked me in with another game. If you're playing Farm Town, send me a neighbor request, won't you?