Delicious LiveJournal Links for 6-28-2011

• N.Y. legalizes gay marriage - politics - More politics - msnbc.com
  After days of contentious negotiations and last-minute reversals by two Republican senators, New York became the sixth and largest state in the U.S. to legalize gay marriage
  (tags: america Awesome fairness lgbt touching important)
• Paris syndrome - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  Paris syndrome (French: Syndrome de Paris) is a transient psychological disorder encountered by some people visiting or vacationing in Paris and more generally France and Spain.
  (tags: psychology paris braaaaaains dude... wtf health)
• Paddy Ashdown on the Lords
  A well argued case for the reform of the Lords.
  (tags: democracy reform Awesome comment fairness important interesting libdem)
• The Bobcats on Monday - The Oatmeal
  Cats with ties, ruling the office.
  (tags: amusing comics webcomics fiction geeky office)
• McSweeney’s Internet Tendency: List: Famous Opening Lines from Novels Updated for the Modern Age.
  (tags: Awesome dude! amusing geeky fiction)
• Martin Freeman | 'Hobbit' First Look: 3 Pics! | Photo 1 of 3 | EW.com
  Peter Jackson lets us sneak a peek at work-in-progress; spy Martin Freeman as Bilbo, Ian McKellen as Gandalf, with the director's comments
  (tags: cinema Awesome dude! geeky interesting pretty)
• Liberal Democrats start investigation into AV referendum defeat
  (tags: av dude... interesting libdem peoplesuck politics)
• Low-calorie diet offers hope of cure for type 2 diabetes | Society | The Guardian
  People who have had obesity-related type 2 diabetes for years have been cured, at least temporarily, by keeping to an extreme, low-calorie, diet for two months, scientists report today.
  (tags: Awesome medicine health science dude! interesting)