Without admitting to any character flaws that would allow me to take joy in another's sadness, I have got to say that the contrast at the Houston Pride festival yesterday between a huge crowd of jubilant people happily celebrating a landmark...and the glum, forlorn, sad, lost, and generally defeated hate mongers halfheartedly protesting was enough to make me chuckle the rest of the day. I still smile quite a bit thinking about it.