December Farm: Links

Interesting Links from December Farm

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Gay Orgs

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Links hit daily:

Gay Organizations' Links:

The Freedom to Marry Coaltion of Massachusetts - Both Stuart and Lane are active members of the steering committee, advocating for same-sex marriage in Massachusetts; we recently worked to defeat H4840, the antigay SuperDOMA constitutional amendment, and succeeded!
Faces of Family - A project of the Freedom to Marry Foundation showing the real families created by GLBT and allied folks as a photographic tribute to everyone who supports equal marriage rights
The Gay Officers Action League of New England (GOAL-NE) - a social and community organization comprised of present and former criminal justice system employees; Lane is a member (former National Park Service Law Enforcement Park Ranger), and was GOAL-NE's original web master
GLAD - "Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders" is a group of highly dedicated people who fight hard for the rights of GLBT people in New England

Gay Media Links:

The Advocate - Good daily source of short GLBT news and information
PlanetOut - Another good source of GLBT news and information, plus comics and columns; heavy use of frames, javascript, and cookies
The DataLounge - Decent news source also
Bay Windows - Boston's own weekly has its articles online; updated every Thursday (javascript-dependent)
The Washington Blade - An excellent newspaper for national, regional, and local (metro DC) news, plus comics; updated Fridays

Computer Links:

Slashdot - "News for Nerds. Stuff that matters." Partially true: they take "news" (sometimes just rumor) and comment on it, making for a lively and often very stupid discussion
The Register - A UK-based news source with a delightful pro-IT bias to it
Google - My favorite search engine; fast and complete

Newspapers, Comics, Movies, and Television Links:

Farscape - Our favorite currently-airing show, along with Buffy
Buffy the Vampire Slayer - Lane came to the party late, and Stuart's been there longer; but we love the repeats on FX and the new shows on UPN
Scifi Channel - Home of Farscape, Babylon 5, and a few other things
The Lurker's Guide - My favorite Babylon 5 web site, still

Friends' Links:

Brian Key and José Capó - Long-time friends from Pelham, NH
Vinnie Russo - Okay, so his site's "reduced," but he's still around
Andy Cerier & Paul Morganthall - Long-time friends from Watertown, MA
Eric Edelstein & Luke Vaughn - Friends who allegedly moved to California, have never been heard from since, and who haven't updated their web site
John Matta - John runs a highly-recommended B&B in Ogunquit, Maine, called Moon over Maine; Stuart and I have stayed there several times
Doug Hirsch - Long-time friend from the Boston area
Thom Cox - Friend who plays in the band King Junk
Stuart Wells - Personal Website for Stuart.
LaneBourn.com - Political site for Lane Bourn, Rowley Selectman.

Other Links:

Yahoo Maps - A quick and dirty mapping site; no javascript required
Merriam-Webster - Online dictionary & thesaurus
dictionary.com - Online dictionary & thesaurus, faster & cleaner than m-w.com but I don't trust it as much
Avici Systems - Where Stuart worked as an embedded engineer
The CIA World Factbook - A good source of geopolitical info
Representative Harriett Stanley - Our State Representative's offical web site
Reelect Harriett Stanley - Our State Representative's offical reelection web site

Christmas Tree Links:

Massachusetts Christmas Tree Association - Dedicated to the production of the highest quality real Christmas trees and the education of Christmas tree consumers
The National Christmas Tree Association - Representing members who produce and sell Real Christmas Trees
Clover Hollow Christmas Tree Farm - David and Tom's organic Christmas tree farm in Virginia; trees delivered to Washington, DC
Captain Jack Christmas Tree Farm - Trees and a list of Iowa Christmas tree growers

General Plant & Farming Links:

Maine Organic Farmers & Gardeners Association (MOFGA) - Maine's organic farming organization; organizers of the amazing Common Ground Country Fair each year (always the 3rd weekend after Labor Day)
The Northeast Organic Farming Association (NOFA) - This is the organic farming organization for the rest of the northeast; has an annual conference in August
New England Small Farm Institute - A non-profit in Belchertown, MA, supporting beginning farmers and sustainable small-scale agriculture throughout New England; offers courses and has a very useful library
New England Wildflower Society - A research and educational institution (with a focus on, well, guess) with a beautiful garden in Framingham, MA; offers courses
Arnold Arboretum - Another research and educational institution (with a focus on trees) with a beautiful arboretum in Boston, MA; offers courses too

Updated 07/12/2004