With California joining the ranks of Massachusetts in permitting gay marriages (and by that I mean marriages and not "civil unions"), the clerks’ offices throughout the state are busy with phone calls for couple lining up to get married.

Among them, 71-year-old George Takei, Sulu of Star Trek fame, who is marrying his business manager and long-time companion of 21 years, Brad Altman.

To which I have to say…. Sulu is 71 years old?!?!?