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...
I hope people are noticing, before they complain too much, that all these “stand up for men for a change” posts are sourced on material I’ve found linked from lady bloggers. Hope they notice that before they do that cute feminist thing, whining about “men whining” about things. I’ve always adored that trait among feminists. A classic case of being what one calls others.
The latest comes from Rachel, although thinking back on it, I think I found out about Rachel’s from Dr. Helen. Or vice versa. Dunno. The month of August is always like this; we’re about to celebrate womens’ suffrage, and Barry O has just added a guy to his ticket who seems to be sworn to destroy divorced men and therefore the children those men support. Anyway — this one is about anti-male merchandise. For which, it would appear, there is a robust market:
Michele went to a store in the mall this weekend and because she is an oppressed woman obviously in denial about what pigs men are, she didn’t squeal happily and whip out her credit card when she saw a collection of sassy, non-nonsense, finger-snapping, girl-power mugs with captions like:
I only fake it so he’ll buy me stuff.
I love sensitive men. they’re easier to take advantage of.
Platinum digger… when gold just ain’t enough.And Michele’s personal favorite…
You go girlfriend! Want another glass of Shiraz? Sex And The City is coming up in a few minutes.
Well, time to retreat back into those stale old platitudes and cliches that don’t mean anything at all. Like, for example, “All Women Aren’t Like That.”
No, seriously. Not only are all women not like that, but I think this stuff is finally starting to go out of style. Maybe. I dunno. Anyway, I was thinking so…then I found out about all this lovely, astringent pink merchandise you can buy. Now I’m not so sure.
Time will tell.
Isn’t it funny how, when a fad or fashion starts that encourages us to be nice and considerate of each other, it’s uncool before the year is out — but when it encourages us to blame things on each other and become a nasty bunch of inter-fighting, back-biting curmudgeons and bitches, it just seems to go on and on forever?
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