Monthly Archives: March 2009

Reality is the best reality show

Posted on March 10, 2009 by admin

Dear Political Gods, Please, please, please let Jim Bunning run for reelection in 2010. And please let somebody make it into a reality show.  Amen. —————————————————— ALSO: Fun Fact of the Day The Capybara is the largest living rodent in the world. Its common name, … Continue reading →

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Dora the Exploiter

Posted on March 6, 2009 by admin

According to our friends over at FishbowlLA, there’s a bit of an internet fracas brewing between Mattel and a coalition of worked-up mommybloggers over the company’s decision to “magically transform” girl-hero Dora the Explorer into, well, something of a slut.  … Continue reading →

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Wednesday Morning Morons

Posted on March 4, 2009 by admin

Not that there’s been a particular uptick in idiocy lately, but I thought now would be as good a time as any to pay tribute to some of the news-making idiots who perform the grand public service of making us … Continue reading →

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I’m not funny.

Posted on March 2, 2009 by admin

The tired theme that women aren’t funny gets some new life in today’s Guardian, with Germaine Greer trying her hand at the famously explosive topic. Greer’s strategy seems to be to mitigate the objections of ladybloggers and assorted other wimminfolk … Continue reading →

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