little ms. "sweet and innocent."

Friday, October 5, 2001
Network slogans for the attacks

Friday, October 5, 2001
Woman going blind passes driver's test.
I can't believe how negligent this is.

Friday, October 5, 2001
The feminization of American culture
The farther down you read on this thing, the weirder it gets with regards to how fish are turning female, etc. I still think the most shocking bit is the question the article raises on "what if men don't have or at least can't express nuanced emotions - only they start the paragraph out wondering if men are even human. Whoa.

Friday, October 5, 2001
The world was Mariah's gynecologist.
Okay, this cracks me up.

Friday, October 5, 2001
Hmmmm...
I watched The Mole last Friday, and the contestants' stuff was burned up when they lost a competition. The booted hunk from that week said they were told to remove anything important from their bags beforehand.

Friday, October 5, 2001
Horoscope writers won't comment on the WTC.
The best defense is one woman saying that everyone could claim they knew something, but nobody did, and she gives vague predictions about their personal life anyway.

Friday, October 5, 2001
The world's first drive through brothel!
It's a "sex garage"- you pull in and hit a buzzer. Also comes equipped with shower. The idea for it came from a Catholic women's charity. Yes, you read that right.

Friday, October 5, 2001
Even the panda porn ain't working...
and alas, they are doing a trial separation on these pandas in hopes that after five years of no sex, they'll actually want to or something. Huh?

Friday, October 5, 2001
Disaster Boy sure gets around...
Y'all probably saw that faked picture with the dude on the WTC while a plane is flying in. Well, MAN, some fun with Photoshop is happening around the web, and it is hilarious! (More new pics at the bottom here.) Not only has he posed with Stay Puft and others and shown up at all the disasters, he's now a friend of Wil. I was cackling so much in the office this morning!

Thursday, October 4, 2001
The West Wing special WTC episode was like watching an After School Special
It's interesting that they did a show out of the timeline of the series, even going so far as to call it a "play." And I'm not going to say that the main section of the show, which features trapped WH staffers spontaneously explaining to high schoolers why this shit's going down, was not pretty well done (CJ's spy plugging being my favorite bit, though I did enjoy Donna ripping on Josh). But I kept thinking they have time to give lectures right now? And it did get well, monotonous until "Hey, the President just walked in! Hey, he just walked out again! Now the First Lady showed up! But she'll actually hang out with us and chat!"

The second storyline, in which some poor innocent Arab-American guy is harassed for an hour, downright pissed me off. That was way meaner and nastier than that character normally seems to be to me. (I haven't seen a huge number of episodes of this, though, so I may be wrong.) Really, telling him that's the price you pay for sharing the same features as criminals? Ouchorama.

This is an amusing character dialogue based off the beginning of the episode. Snarkalicious.

Thursday, October 4, 2001
If you're against the war, it's not fair to expect you to shut up for national unity.

Thursday, October 4, 2001
The best Buffy lines from the premiere
This article wonders if Willow's gone crazy, given the stuff she's now doing. I don't think she's crazy necessarily, but yeah, it's surprising.

Thursday, October 4, 2001
No rice this year, no hunting, no fishing on Survivor.
Basically there's nothing to eat but what the show supplies them of corn meal. That is sad.

Tina doesn't like the fame and fortune lifestyle and if she had it to do over again wouldn't have played at all. The money's about gone, she's doing the fame thing and is sick of it. Huh. She said the same thing on tonight's TV special too.

Speaking of said special (which has amusing quotes here if you're interested), it showed clips of all the new Survivor's audition tapes. Just for fun I figured I'd give y'all my comments on what I saw for five seconds apiece.
Silas: Said he wants to provide for his wife and family ("He's married?!" I thought for a second), then said something like "well, I'd let the wife work if she wanted to. Wouldn't want to be politically incorrect." I gagged.
Carl: Please stop reminding me you're a dentist. Please.
Tom: Already I wouldn't want to be in his tribe.
Jessie: She's tough! Woo hoo!
Clarence: His video was all about stud. Ugh.
Teresa: Honestly, I didn't understand her video, but I want to hear more on that lucky bullet thing (the only comprehensible bit).
Kelly: I have no idea what this had to do with anything, but she's wearing a shirt that says "I make boys cry" and a cheerleader skirt and says this is what she wears to the bars. Okay, I have to give a few attitude points to that, but I wouldn't wear that outfit in that location regardless.
Frank: You can't see his head. Then he stabs a stuffed lion. I already don't want to be around him.
Kim J: She wants to kick young butt and win!
Brandon: Very gay, very prissy, already a stereotype.
Diane: Oh. My. God. She. Is. Trailer. Trash. Her hair is SO much worse when it's not covered by a hat, you have no idea.
Kim P: She's sitting in a bubble bath. She's cute!
Lindsey: Anyone who heard she's naked in her audition video- well, she is at least topless and riding a bike. Why, I have no idea.
Linda: Bikini in the snow (not that she'll be getting snowed on in Africa).
Lex: Drums.
Ethan: He wuvs Tina, some soccer shots.

#4 will be on another island in Tahiti.

Thursday, October 4, 2001
Nation longs to care about bullshit again
As usual, I love the slagging on J.Lo!

On a not as funny but very interesting note, Mark asks if people really want things back the way they were with regards to shallowness.

Thursday, October 4, 2001
A kinky billboard has finally been unveiled. Part of the time, anyway.
It's covered up during the children's hours.

On a similar note, this Onion piece from a Yoplait billboard's POV is both hilarious and rather sad. I started feeling sorry for a graffitied billboard, for crying out loud!

Thursday, October 4, 2001
Rubber ducky, you're the one!
The Queen of England has a royal rubber duck. NO joke.

She is also a great admirer of Big Mouth Billy Bass. Also, not a joke.

Man. Can I have her as my ruler? She's cool!

And now duckie sales are on the rise.

Thursday, October 4, 2001
Josh wants his fucking skyline back
Great entry.

Thursday, October 4, 2001
The Kentucky governor is a surprisingly smartass guy. Isn't that cool?
They're having four driver's license pictures taken at a time and let you choose so your odds of having a crappy one are lowered, and Patton said (a) if you can't find one you like, you must be ugly, then (b) said his new one was just as bad as the old one! Hah!

Thursday, October 4, 2001
Who wants to go to witches school in Austria?
Yes, I'm serious. But isn't that cool? They have a web page, but obviously I can't read it.

Thursday, October 4, 2001
Lie detector tests and OJ Simpson
Apparently the Juice didn't do so credibly, but Gary Condit's Chung interview did *sigh* Speaking of Gary Condom, have you heard that (a) he's wanting to run for office again and is sounding this out by trying to gather signatures, but (b) majority so far wishes he wouldn't run? (The latter I heard on the TV news, so no link.)

Thursday, October 4, 2001
It's like Sleepless in Seattle, but sounds a bit weirder
I'm referring to that Serendipity movie coming out, which sounds fairly not good but since it has Cusack in it, might not totally suck, I dunno. Anyway, can you believe this plot point? He writes his name/number on a dollar bill, which she gets rid of; she writes her name/number in a book that she plans to get rid of, and they won't meet each other again unless one of them magically gets ahold of one of these items.* Can you BELIEVE that? For crying out loud, that is silly! You may have thought Sleepless in Seattle was a bit much on destiny, and While You Were Sleeping was bad for setup, but already I think this movie beats them. And I haven't even seen it!

*Wouldn't it be ironic if the guy got his dollar bill back or she got her book back? Like, what good would THAT do? And in the meantime, at least one of them is going to get a ton of random crank calls, yuckola.

Roger Ebert dissed this movie up one side and down the other amusingly, saying that he kept thinking up more stupid tests for them to do and said that at parties in the future people would be saying "DON'T ask them how they met!"

Thursday, October 4, 2001
Peter Pan found his Tinkerbell

Thursday, October 4, 2001
So much for ad filters
Now they've found a way to essentially foil them all and not allow you to access the site unless you (a) turn off the filter or (b) cough up some cash. Blech. You just can't win, can you?

Thursday, October 4, 2001
Sex and the City fanfic on the WTC
Now normally (a) I don't read fanfic, and (b) due to that lack of cable thing, don't watch that show. But this is good.

Thursday, October 4, 2001
So why hasn't this worked for me?
The article is on military couples doing quick elopements, but that's not what the title there's referring to. There's one paragraph where a guy met the woman of his dreams the day after he threw a coin into a well and wished he'd meet someone. That's very sweet, but now I'm feeling bitter because I do the same thing every year when I go home at Christmas (one guy in town has a wishing well for charity), and yet, nothing happens :P (Bitter much? Who, me?)

On a completely different contrasting note from that is this article on how trying to get a man just doesn't seem to work for her. What was hurtful here was some palmreader saw the writer's hand and said she'd have a "complete absence of love in [her] life." Man, I'd be pissed to hear that one...note to self: don't get palm read. But I guess you have to give the reader points for not trying to please, I guess...

Thursday, October 4, 2001
New birth control out!
Though this one does sound odd to me- it's pretty much a hormone ring you stick up yourself three out of four weeks of the month. (Where do they come up with the ideas for these things?) Annoyingly, though, if it slips out for more than three hours you have to wait seven days before going back to being protected again. What a pain. But I guess it's easier to quit than shots or something...

Thursday, October 4, 2001
A very funny article on why this guy thinks being Jewish sucks
My favorite bit is the "what was I doing for New Year's? Spending hours in synagogue trying not to get a boner" section. Man!

Thursday, October 4, 2001
How'd you like to wear a condom swimming in order to keep fish out of your dick? EW!

Thursday, October 4, 2001
Taking precautions against bioterrorism may not be as futile as you think.
Things still aren't great, by any means, but it's not totally "there's nothing you can do", either. Freaky article to me, though.

Thursday, October 4, 2001
Great Ted Rall cartoons
It occurred to me reading this that I hadn't seen these come up in the local alt-weekly I read. Hmmmm. Anyway, at least Ted's still willing to voice his opinions in this world now, and I'm appreciating that.

Thursday, October 4, 2001
Birthday suit bare
Someone somewhere (as usual, I have no idea where I found this) claimed it was a porn bear. Not really, but I do wonder where they came up with the idea..

Thursday, October 4, 2001
This story is scary
One reporter decides to wear a hijab for a few days and see how people react to her, and actually got pushed into the street in front of a car! Another reporter actually followed her around with a cell phone after that.

Thursday, October 4, 2001
I've seen When Harry Met Sally just too many times.
In opposite-sex friendships, most women hate the sexual tension, men love it, and most of these friendships have it. Gah.

Thursday, October 4, 2001
New depression drug prevents permanent brain atrophy
Finding out that brain atrophy happens at all, and is permanent, wigs me out no end.

Thursday, October 4, 2001
Pimpin' hats!

Thursday, October 4, 2001
More terror sex
Which apparently Dan's not having any of.

Thursday, October 4, 2001
The Falwell, Robertson or bin Laden quote quiz
I couldn't even start this, I'm sorry to say. They all sound alike to me.

Thursday, October 4, 2001
10 things everyone should know about Islam
A good piece.

Thursday, October 4, 2001
Is your name Emily, and are you bored?

Thursday, October 4, 2001
Okay, I can't figure out why this would be a great reality show to go on.
5 people give up their lives for a year to an unknown master. That's a porn flick, not a TV show.

Tuesday, October 2, 2001
Top 10 questions you should ask yourself before buying a monkey.
The midlife crisis is my favorite. And here's some extra monkey questions. (I don't think this link will last forever.)

Tuesday, October 2, 2001
Top 10 questions you should ask yourself before buying a monkey.
The midlife crisis is my favorite. And here's some extra monkey questions. (I don't think this link will last forever.)

Tuesday, October 2, 2001
The story of the one successful foiled planejacking!
This is cool.

Tuesday, October 2, 2001
FTC is cracking down on those inescapable porn sites that are mistyped URL's.
Well, nice to know they're doing something about it!

Tuesday, October 2, 2001
Should gays be worried about scapegoating and losing some rights?

Tuesday, October 2, 2001
The princess and the Marine are kaput, now she wants to go home.
So much for that fairy tale.

Monday, October 1, 2001
More Survivor commentary
I do like reading Gwennie's stuff, and she makes some good points. I didn't even realize that Kelly was a rich kid, mainly because I got real bored real fast reading the bio and drifted off. Man, she'll probably be the one everyone hates.

Disappointingly for Frank, no hunting allowed this year. (Picked the wrong show to audition for, didn't ya?) Also, the water situation's gonna be scary with all them crocs and parasites (note to self: never go to Africa). They're also not allowed to cut their own foliage.

Here is a major huge spoiler about someone. It's big as in eliminatory, and strikes a familiar note. I'm normally Ms. Spoiler Whore, but this strikes me as too big for even me to spill right off the bat before the show even started. But those of you who like to play Survivor betting games may want to check this.

Monday, October 1, 2001
The reality shrink
You ever wonder who the hell says these psychos that are put on reality shows are sane enough to go on (Justin the Knife Boy, anyone?)? Well, this is the guy! Scary, isn't it?

Monday, October 1, 2001
So one of the contestants of Love Cruise is doing his own recaps
While this fellow (who also posts on Mighty Big TV as "shakes the clown") is widely reputed to be the one decent guy on this show (I haven't watched it), I'm downright disturbed by his recaps. Sure, I don't blame him for hating everyone on it, but the self-loathing when it comes to himself scares even ME. Calling himself Micow? Totally dogging on himself at every turn in a malicious fashion? Ye gods. I'm not normally a person who spouts off on loving oneself, and I like to take digs at myself on occasion, but this is sad.

Monday, October 1, 2001
Weblog Twinning

Monday, October 1, 2001
The last moments of Angel of Small Town X

Monday, October 1, 2001
Star Trek movie #10: what's coming up

Monday, October 1, 2001
Are you prepared for Zombie Attack?

Monday, October 1, 2001
Scary anime tits-o-plenty

Monday, October 1, 2001
Are some of those cute, fuzzy anecdotes about Bush being in charge fake?
Okay, nobody knows this for sure, but apparently it could be possible, given the (a) biased sources these tidbits come from, (b) their obviously all-positive nature, and (c) difficulty in verification. I can see why these folks would wonder if they're being BS'd to, if they're all getting the same little anecdotes and whatnot. Could be true, could be BS, and you'll never know for sure.

The American people are too smart to be spun?!?! Man, that statement just shocks the shit out of me. When have you ever heard a spinmeister say something like THAT??

Monday, October 1, 2001
Students ask school board to teach about sex better, say abstinence is failing
All I can say is right on!

Sunday, September 30, 2001
Cats and dogs are now wearing stuff on their heads! It's an international trend! Whee!
Too bad my hamster's so touchy or I could join in the fun.

Sunday, September 30, 2001
Anna Nicole gets the money after all. Hooray for gold digging!

Sunday, September 30, 2001
It's nice to know I have such loving, caring parents - NOT!

Sunday, September 30, 2001
The Hairy Man Festival

Sunday, September 30, 2001
Favorite weird stories from the Obscure Store

Sunday, September 30, 2001
Silent monks can't get drunk to shut up!
It's like a bad sitcom plot or something.

Sunday, September 30, 2001
When your TV threatens to kill you
You know what freaks me out about this? No joke, I had a dream almost exactly like this years ago. Freaked me out.

Sunday, September 30, 2001
Fuck Me Furby!

Sunday, September 30, 2001
My cousin and my friend died because of porn!
Reminds me of my own personal "I broke my leg because of the WWF" story, sorta...

Sunday, September 30, 2001
Puff Whatever-the-hell throws hissy when asked about J.Ho
Bet he was real thrilled to hear they got married. But at least her T&A is covered! (as far as I can tell, anyway)

Sunday, September 30, 2001
Swaziland chicks ticked at lack of dick
(Oh, to be able to use something like THAT in a headline at work...) Women are complaining that their boyfriends won't wait five years to have sex (duh). But even more lovely is that the king's own daughter is being raised out of the country and doesn't have to do this. Sheesh.

Sunday, September 30, 2001
The Goth/Trendy/Alternative Test

Sunday, September 30, 2001
Write a novel in 30 days?
I'm still debating on whether or not to do this one.

Sunday, September 30, 2001
Eminem gets a movie. I'm scared.

Sunday, September 30, 2001
So Amazing Race amused me this week...
with:
1: The gay couple getting incredibly snotty and high on themselves and thinking they were going to win because they used to live in Paris, then er, going too slowly. Ever hear of the tortoise and the hare? They kept bragging about how well they were doing and how everyone else sucked and how they weren't going to rush, oh no. Hello? It's a RACE? Timing is everything (as they should have known from the start of this episode where the people who got into the last stop before 12:30 p.m. were quite ahead of the rest)!?
2. Obnoxious "Team Danza" (TM Mighty Big TV) Frank and Margarita getting attitude about their alliancemates. What snotasses!

Sunday, September 30, 2001
Why the heck did Will go to medical school?
Given how he'd much rather make the easy money by acting/modeling/Big Brothering, I wonder why he went in that direction in the first place. And interesting vague "they looked like they were on good terms" re: Mike and Krista post-engagement...Hmmmmm....

As for the charity issue, he claims he might or is or something. And he doesn't plan on blowing all the money.

Sunday, September 30, 2001
Good things about not working for Starbucks any more...
including not having to claim that Starbucks is a good place to buy gardening supplies. Gardening supplies? Man, I've missed seeing that one.

Sunday, September 30, 2001
The pity point

Sunday, September 30, 2001
Son of Mr. Blue: The Resur(e)rection?
So they've found a replacement for Garrison Keillor. My speculation so far on this person is (a) the column will be limited to all about sex, given where it's now located, (b) the "under our noses all the time" indicates that maybe it's one of their current staff writers, especially since (c) they're certainly not going to shell out for any more big names.

Sunday, September 30, 2001
Oh, how I hate hypocrites.
This female Senator wouldn't support women getting the right to vote, says men should be taking care of women and if they were then women wouldn't need to vote. Claims she was forced into the workplace- but hey, was anyone forcing you to run for office? I think not. I can't stand people like this. If you really think women should be sitting at home being taken care of by men, THEN QUIT YOUR JOB AND GO HOME AND SHUT UP ALREADY! Lead by example, you moron!

As you may or may not recall, I mentioned reading Handmaid's Tale awhile back. There's one character, referred to as Serena Joy, who used to campaign on TV for women to stay home like good God-fearing wives and all. Now that (in the book) the men are finally making them all stay home, she's sitting around dejected and querelous and obviously not thrilled with her lot. Be careful what you wish for...

On a similar note but not exactly, women in Bangladesh voted for the first time in fifty years because they had believed they were cursed. The last time they tried a cyclone came through and killed a lot of people, and apparently the menfolk had, er, not tried to disabuse them of this curse notion. Bleeeeech.

Sunday, September 30, 2001
Banner ads, also known as screen zits...
Hah! That cracks me up.

Sunday, September 30, 2001
Tips for dealing with a stripper
Find out a few facts you never heard before, like it's no longer arousing to dance around in front of drunk women after three times.

Sunday, September 30, 2001
No more false advertising for you!
I am impressed!

Sunday, September 30, 2001
The Blair Peep Project

Sunday, September 30, 2001
This is incredibly bizarre and you must see it for yourself to get the er, gist.
Don't expect to understand it, though...Margaret Thatcher's head does weird things like shoot lasers, a giant bunny gives her a kiss and turns her into a kitten...It's also in a few foreign languages, which some people have tried to translate here.

Sunday, September 30, 2001
Gagpipe
As far as I can tell, a portal site for satire articles. Cool beans.

Sunday, September 30, 2001
You Stupid Bitch!
The role-playing marriage game. Scary!

Sunday, September 30, 2001
The last person rescued from the WTC

Sunday, September 30, 2001
Star Trek: The Next Generation crew debates whether or not to meddle in Earth affairs
I just love how Wesley said the F-word in this one.

Sunday, September 30, 2001
Politicians are trying to get away with just about anything.

Sunday, September 30, 2001
We must all think alike now, kiss Bush's ass, and neglect to mention anything regarding the election.
Remember, Ari Fleischer says you'd better watch it. Or people will go after you. Heck, Gandhi'd probably get shot in the head now if he showed up. Two newspaper columnists got fired for criticizing Bush. Read what one of their ex-bosses said here. He claimed that virtually every American fully supports Bush. Gag me. Sorry, that's not exactly a sure fact.

We must dismantle our democracy in order to save it.

Sunday, September 30, 2001
Soldiers fleeing the Taliban

Sunday, September 30, 2001
Will dressing down at the Emmys change anything?
I mean, really, business suits for the men are supposed to make us feel better? Whoopetyfuckingdoo to that. I'm not impressed.

Sunday, September 30, 2001
The good, the bad and the ugly

Thursday, September 27, 2001
Chelsea Clinton will be writing a piece for Talk on the WTC.
There's a surprise.

Thursday, September 27, 2001
Am I the only one freaked out by Mommy Liberty?
I dunno, I'm just not comfortable with seeing our symbol of freedom packing a gun and an infant at once. (Or any human, really). I guess we're lucky she's not carrying a machine gun or a grenade or a nuke or something...but this just weirds me out.

Thursday, September 27, 2001
Weird, odd, scary but interesting commentary on Starship Troopers and wars.
Specifically, how this movie talks about how the state manipulates information and pictures to get recruits. Seriously freaky.

Thursday, September 27, 2001
The hawks and the doves
Good, but I wish they'd covered a bit of the middle ground - the chickenhawk approach?

Thursday, September 27, 2001
Either God is omnipotent and omnipresent, or he's not God.

Thursday, September 27, 2001
The question isn't why do they hate us, but why do we hate them?

Thursday, September 27, 2001
10 things you can do to prevent war
People have their doubts about war.

Wednesday, September 26, 2001
Teddy from A.I. comes out in stores.
Now if only this toy walked and talked and saved my butt if I got in trouble...

Wednesday, September 26, 2001
Oh MAN
If Bush catches the terrorists without a war, they're talking about giving him the Nobel Peace Prize.

I am in complete shock.

Tuesday, September 25, 2001
The diner serves a damn fine cup of Alpo!

Tuesday, September 25, 2001
This cartoonist seems stymied as to where to go. But yet it all works somehow.

Tuesday, September 25, 2001
What we've learned in the past 10 days

Tuesday, September 25, 2001
Suddenly, Bush likes big government. Hmm.

Tuesday, September 25, 2001
Now it's Enduring Freedom

Tuesday, September 25, 2001
The Queen of England got a cell phone

Tuesday, September 25, 2001
The final moments of Flight 93.

Tuesday, September 25, 2001
Six days at Ground Zero
The account of two cleanup volunteers at the WTC.

Tuesday, September 25, 2001
This earnestness can't last forever, can it?
The Onion's first day back, and their logo for the attack says "Holy fucking shit." The TV schedule is hilarious, especially the CBS Dan Rather loses it remarks. Note the Point Counterpoint- furious rage versus controlled rage. Bush urges restraint among ballad singers. God just rocks. I love American Life Turns Into Bad Jerry Bruckheimer Movie large (where's the aliens and Jeff Goldblum?).

Tuesday, September 25, 2001
The single survivor
This one's kind of sad but interesting: about single women and the desire to find a boyfriend/husband being affected by the attacks. Some are dumping people, some are grabbing old boyfriends, etc. While I have to admit I'm not in the mood to date myself, I do seem to be going through a phase of friend dumpage. I guess in a way this is good because it's weeding out the flakes and whatnot, but on the other hand I am definitely not in the mood to lose more people that I care about either. Gah.

Tuesday, September 25, 2001
The Grand List of Comic Book Cliches
References include tragic parental death and how it is brought up every five issues, radioactivity doesn't cause stuff like sterility, blows to the head don't affect the heroes but always do the underlings, chick heroes don't fight men too much, university professors can create virtually whatever they want in the lab, nobody ever deduces who the hero is in real life, there's always some excuse for why no WWII heroes didn't nab Hitler, etc. Of course, my favorite is the one about female superheroes wearing stiletto heels, 34H tits, and a thong that flosses her spleen.

Tuesday, September 25, 2001
British eccentrics, this one's for you
They're compiling a list of the top 100 eccentrics there in an alternative Who's Who of Great Britain. I have at least three books of lists and random trivia about bizarre English folks, so my suspicion is the competition will be (A) tough, and (B) filled with inbred royalty to boot. That's hard to beat for sheer crazy!

Tuesday, September 25, 2001
Introducing the cast of Survivor Africa!
Just to amuse myself after all this seriousness, I'm going to make total stupid random snap judgement comments on all of them, just like the dearly departed SurvivorSucks.com used to do on opening day. My comments come from looking at the top link and at the links below.

Brandon: Would perhaps be cute if he wasn't sulking in this picture.
Carl: He is a dentist, which frightens me greatly (all dentists do). I would not want to be on his team hearing lectures about flossing and what the jungle is doing to my teeth or whatever.
Frank: Kinda ugly with that triangular face thing, hunting bent reminds me of Mike, I see no useful purpose for bringing along frigging antlers.
Kim P: WHY did they cast two Kim's? In the same show? Confuse me much? I can take a guess already it'll be "young Kim and old Kim" or "cute Kim and old Kim" once things start up. And string necklace? Try pronouncing the name of her town three times fast.
Linda: What is that thing on her head? That does not look good.
Lindsey: Another Colleen type would be my guess.
Silas: The babe. Yes, he's Colbyesque.
Teresa: I'm wondering about that bullet necklace. I hope a flight didn't get nasty on her... Is it just me or does her jaw look big in that picture? Or is it because she's wearing a hat and isn't showing hair? (How I wish most of them had taken their dang-blamed hats off for that.) NINE MONTHS PREGNANT AND IN A MARATHON? Holy crap!
Clarence: Oh lord, not another basketball coach. Please let him NOT be lazy (though call it a hunch given how built he is that he isn't), I'm sick of that stereotype on this show. He describes himself as "silly", which gets bonus points in my book for entertainment value.
Diane: Worst. Hair. Ever. Poodle. Poodle. Poodle. Watching her roots grow out is going to be even worse than watching Nicole's was for sheer pain factor. This is something I almost never say, but she could use a haircut.
Ethan: Similarly shaggy, I'm wondering why they're already mentioning him as being a match for Jessie. Watch out- he's a vegetarian. Good thing he wasn't put on the same team as Frank.
Jessie: The babe. I have to say I'm impressed that she's a deputy sheriff. That rocks.
Kelly: No, not another Kelly! Not one that kinda looks like the first one! Stop trying to confuse my fragile little mind this game! Between her and the Kims there's no end!
Kim J.: Dang, she gets to be compared to the young Kim all the time. But hey, rocks that she does sign language. I always wanted to do that.
Lex: Please remove your earrings. They do not become you. And for some reason I keep wanting to pull on them like a doorknocker.
Tom: I changed this because I was informed that he named his son Bucky Bo. That's. JUST. WRONG!

Is it just me, or do all these hats make them look like this is the cast from the Australian outback?

Tuesday, September 25, 2001
Claire's aftermath journal entry (with pics)
She's also got a version without pictures, but I highly recommend the picture version even if it's slow to load. Wow. Ee.

Elphaba has done a guest entry for Claire on online love that's quite mushy, and from what Claire's been saying, apparently very popular. Awww.

Tuesday, September 25, 2001
Apparently the Miss America pageant was rather annoying.
Tony Danza doing the most flippant tribute and yelling about the girls, Miss New York claiming that the city was so full of life...Oh lordy. They also had to take an 8 question quiz on the country this year. The winner got a whopping 6 out of 8 right. Damn. I got them all right, making ME smarter than Miss America and all the finalists! Hah!

For your entertainment pleasure, Sars on pageants.

Tuesday, September 25, 2001
Watch out for losing freedom of speech
Apparently some people are trying to get "Politically Incorrect" off the air. The above piece (by the infamous Arianna Huffington) is brilliant.

Likewise, Wil's warning today of Ashcroft trying to get laws passed that go against the Constitution and the Bill of Rights.

Things we're not supposed to think or say.

Tuesday, September 25, 2001
What exactly does it mean to declare war on terrorism?
We're not formally "at war", he's just authorized to go after the terrorists (but doesn't have complete open-ended authority about it).

Salon has just put up a collection of links of information.

And I liked this article, which goes into can we win this (hey, it's possible), will killing/capturing bin Laden make a difference (it'll boost Bush's ratings up, but end terrorism? Doubtful), what's the worst that could happen (world war 3) and a lot of stuff that's obviously Brit-centered.

Tuesday, September 25, 2001
So much for getting an anthrax vaccine

Tuesday, September 25, 2001
What should the New York TV shows do?
(a) live in our universe without the towers, or (b) go on merrily in their own fantasyland? Especially the sitcoms. West Wing is definitely including the attack in it, but in a way I wish they (and sitcoms too) would avoid it. Mainly because that show has enough of a messy stew going on already without THAT. As for sitcoms, it just doesn't work with being funny, I'm afraid.

Tuesday, September 25, 2001
How the talk show hosts have been doing so far

Tuesday, September 25, 2001
Why isn't Bush criticizing Falwell?
Cronkite got some great licks in.

Tuesday, September 25, 2001
bin Laden wins over sex in searches
Bizarre, isn't it?

Tuesday, September 25, 2001
Well, whadya know: suicide bombers aren't psychotic.

Tuesday, September 25, 2001
Naturally, patriotic tattoo sales are going way up

Tuesday, September 25, 2001
Some people can be such shits sometimes.
For example, creating a worm that gets to you in the form of an e-mail asking people to vote on whether or not to go to war.

Or smuggling box cutters into the airport just to convince your wife not to fly.

Or Starbucks forcing rescue workers to buy water.

Tuesday, September 25, 2001
On a happy note compared to the one below this...
Two Afghani restaurant owners have been receiving all kinds of support. Awwww.

Tuesday, September 25, 2001
Fearing internment
Good column on what's happening to anyone who looks Afghan, how public opinion is going against them and the possibility of internment. Scary. I feel sorry for these kids too. And these kids. And this kid. And this guy.

And Acanit's preparing to leave if she has to.