Yeah. I can understand why some women are not too pleased with this ad…
Dream Research
Here’s some quotes from an article describing recent dream research: Liberals are more restless sleepers and have a higher number of bizarre, surreal dreams — including fantasy settings and a wide variety of sexual encounters. Woo-hoo! Conservatives’ dreams were, on average, far more mundane and focused on realistic people, situations and settings. They dream about people having a panel discussion … Read More
Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny Yellow Your Dead Husband’s A Liar
How embarrassing. Paul Vance, the lyricist for the early 60’s hit "Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini", died earlier this week. His passing was noted by the Associated Press. This came as a surprise to the other Paul Vance — the one who really wrote the lyrics to the novelty hit (and who has collected millions of dollars … Read More
Jesus Now Takes Debit/Credit Cards
That’s nice.
Why Is Mona Lisa Smiling?
Scientists think they’ve found the answer. Using some fancy 3D technology, they’ve determined that the model for Mona Lisa (whose name was Lisa Gherardini, wife of Florentine merchant Francesco de Giocondo) "had just given birth to her second son when she sat for the painting". They were also able to pinpoint the exact year of the painting: 1503. Read about … Read More
Studio 60 Update
I Tivo’d but haven’t watched the second episode. Lance Mannion (who missed the pilot) liveblogged it. As his wrap-up suggests, he (like me) was a little underwhelmed, but willing to give it a chance: I’m going to give Studio 60 a couple more chances. West Wing made me grumpy like this for the first few episodes—and there were things about … Read More
Bush’s Church To Bush: “Get Out Of Iraq”
The United Methodist Church (Bush’s religion of choice) took a stance the past weekend: United Methodist Church leaders helped launch a week of protest and civil disobedience against the war in Iraq by signing a declaration of peace urging President Bush to pull U.S. troops out of the country. The Declaration of Peace, signed Sept. 21, is described as a … Read More
More Women Prefer…
Every Tuesday, the folks over at Mental Floss type a search term into Google, and report the trivia that turns up in the results. They call it "Tuesday Turnip" (get it?). Today’s Tuesday Turnip was "More women prefer". Here’s what the Mental Floss folks discovered from searching that phrase in Google: More Women Prefer Dogs Over Husbands: An online poll … Read More
Thanks, But Can You See How That Doesn’t Help?
New York Times, 9/25/06: Col. Tom James, who commands the division’s Second Brigade, acknowledged that his unit’s equipment levels had fallen so low that it now had no tanks or other armored vehicles to use in training and that his soldiers were rated as largely untrained in attack and defense. The enormous strains on equipment and personnel, because of longer-than-expected … Read More
Getting Emergency Contraception
Everyone has been linking to this harrowing account of what it’s like to get emergency contraception (EC) in rural Ohio, so I will too. This woman’s doctor told her to call the ER. She did. Then a parade of nurses hemmed and hawed over the phone, until finally a fourth nurse told her what was going on: "Well see," he … Read More
“Yes Virginia, There Is A Santa Claus”
Believe it or not, the famous editorial appeared 109 years ago today. Yup, in the September 21 edition of the New York Sun.
This Week Is “Unmarried and Single Americans Week”
You probably don’t get a floating holiday for it though. Still, in honor of people like me (as opposed to, say, certain other people), here are some fun facts: 95.7 million Number of unmarried and single Americans. This group comprises 43 percent of all U.S. residents age 15 and over. 54%Percentage of unmarried and single Americans who are women 14.5 … Read More
Jim Wallis vs. Ralph Reed
Jim Wallis, author of the book God’s Politics, has a new blog discussing, well, religion and politics. Wallis is often thought of as a "liberal Christian", but that would be an inaccurate charactorization. The theme of Wallis’s book is quite simple: God belongs to no single political party and true faith transcends political categorization. This week, Wallis is having an … Read More
Boo Hoo
Looks like UNC denied full professorship to "Prof" Michael Adams. Gee, I can’t imagine why.
And I Say “A Pox On Both Their Houses”
Let’s summarize: The Pope trotted out a 14th-century insult of Islam: "Show me just what Muhammad brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman" He issued one of those fake apologies, where you say you regret that people were upset, instead of saying you were wrong and feel bad about your words or deeds … Read More