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...
Feeling kinda sorry for women who are dedicated to hating men and don’t realize they’ve dedicated themselves to hating men. Our linking-plus-ancillary-thoughts to Dr. Helen’s piece about IT Guys And Marriage, was unappreciated in some quarters because it appeared to show some sympathy to the male sex.
I thought my final sign-off sentence,
And so, in our modern society, after all this “progress” we have been making…the male who actually comes up with something someone can use someday, has to go through life apologizing for the way he lives it. This does a disservice and measurable damage to a lot more people than just him.
…would have clearly communicated the idea that there were much larger and more significant issues here than how tough the fellas had it. I would’ve thought wrong, I guess. Some folks are absolutely, positively determined to seek out whatever ideas are headed their way, that might direct some thoughts toward the masculine gender of a friendly nature…by which I mean, anything more benign than an intellectual kick-in-the-balls…and then filtering them out. Systematically.
Let us be perfectly clear this time.
I am not singing dirges for men and how tough they have it. Instead, I lament the untold millions of people who’ve chosen to go through their entire lives, sometimes by means of some sham called a “marriage,” and sometimes in some other way…living only half of that life. Of all the thoughts that might penetrate their spheres of consciousness about human affairs, half those thoughts are systematically rejected. In my world, fifty percent is a big, big number. To say nothing of the hollow-people who think of themselves as “men,” who’ve made it a point to accommodate that mindset, by making sure never to do anything worthy of note or notice. That has to do with deeds done, rather than thoughts thought — and that ratio is a hundred percent. All of what might’ve been done, by a fellow unafraid of doing significant things, remains undone so Her Majesty might remain un-piqued.
It is a human tragedy of gargantuan proportions. People like this are all over the place. They are nastier than they think they are, I’m sorry to say; they’ve identified a class of people, 48% out of all of us, of which nothing positive may be said. They’re more controlling than they think they are because they want all persons in earshot and line-of-sight to conform to this nasty, nasty rule they’ve made up.
How much does it really affect men?
Only to whatever extent we allow it to.
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