Friday Links: Ikea Ideas and Gay Rights Confusion

Instapundit had a link earlier this week to a blog called Ikea Hacker where people find new ways to put together Ikea stuff.  Sometimes they rearrange the parts, and sometimes they put two different pieces of furniture together to make something new.  For example, there's a cool hamster playground made from some desktop items (including an exercise wheel made from a lazy Susan) and a treadmill desk.  I love Ikea (I know, everyone tells me I'm not supposed to say that) and I'll be looking for an Ikea hack next time I go.  The site has some really good ideas.

   Pictured - A tiki torch that has been built from an Ikea oil and vinegar set.

Meanwhile, in Proposition 8 news, reader Joshua sent me this comic:

(Original is here.)  This is a good reminder that there's more to politics than Republicans vs. Democrats, and that you can't assume that someone's voting record tells you everything about them. 

Of course, not everyone would agree that the judge in this case was a Libertarian.  The Gay Patriot, for example, doesn't completely approve of this exercise of judicial power because it doesn't use the constitution enough, but simply pushes the ideology of the judge into our lives. 

But you're probably more surprised to find out that there are homosexuals who are law savvy that don't care for the recent proposition 8 ruling.  Most people don't realize that this judge's decision was not unanimously popular with gay rights supporters who are of a more Libertarian mindset because of the precedent it sets for putting the judge's feelings above other parts of the lawmaking process.  Rather than dancing in the streets at the downfall of proposition 8, they have been concerned about the role that the federal government is taking in our lives.  (If you're still the type of person who jumps to conclusions about someone based on their politics, you should know that Glenn Beck things gay marriage is just fine, even though President Obama opposes it.)

Have a good weekend.