Shoe Madness

Thanks to halpey1 for talking me down from the Crocs insanity.

I have instead ordered these lovely Docs, as Docs too are very, very comfortable and nice to my old feet. And, they're much more attractive than Crocs.

Even when Jordan Catalano is wearing them.

I want

A pair of Crocs. Specifically, these. I now they're kind of hideous (though that model is less hideous than others, I think), but people say they're sooooo comfortable. And I'm old now, and I like shoes that are nice to my old feet.

Has anyone worn them? Are they really that comfortable?

No Monkey playing baseball

Seems that picture is now a charging bull. Who knows what it will be tomorrow. Thanks a lot, Yahoo!

Monkey playing baseball!

Wheee!

>Photo Highlight on Yahoo! News Photos

Crazy Searchers

Just for fun, here is a list of some of the search-engine searches people are running when they come across a link to my site. Some of these I have no idea when or why I would have written them, but I host two other blogs in my domain, so perhaps one of them wrote about Mapplethorpe and Vin Diesel at some point...?

i wanted to be with you alone and talk about the weather

for child like all things spanish it is dangerous

carole and paula

painful wedgies

repeats everything i say

best week ever glib

tom d'invilliers in this side of paradise

spring slattern of seasons

t s initials in japanese tattoo

foto von japanese masahiko shizawa

favorite ooo

a story on big wolf on campus

shizawa tattoo

el nino is spanish it is the spanish word for child

mapplethorpe magazine vin diesel

koi tattoos men

it's like clockwork rap song lyrics

ohnotheydidnt daniel's girlfriend

martin gore vegetarian

carole and paula magic garden

mapplethorpe*vin diesel


I know for sure some of them are for this blog...I'll try to find the entries they relate to and link to them. That's right, because I know at some point, I'll just be that bored.

Why I Love the Internet, Part 5,000

.:: beedogs ::.

"Beedogs.com is the premier online repository for pictures of dogs in bee costumes."

Land of the "Free," Home of the Lawfully Coerced

All American males have to register with Selective Service when they turn 18. This makes them eligible for a draft in wartime. Three things I've recently learned about this system:

1. The cut-off age is 26. After that, a man does not have to update his records with Selective Service if, for example, he moves to a new address. Also, and more importantly, once he turns 26, he will not be drafted.

2. Even illegal immigrants are expected to register. Stop and consider the effed-uppedness of that for a moment. The government "doesn't want" them here, but they do want them to be eligible for a draft. Does this make any sense? Can someone explain it to me if it does? (Note that this is coming from my own pro-immigrant standpoint, so I'm not bashing them here...)

3. If a man fails to register, he may:
be denied federal student financial aid, federal job training, or federal employment (according to sss.gov); have difficulty obtaining citizenship (same); or (according to the message they play when you're on hold with them on the phone) be denied admission to universities (I don't entirely understand that one, but I swear they said it.) These conditions are permanent. He may also be prosecuted and if convicted, face a fine of up to $250,000 and/or a prison term of up to five years.

I've said it before, I'll say it again: God bless America.

Another Awesome Timekiller

The Nudist Trampolining Game! Whee!

Americans are such morons

Breast isn't best: readers tell US parenting magazine - Yahoo! News

"Readers of a US parenting magazine are crying foul over the publication's latest cover depicting a woman breastfeeding, with some calling the photo offensive and disgusting.

"'I was SHOCKED to see a giant breast on the cover of your magazine,' one woman from Kansas wrote in reaction to the picture in Babytalk, a free magazine that caters to young mothers. 'I was offended and it made my husband very uncomfortable when I left the magazine on the coffee table.'

Um...hello? If you were offended, why did you leave it on the coffe table and not, say, mince it up into little bits and shove it down your garbage disposal? Moron!

"Another reader said she was "horrified" when she received the magazine and hoped that her husband hadn't laid eyes on it."

Because he's never seen HER breasts, and she doesn't want him getting any funny ideas!

"The picture in Babytalk was aimed at illustrating the controversy surrounding breastfeeding in the United States, where a national survey by the American Dietetic Association found that 57 percent of those polled are opposed to women breastfeeding in public and 72 percent think it is inappropriate to show a woman breastfeeding on television programs.

"There is a real puritanical streak in America," Moran told AFP. "You see celebrities practically baring their breasts all the time and no one seems to mind in this sort of sexual context.

"But in this very natural context of feeding your child, a lot of Americans are very uncomfortable with it."

This is so dead-on. Now, I would rather not have to watch a woman breastfeed a baby, but you know, it doesn't offend me. I think it should be done discreetly if possible--you know, not like while you're paying for your groceries or chatting it up with a coworker. I'm not saying breastfeeding mothers need to hide. I'm just saying, have some class about it.

Which, you know, most of them must, because I cannot remember the last time I saw someone breastfeeding in public. (Or private, for that matter.)

But seriously. It's okay for Stuff, Maxim, FHM, or just about any other "men's magazine" on the newsstand to have pictures of women with so little on, they may as well be naked and spread-eagle--but it's not okay to show a picture of a baby breast-feeding on the cover of a magazine about babies?

So this is saying...it's okay to show boobie when it's in the context of "Men, wouldn't you like to grope it?" But not in the context of motherhood and natural bodily functions. Thank you, patriarchal maddona/whore complex. You rule.

Damn you, Paul McCartney

I was feeling quite good this morning until I heard "Yesterday" on the radio on the way to work. For some reason, I never really thought about how sad that song is. "Suddenly I'm not half the man I used to be"? Yeah, I can relate to that. Except for the being a man part, of course.

The other deep thought I had while driving to work was that it really is true that as our parents get older, they turn into the children and we turn into the parents. Actually, I wonder if my parents were ever really grown-ups at all...But that's another story.