Ikea and Belfast

Long evening last night - I went to Ikea to buy a bed for laserboy so that he has something to sleep on when he moves in in 10 days time. is_not_well came with me, which was lovely - keeping me company and helping me push things around, as well as looking at numerous beds, wardrobes, chest of drawers and other domestic things together was great fun. It's funny - I actually enjoy wandering around Ikea - it brings out the geeky efficiency fanatic in me "If only I had this lettuce slicer I could be 3.7% more efficient in the kitchen!" and having Julie there being excited with me just adds to that. We can excitedly squee together over the storage solutions :->

We're off to Belfast this weekend - I finally get to meet her family. It feels like an important thing to do. I feel like I ought to be more nervous than I am - but meeting people has never filled me with dread (well, apart from famous people that I don't have anything to say to as people). I'm curious to meet the grandparents who raised her, and her mother, and hopefully some of the friends she grew up with. I'm looking forward to seeing the places she's walked home from at 3am, the streets she's hung out on, the places she has fond memories of, and the city and village that shaped her early life.

I've never been out with anyone whose early life felt quite so foreign before. It feels like rather an adventure.

If you vote Tory then you're voting for homophobic scum

Because you're voting for people that believe that lesbians shouldn't be allowed IVF.

And no, there is no excuse.

Edit: Actual quote from the debate
It is in the interests of every child to have a mother and a father, but if no father is present—as is, unhappily, the case for many children today—a male role model should be available. For that reason, I, personally, do not regard the substitution of "supportive parenting" for "father" as sufficient. The reference to the need for a father, which has not been reflected in the code, should be re-cast in the legislation as "the need for supportive parenting and a father or a male role model."

Edit 2: As has been pointed out, they are, in fact, misogynist scum, not homophobic.  Sorry about that.