Rule, Brittaniea! I told you these were unprotected waters
Happy birthday, doll
Barbie is 50 years old today. I was never a girly girl, but I loved my Barbies, and I loved the old Skipper doll my mother probably still has.
Rodeo Run 10K
We got there super early, at C’s insistence, and ended up standing in the 20-30 MPH winds for about two hours. The day before, Friday, it had been 80 degrees outside. On the morning of the race the temperature was in the 30s.
The first hour I was okay — adrenaline was keeping me warm. But [...]
It fits in the palm of your hand
My Kindle-lust has subsided, but only by the smallest margin. I have downloaded the new Kindle app for my iPhone but I haven’t bought any books yet, because why should I? I have a stack of unread books at home and a library card in my wallet.
I have, however, been making great use of the [...]
Drinking gin at nine in the morning
Elizabeth Gilbert, author of Eat, Pray, Love talks about how hard it is to write every single day when you get little to nothing in return. I like the idea behind her etymology of the word genius. I love the story of the poem sweeping through the field like a cargo train. It makes me [...]
Standing four feet ten in one sock
Nabokov was dirty, and I like it.
Geronimo’s Bones
NPR had an interesting story today about Fort Sill, Skull and Bones, and the descendants of the Apache Geronimo.
Girls’ Club
We finished The Josephine Baker Story this week, a B-level made-for-HBO movie that was mildly educational if not entertaining. I liked mostly that it delved into aspects of Baker’s life after her years of greatest fame.
Since traveling to Europe I have been thinking a lot about certain strong-headed women who were fucked over by society. [...]
Inspiration
Hunter S. Thompson motivational posters
Bishes and niggaz
Been thinkin’ about etymology a lot lately.
The n-word, for example, makes me extremely uncomfortable. Why is it that “bitch” can be appropriated by women (myself included) and it doesn’t seem derogatory, but “nigger/nigga,” when appropriated by Blacks, still causes me to cringe?
Maybe it’s because “bitch” connotes traits that in men are seen as assets: assertiveness, [...]
10. Journalists are loyal
The Top Ten reasons you should hire a journalist.
She’s got legs
Magic Molly links to this TED talk by Aimee Mullins about traditional standards of beauty and the misnomer of disability.
I get what Mullins is trying to say, and I agree with her on most points, but at the same time she is speaking she is walking around on prosthetic legs made for high heels, legs [...]
Naked paintings of famous people
Cary Grant
Bea Arthur
Cary Grant
Obvisouly, NSFW. Cary Grant links come from Rakka. Golden Girls picture comes from The Millionizer
The most well-traveled man in history
I might have to start reading Roger Ebert’s wordy though well-written blog. He’s friends with Paul Theroux.
Real Housewives Of D.C.
Currently overwhelmed by a newfound love for Betty Ford. Note the presence of a young, still evil, pipe-smoking Dick Cheney.
It’s tickling my fancy
We watched True Stories a few nights ago. It made me miss Spalding Gray.
Ham on Rye
…reminded me of all those dreary times of sitting on some boy’s floor while he rapturously quoted Bukowski at me, as though somebody with a bleeding liver getting drunk and vomiting on a junkie hooker is somehow meaningful to a 16 year old boarding school kid. Such a strange revelation in wishful thinking. Such a [...]
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