Alarming News: I like Morgan Freeberg. A lot.
American Digest: And I like this from "The Blog That Nobody Reads", because it is -- mostly -- about me. What can I say? I'm on an ego trip today. It won't last.
Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler: We were following a trackback and thinking "hmmm... this is a bloody excellent post!", and then we realized that it was just part III of, well, three...Damn. I wish I'd written those.
Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler: ...I just remembered that I found a new blog a short while ago, House of Eratosthenes, that I really like. I like his common sense approach and his curiosity when it comes to why people believe what they believe rather than just what they believe.
Brutally Honest: Morgan Freeberg is brilliant.
Dr. Melissa Clouthier: Morgan Freeberg at House of Eratosthenes (pftthats a mouthful) honors big boned women in skimpy clothing. The picture there is priceless--keep scrolling down.
Exile in Portales: Via Gerard: Morgan Freeberg, a guy with a lot to say. And he speaks The Truth...and it's fascinating stuff. Worth a read, or three. Or six.
Just Muttering: Two nice pieces at House of Eratosthenes, one about a perhaps unintended effect of the Enron mess, and one on the Gore-y environ-movie.
Mein Blogovault: Make "the Blog that No One Reads" one of your daily reads.
The Virginian: I know this post will offend some people, but the author makes some good points.
Poetic Justice: Cletus! Ah gots a laiv one fer yew...
Uh huh. Call me unenlightened, but it’s showing off. There’s no other reason to do it.
…it was grueling to navigate the legal process of changing his name. Many county and state officials didn’t know what to do.
“Humans trust traditions,” said [Todd] Fink [nee Baechle], now married three years. “But some things are worth changing. Sometimes you have to walk off the sidewalk if you want new experiences.”
Oh gawd, I get so tired of people babbling bullshit at each other. So now you can only have new experiences if you get yourself a new name, huh? Yeah, you know what, when I’m thinking about new experiences I want to have…sitting in a chair waiting for my number to be called at the Social Security office, IRS taxpayer service office, DMV, etc. etc. etc., to face off against some bureaucrat who will waste my time pretending my situation is listed in his policy manual when it isn’t — not exactly what I got in mind.
Anyway. Here is your FARK thread. Knock yourself out.
Todd Fink made the choice for a number of reasons.
His future wife was pursuing a solo music career after having been half of the pop duo Azure Ray. Todd Fink didn’t want her to have to change her name after having established her own musical identity. They debated using separate last names, but they planned to have children and thought the different names would be confusing for the kids.
Like I said. Whatever.
Sheesh. People. People spewing crap that makes no sense, bucking tradition just so they can brag about doing it…showing off for each other. End times. They’re a-comin’. If frogs wuz raining down out of the sky, the signs wouldn’t be clearer.
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Illustrated that one. You could too.
- vanderleun | 10/05/2008 @ 16:40I don’t know. Makes sense to me. Men are the ones making a life long commitment when they get “married”. Maybe if enough men show they have left their birth families and are attempting to make a new one, the courts will stop throwing them into debtors prison in an attempt to hold them hostage to the people who love them. And maybe it will keep the “Men are Pigs and need to do more to save Marriage!” brigade quiet for a while……
- Robert Mitchell Jr. | 10/05/2008 @ 17:14This subject is SO nineties, or perhaps even earlier. I had a co-worker back in the day (late ’80s or early ’90s) who took her husband’s name and he took hers. They were the butt of water-cooler jokes for frickin’ MONTHS following the wedding, if not years. Him, more so than her, I should add. With good reason.
- Buck | 10/06/2008 @ 15:54