Replacements Limited owner Bob Page and his partner Dale Frederiksen have been assembling their own local election voter's guide for many years.  They try to determine where candidates stand on GLBT (gay, lesbian, bi-sexual, transgendered) issues.  After interviewing the candidates (or not), they send out their impressions via a wide circulation email.  Here is this year's compilation with a brief introduction...

"Bob and Dale are often asked how people stand on LGBT issues.  Attitudes have changed so much that there are often multiple gay friendly candidates running for the same position.  I’ve listed what we understand  about their attitudes on GLBT issues and their political party.  People in bold are known to be gay friendly."

 Update: In the interest of saving space, I have moved the voter guide here.

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The Hoggards passed two major milestones yesterday.

Jinni's surgeon removed her Porta-cath so she is no longer tethered to the chemical world of the oncologist's office.  This 'pic line', implanted in her chest back in November, was the portal through which they administered the long line of chemotherapies she recieved since her breast cancer diagnosis almost a year ago.  This is a milestone because the surgeon would only opt to remove that portal into Jinni's body if they had a high expectation that it would not be needed again anytime soon.  Good riddance.

Jinni is in her third week of radiation therapy with only four more to go.  She has had no side effects (yet) from her daily doses of nuclear medicine.  The proceedure only requires ten minutes of actual treatment, but getting to the Cancer Center and back everyday adds up to a chunck of time - and gas.

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David Jackson Hoggard, our preemie baby, got his driver's license yesterday.  This event signals the removal of something akin to Jinni's Porta-cath.  Before yesterday, Jinni and I were Jack's delivery device to the rest of the world and we were able to exert at least a modicum of control over where he was at all times.  Now... not so much.

I can only hope we have done everything right as he moves into this next phase of his life which is so exciting for him, but so terrifying for us.  BE CAREFUL JACK.

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