Natalie's Orchid Island Juice Company

Now I live in Florida in the United States and I do like supporting local people when I can. A lot of you live in other areas so you'd want to support your area.

This is the best orange juice I have EVER tasted and it even has pulp! I HATE pulp, THAT is how freaking good this is!

Natalie's Orchid Island Juice Company

http://orchidislandjuice.com/

EVERYTHING is made in the United States and by everything, I mean the juice, the labels, even the cardboard and shipping materials, including what they send to other countries.

Unfortunately, it is pricey. I think it will be something we could only afford for special occasions but if you get a chance and are able, you should really try it.

My mom grew up on/around farms so she was explaining to me how it tasted like how fresh squeezed orange juice was "supposed to taste like".

Monopoly

So, does everyone have a favorite Monopoly set?

I really love my Lord of the Rings Trilogy edition. I thought about getting the Doctor Who 50th Anniversary edition but some of the comments on Amazon said the pieces were small and/or breakable. I need durability in my pieces.

So, what do you think? Which set do you want?

Gay Marriage

Nancy Pelosi had the best remark to all the conservative backlash over the Supreme Court's decision today:
"Who cares?"

I know I shouldn't care but I do.

My best friend could comment on the dissent with a mature outlook:
Scalia may be an ass, but he is a fantastic writer.

I raged at what sounded like something out of the Dark Ages or something.

" It is hard to admit that one’s political opponents are not monsters"

No, I do not think those oppose gay marriage are monsters. However, I think there are understandings that could go both ways that a lot of people don't get...

1. In that same way that you feel that homosexuality is "unnatural", many of us feel that not wanting homosexuals and others who are different than you to be happy is unnatural. To us, God created lesbians and others just as he made some people to be left-handed, have red hair or have darker skin. To punish someone for how God made them when it doesn't hurt anyone is unfathomable. We don't understand it. What's that phrase you like to use so much? "Hate the sin but not the sinner"? No, we don't hate you but we do wish you could see our point of view instead of chastising us for not agreeing with your's.

2. Don't act like your Christianity is the only version around. When you talk about "your God" and how your "God believes homosexuality is a sin", it makes it very hard on the rest of us Christians who believe in a much more benign, loving dictator than you do. You do not have a direct cellphone to God. I don't have a direct cellphone to God so until we die, you have to accept that all versions could be true and I will try not rage over how you do your version of it.

3. Although I won't hate you, I am disappointed that you would single out specific people as not deserving of "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness" granted to all Americans. Thus, I feel perfectly entitled to not only express my dissatisfaction in verbal form but also with my wallet. I won't knowingly support your hate mongering. In fact, one of your own, Rand Paul, fully supports this action considering what he wrote about the Civil Rights Act:
"I would not go to that Woolworths, and I would stand up in my community and say that it is abhorrent"

One day, we will have legal marriage for all legal adults of sound mind in all fifty states and territories and it will not erase bigotry in the same way that the Civil Rights Act didn't erase racism but it will make things better.

When we're free to love anyone we choose,
When this worlds big enough for all different views,
When we're all free to worship from our own kind of pew,
Then we shall be free
-Garth Brooks