Y'all, check out this bad-ass icon jupitah made, inspired by my Kate Moss post. Doesn't that rule?

I once heard a comedian say, regarding John and Tereza Heinz-Kerry and their imaginary battle with George W. and Laura Bush:

"My bitch owns ketchup."

I weep from laughter every time I say that.

Why I Am a Progressive

I am not an advocate for frequent changes in laws and Constitutions. But laws and institutions must go hand in hand with the progress of the human mind. As that becomes more developed, more enlightened, as new discoveries are made, new truths discovered and manners and opinions change, with the change of circumstances, ( Read more... )

Am I the only one who was totally unsurprised by 'revelations' that Kate Moss is a cokehead? Hello, it's practically a job requirement for the profession! And who cares that she had a threeway with Jude Law and his ex-wife? First our rock stars are watered down until we are given Fred Durst and Eminem, whose idea of being a hard ass is dissing ( Read more... )

I need to sing the praises of my Sirius Satellite radio. Y'all need to jump on this bandwagon, quickHow do I love my Sirius radio? Let me count the ways ( Read more... )

Memetics at work:

Following days of internationally reported killings, rapes and gang violence inside the Dome, the doctor from FEMA - Beron doesn't remember his name - came prepared for a grisly scene: He brought a refrigerated 18-wheeler and three doctors to process bodies ( Read more... )

I'm just going to add a macro to my computer that, upon writing anything that involves the words "women" and "work" and "motherhood", that adds the disclaimer, "No, I have no problem with stay at home moms. Really."

Well, surprise, surprise, surprise. Surely I am not the only one who was surprised to find that the NYT story about the new trend toward Yalie opt-outs was shoddily researched and tremendously biased?

I appreciate your email to ask about the questions of the survey, but I don't have them saved anywhere, and I really don't remember the questions. ( Read more... )

Good article about the Yale ladies.

These future moms betray a startling combination of naivete and privilege. To plot this kind of future, a woman has to have access to a pool of wealthy potential husbands, she has to stay married at a time when half of marriages end in divorce, and she has to ignore the history of the women's movement. (Homework ( Read more... )

Right now, I feel like finding an automatic rifle, pointing it at my face, and then pulling the trigger. I am so furious at the way work has been going today. We've been transferring hosting from one server to another, and it has been fucking brutal, totally mismanaged, with shitty information and a horrible server setup. The people who ( Read more... )