November 30, 2007

Helen Thomas . . .

has the face that brought back a thousand ships.

Okay, I'm sorry. I swore I'd never do that sort of humor, because it's sexist and offensive.

It's also unnecessary, since Dana Perino has already taken care of the situation. You go, girl!

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I Take a Lot of Heat

for "spending too much time on enterprises that don't reflect my core competencies."

Not so with some people.

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November 28, 2007

I'm Not Saying that Men Are Irrational Creatures.

But if you did want to see a typical specimen behave in an irrational fashion, which topic would you bring up?—breasts, or lesbianism? I'm just askin'.

Total fan of men and all that . . . but, well. You know.

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November 26, 2007

Bye-bye, Trent.

I'd like to say I'll miss you, but . . .

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Jesus H. Chrysler, on a . . .

well, which is it? What would Jesus drive?

Naturally, I think Jesus was into the MoPar thing. His father's house has many mansions, presumably with a fair number of garages. And I suspect Chryslers are well-represented.

Via Fausta, and the Cotillion Mafia.

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November 24, 2007

Just Thought I'd "Claim" This Blog on Technorati.

Though goodness knows why; my profile over there is doing just fine without any intervention whatsoever. But I'm just feeling a bit blog-whorish today, so there you go.

Technorati Profile

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November 23, 2007

The Minnesota Blog-Plagiarist. Attn: SoCal Blogs!

That "Seventh Son" guy in Minnesota who's infamous for lifting people's blog-posts is now covering a story in Glendale, California (one town over from where I live). Did any of our local cohorts get ripped off here?

(The story sounds fishy, anyway: I'm sure the Fire Department coordinates with the cities so that trees are cut back within set guidelines, even for oak trees. And why would one hire a tree-trimming company out of Orange County to come all the way up here to the foothills, when they don't even know the local ordinances?)

Geez . . . what a scumbucket.

h/t: Laura, over at Ace's digs.

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From the Carol Burnett Show . . .

Courtesy of Cassandra, now on blog-hiatus (no true blogger ever really quits for good; you know it, and I know it):

The funniest thing about that show was the fact that the actors kept losing their shit: it didn't feel like a lack of professionalism so much as a sort of good-natured expression of camaraderie among them. Of course, that means that the outtakes from the show are the best part.

And, yes: after asking the other Cotillion women, and checking out Vicki's website, we have indeed confirmed that the Vicki Lawrence from "The Carol Burnett Show" is the same one who originally performed "The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia."

She, Carol Burnett, Harvey Korman and Tim Conway are just the best: Comedy without a body count. Love it.

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So, What Do We Call Those Muslims (Or "Perverters of Islam," If You Prefer)

. . . who are trying to kill us?

Timothy Ash of The Guardian makes the linguistic case against "Islamofascists," and argues that "Islamists" describes those who advocate through peaceful means for repressive systems such as Sharia law, whereas the term "Jihadis" should be reserved for those who murder in Allah's name.

I've been using "fuckin' assholes," but I've been cautioned that this lacks precision.

h/t: Memeorandum.

UPDATE: Dr. D. suggests in the comments that all "real Muslims" believe everything in the Koran—in a very literal way. Does that mean that all real Christians believe that every word in the Bible is literally true? Does it mean all real Jews believe everything in the Torah is literally true? Because I have a few challenging passages for you, if that's the case.

Furthermore, Dr. D. would like to see this country "Muslim-frei." Not only do I not particularly want that—I find the very proposal scarier than the Jihadis, or whatever we've decided to call them.

But Brian Micklethwait seems to agree that it's the religion itself we need to denounce. I still don't see it: I'd rather wage war on a few hundred people who want to kill me, or a few thousand people who want to convert me by force, rather than a few billion who don't care one way or another what I'm doing and are perfectly indifferent to whether I wear shorts, or whether my gay friends are living with their boyfriends, or whether I believe that Jesus was, in fact, the Christ.

As for those who love to ironically discuss "the religion of peace," you enjoy that. Me, I'd like to know whether, in point of fact, "they will know we are Christians by our love." Not always, boys and girls. And I'm not discussing the Middle Ages here, either.

I'd like to clean my own house before I see to other faiths' own Reformations. And by that, I mean The House of Joy McCann. There is plenty to be done in it—physically, metaphorically, spiritually, emotionally.

And so I shall leave the religious wars to others. Have at it, kids.

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November 21, 2007

Sorry, Kitty-Cat.

I've been AWOL on our Afghanistan discussion (under the Camille Paglia post). I have client-itis, and I'll be back later.

You're making some great points, and I'll catch up over the long weekend, once I get the family disposed of. (Um. I didn't mean in shallow graves in my backyard, though, come to think of it . . . . )

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November 18, 2007

Can We Just All Make an Agreement

Not to talk about our exes on our blogs, unless we preserve their anonymity, as I used to do over at Dean's place? (Such as here, and here. And here.)

The fact is, I really like my exes. Even the quirky, annoying one, whom I can only take in small doses. I like 'em all, except the Westwood Village denizen who took my virginity by force. That was not too cool.

Now, do I now question what on earth I was thinking, with one or two of these people? Sure. But that has to do with compatibility issues. I hope they are all doing well. Even Mr. Westwood Village, for that matter; he was a bit out of his depth with me, after all. I never want to speak with him again, but I do pray for him, every now and then.

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November 13, 2007

Overheard, 11

"I'm really annoyed by That Prominent Blogger," she complained.

"Hey. We like him. What did he ever do to you?"

"Well, he's a sexist, and kind of ageist, too. I had an exchange with him that went on for 400 comments or something, in which he argued that by definition, I couldn't be attractive because I'm in my forties. It wouldn't bother me if he'd ever seen me, because I may not be his type—and I suspect I'm not. But the sight-unseen thing bugged me."

"He wants you," says the blogger wearing the hoodie.

"Oh, yeah," chimes in the one in a T-shirt. "Have you ever seen a picture of him? No great shakes there."

"Listen," Mr. Hoodie says. "His arguments can go up to 200 comments easily. But 400? He wants you bad."

"He's never seen me, though."

"Oh—like he really cares about that."

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Simponsized!

By my main stalker, Darrell:

http://simpsonizeme.com/ecard.php?lang=en_us&code=dvuumzmygltdqkpnvhkbmpqjsveeuiyj

It takes a moment to load.

Some of it is familiar, but removing people's chins and jaws can lead to confusion—especially for those of us with weird, angular jawlines (it looks good on my father—on me, not so much).

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November 08, 2007

The Polls Are Closed.

. . . and thanks to everyone who helped me to attain a respectable showing.

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November 07, 2007

Insecure on Sartorial Matters?

Let the army of Davids help you pick an outfit for that special occasion.

In my particular case, I prepared for the Public Utility job by borrowing my husband's valet stand, and taking pictures of every business outfit I had (short of a suit, which would have been a bit much). I still have 'em all in a file, and I take 'em out for scrutiny whenever I get that "I don't have enough clothing!" feeling.

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November 06, 2007

Beautiful Atrocities is Back!

And as wonderful as ever.


(This has led to some catfights in The Cotillion over "whose gay boyfriend" Jeff really is. I've suggested that we determine this like ladies: paper targets, 25 feet, sidearms-of-choice. I'll shoot off-hand, to make it more sporting for the others.)

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November 05, 2007

Nepotism Rears Its Ugly Head.

I know it's childish of me, but I kind of dig all the interrelationships within the 'sphere—like, the fact that Glenn got both his wife and his mom into blogging (who wants to bet that the Instadaughter already has a blog, but hasn't "come out" to her dad, yet?).

And then there are the prominent bloggers I'm not supposed to talk about who were dating for a while, and now dislike each other intensely. And the cousins who blog. And the drinking buddies. And the real estate partners. And the venture capitalists and their favorite startups. Etc.

But my favorite blogging family is actually this one:

Beth at Blue Star Chronicles, who is up for a Weblog Award in the "Top 250" Category, is the sister of

Carol, The Median Sib, who is up for a Weblog Award in the "Diarist" Category, and is the daughter of

Ruth of Ruthlace, who is also up for a Weblog Award in the "Diarist" Category, and is furthermore (stay with me, here)

oddly enough, the mother of Beth at Blue Star Chronicles.

And a partridge in a pear tree.

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Look.

I'm not saying that I'm going to run a topless pic of myself if I win the Weblogs Award in my category.

I'm only pointing out that I will not do so if I don't win. That's all.

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No; I'm Not Going to the BlogWorld Expo in Las Vegas.

Though I might drive up to Santa Barbara for a day or two of the YAF conference.

BlogWorld Expo is, of course, concurrent with the YAF's West Coast Leadership Conference, and it occurs to me that a person could conceivably become a full-time blogging gadfly, jumping from event to event, talking about—and covering—the emergence of New Media.

Which, silly as it sounds, would beat workin'.

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And Yet More on the Weblog Awards!

The American Mind is up for "Best 501-1000."

And The Anchoress is up for "Best Individual Blogger"—had I mentioned that?

Furthermore, Jane (Armies of Liberation) and I are up for "Best 1751-2500"

And you can only vote once each 24 hours, so set an alarm or something.

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