I blame Big Bird

I read this with great interest.  

A bit of advice

I thought I'd put something out there for the general community:

Be aware when you contact a small institution (be it commercial or cultural) that the person answering the telephone (especially in off hours) might not be just some bottom-of-the-office-food-chain nobody. Sometimes when you call a small place on a weekend or late in the afternoon, you manage to circumvent the regular secretaries and front desk workers (who work regular 9-to-5 hours and have gone home already) and you actually get directly through to somebody with some real authority.

So, with this in mind, it is probably not wise to get snippy, high-handed, or pushy with the person speaking to you. You might end up burning bridges with somebody it would have been nice to have on your side.

Enough said.

Aw...

This is very sweet (click on it, it takes you to their marriage vows):














It's a lovely thing when people are in love.

Two exciting finds and a realization

The first was this blog, "Grace Undressed."  I totally owe a "tip of the hat" to Ginger for the steer in Grace's direction.

The second were photos like this, and this, and this (aw hell, just go to the slide show).  It really brings it home that Sarkozy is... diminutive.  It occurred to me that he's some kind of latter-day Napoleon, which was a thought I enjoyed because I felt it also rather aptly summed up his political ambitions.

And now, for the realization: I don't know why I abandoned this blog.  I'm going to give it a more serious go... right after I get home from my marathon shift at work, compile my latest art talk, finish my novel, and lose those last 5 pounds.  

What a tremendous way to waste some time

http://www.iisg.nl/collections/secretsocieties/

I love this stuff!

Enough to make your head explode

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2007/06/26/elizabeth-edwards-makes-l_n_53899.html

In a nutshell, I am utterly disgusted that Ann Coulter has a career. Obviously, she has a constitutional right to express herself. That is, she should be able to say whatever she wants, no matter how stupid and hurtful. However, what I cannot get over is the idea that there are scads of people who want so badly to listen to her stupid, hurtful self-expression that they are willing to pay her money (i.e. buy her books) to increase their access to her stupidity.


Since we live in some post-modern permutation of a capitalist democratic republic, the tyranny of the idiot majority prevails.

The Sickness

http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2007/05/24/de-anza-case/

Today, I am too upset and too painfully aware of my own stunted eloquence to even attempt to add anything to this ongoing discussion.  Thankfully, the comments on the above blog post say enough for me and everybody.