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Both the Senate and the White House, it seems strongly support protection for unborn children. Great. Next, I propose that Congress passes a law protecting unconveived children. Are they not human? Kids that I think I might want have JUST as much of a right to exist as your wrinkled old granny, and the law should reflect that. And maybe then, at long fucking last, we will have paved the way for much needed legislation to protect the human rights of yet unborn parents. How else can we ensure the rights of their unborn granchildren? We need more advanced cultural, legal, and social structures to ensure the rights and lives of future generations, to whom we will present the beautiful world we've crafted. Population explosion? Maybe. As long as we're still cutting welfare!

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After this year's annual wonderful hectic trip to Austin, I returned to L.A. and dove straight into a crazy busy half-week of film editing and design, on top of my day job. As I finally get a chance to get a good night's sleep, I'm proud to announce the launch of Mighty McPilgrim.com, the website of my comedy troupe / production company.

The site will be growing during the coming days and weeks to include a weblog, cartoons, contact info and other elements... but in the mean time I hope that you'll swing by and check out our first short film release, an irreverent piece called The Passion of the Fans. Have a look, get freaky, click around the site. Feel free to comment about it all here, for now. And if we make you laugh, tell your friends, foo!

I'm amidst the annual visit to Austin Texas for the South by Southwest Interactive Festival. It's good times as always, despite some rain and the absense of a few people I'd hoped to see. But I've already met a few new people here at this geek summer camp, and certainly downed a few drinks. The panels seem better than usual, and the partygoing process is a amusing as ever. I need to take a nap. Damn.

So, I am one of dozens of people here carrying a Nokia 3650 camera phone, and I'm been using it to take and post mophos (mobile photographs) to a site that Paul Barsch set up for the blogging set.

Checkout the SXSWblog Mophos page to check out shots I have taken and will take, to see what I have been doing and will be doing. Share the love.

D. Keith Robinson has written a nice article over at Digital Web that offers A Recipe for Learning Web Design. My own experience and education have followed the same basic path he outlines... You need to want to learn web design, you need to have a place to experiment, and you need to be ready to recognize and embrace changes in style and technology as they happen.

For years I had a February 1st tradition here where I'd link to a post I wrote during my first winter away from the northeast about How to Survive February. It's seven points of advice gleaned from years of Februarys spent in Boston and Cape Cod, icy and alone. I still find it funny, but now reading it just makes me miss home a little.

Here in Los Angeles, February is a completely different experience. It might be now my favorite month of the year, for a few reasons. It rains during February. A lot. The rain clears away the smog, washes the dusty streets, turns the mountains green. The air stays cool, the sky stays blue, and actual fluffy clouds float by. That shit never happens in L.A..

The center of February brings Valentine's Day, which in my high school and college daze was always a quiet reminder that I felt alone (and somehow powerless) while the surrounding world broke off into smiling couples, picking sides for the great kickball game of life, or whatever. And I'd go about my business.

This past month marks the first time that I was able to spend VDay with a girlfriend, and we made a weekend of it. We had a delicious dinner in Beverly hills, breakfast in Los Feliz, the carousel in Griffith park, We played croquet in West Hollywood, spent a beautiful day exploring Santa Barbara with a golden retriever, and had a nice dinner with her parents. It all made me happy.

It's funny that in southern California Valentine's Day falls right at the onset of spring, where it should be, as things begin to warm up. The sun felt a bit too hot during our round of mini-golf this morning, as we slide into the middle of March. But I still love the sun, I love the rain, I love February, and I love Jennifer.