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...
File this one under “us dudes have the long end of the stick here”:
Big Bear High School student Mariah Jimenez should be allowed to wear the “Prop. 8 Equals Hate” T-shirt she was banned from wearing on campus, according to the American Civil Liberties Union.
The 16-year-old sophomore, who is her class president, wore the tie-dyed T-shirt to school on Nov. 3, the day before voters approved the constitutional amendment prohibiting same-sex marriage in California.
Mariah’s sixth-period teacher, Sue Reynolds, ordered her to remove the shirt during a meeting of the Associated Student Body.
When Mariah protested, Reynolds sent her to the principal’s office.
“She said I shouldn’t be wearing such divisive shirts, and my shirt draws a line down the school,” said
Mariah, who also plays on her school’s golf and softball teams and has been involved in school politics since seventh grade.
I think every lad my age and under has recollections of a young lady like Mariah. Strong Willed Woman type, outspoken, lots of opinions about things, constantly encouraged to have ’em. Until it becomes inconvenient.
See, for the boys, the message is consistent: Opinionz iz bad. But of course, every gutless necktie-wearing coward bureaucrat wants to be closely associated with the opinionated female. Until the heat in the kitchen is just a little too hot. And so, we end up saddling our ladies with the most terrible of burdens, the burden of inconsistency. Have an opinion. Oh, no no no, don’t have one. Too divisive. Mariah is a product; a product whose designers cannot handle what they’ve built. She’s been encouraged since seventh grade to be opinionated — it’s been oh-so-trendy to manufacture these gals who are so opinionated about things — and now they just can’t handle it.
So should females have opinions about things?
Don’t hold your breath waiting for an answer on that one. See, we’re all going to have to swing our heads back & forth, looking to each other, to see what the other fellow thinks. And so no such answer shall be forthcoming.
We know what to tell the boys though: I can’t have an opinion, so you can’t have one either.
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