Archive for October, 2006



Hello all!
Today, I’d like to speak to the youngsters in the audience, those under age 29.
I know you’re probably horsing around in lawn sprinklers, staying over at friends’ houses on the weekends, and doing your level best to avoid a case of the cooties, but as you near the age of adulthood (30), […]

It’s a tragic but common lament: “She’d be so pretty,” people say. “If it weren’t for those thin, raggedy eyelashes.”
But cheer up, ugly duckling! Your days of being a slave to fake eyelashes and burdensome mascara wands are over! And don’t even fear for a second that we’re going to tell you to […]

In the long tradition of the various unnameable nobodies who left major bands right before they were famous, I am leaving Punkass.
Do not ask why, let me instead blame it on harrassment by Ann Blartow, as everyone else seems to be atm and I feel I’m at that time in my life when I feel […]

The Ms. Magazine Annual Cruise reaches it’s third year. They sent me an email listing the top 10 reasons I should spend $1,600+ to go on their boat.

Top Ten Reasons You Should Join Us on the Ms. Cruise

10. Rejuvenate, commiserate, celebrate with feminist friends – bring yours and/or make new!

9. Receive 20 continuing education credits from the National Association of Social Workers.

8. Make stops in Key West, FL; Mexico; Belize and Guatemala.

7. Plot and strategize with feminist thinkers, writers, activists and readers on how to change the world … and not a minute too soon.

6. Get the “dish” on 35 years of Ms. - Breaking Stories ­and Making History.

5. All taxes, port fees, and gratuities are included in one price!

4. 2 swimming pools – world renowned spa – casino – all on board.

3. Dine with Tyne Daly, Dolores Huerta, Ellie Smeal , Martha Burk … and that’s just the beginning.

2. Enjoy exclusive Ms. port excursions in Mexico and Belize. Meet with feminists on the ground in those countries — discuss the environment, gender equality and women’s health.

1. As you vacation, you are helping raise funds for Ms. Magazine – the voice of the feminist movement. Think of it as enjoyable giving!

I think it’s numbers 7, 2 and 1 that piss me off the most, but #4 and the website remind me about how much I dislike cruises in general.

Anyone else uncomfortable with a Ms. cruise, or am I just being uptight?

Yesterday, George Bush made an even stronger case for being considered both an imperialist and a war criminal. Thanks, NRO!
“We have made a conscious effort not to be a body-count team,” Bush said, in a clear reference to the tabulations of enemy killed that became a hallmark of the Vietnam War.
30,000! 665,000! […]

A story in six words

Margaret Atwood’s is my favorite:

Longed for him. Got him. Shit.
- Margaret Atwood

Manos, (gay) hands of fate

Yesterday, Shakes Sis linked the story of a gay man who will likely be denied the option to open his own home business:
Members of the Manassas City Council are hearing plenty of opinions on whether a gay man should be allowed to open a massage therapy business in his home.
Howard Daniel is a former Marine […]

I suppose no one was suprised to find out about the Hart InterCivic e-voting snafus in Virginia. Usually we have to wait until after the election was fixed to determine how it was fixed, but in this case, we’ve been given an awesome sneak peek into the 2006 version of the Republican e-voting advantage. […]

So you’re a modern feminist -a selfish, man-hating, family-despising, money-grubbing, over-educated, careerist, emasculating bitch, and life is good, yes? You managed to get a decent job in marketing despite your Women’s Studies degree, you found something with a penis (we hesitate to call it a man, but a feminist has to take what she […]

America, the land of WTF

It doesn’t surprise me that the Foley scandal will impact a very small minority of voters. What surprises me is that 1 in 25 American voters is actually more likely to vote for a Republican as a result:
Less than one in five voters say the page scandal will affect their vote; 12 percent are […]

Seems the diplomat who claimed our efforts in Iraq showed “arrogance” and “stupidity” has been shown the error of his ways:

“Upon reading the transcript of my appearance on Al-Jazeera, I realized that I seriously misspoke by using the phrase ‘there has been arrogance and stupidity’ by the U.S. in Iraq. This represents neither my views nor those of the State Department. I apologize,” Fernandez said in a statement.

Translation: I was possessed by a terrible demon, but the President fixed me up real good.




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