From “Teletubbies: The link between fat ad budgets and fat children,” Reason: When my daughter was 6, she spent a morning watching cartoons, during which she saw one commercial after another for cereal, candy, and cookies. Inspired by these messages, she grabbed her purse, drove to the grocery store, and loaded up the car with Cap’n Crunch, Skittles, and Oreos. That was all she ate for a month. The astute
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June 11, 2004
Random Monica Lewinksy thought, June 11, 2004
Where did I leave my goddamn keys…? Great, now I’m going to miss the freakin’ breakfast menu. Stupid keys. update: Oh, here they are, right where I put them last night. Duh.
June 11, 2004
An exchange that might have taken place on ABC’s “The View” today (had I bothered to watch the show,
Meredith Vieira: ” […] and of course today is the National Day of Mourning –“ Joy Behar: “– for the, uh, the Reagan funeral is today, right? –“ Elisabeth Hasselbeck: “– at the National Cathedral, yeah –“ Meredith Vieira: “– yes, and there’s no mail service today, either, did y’all know that?” Star Jones: “– which, I’m going to tell you, really bothers me. I’m sorry, but it does –“
June 11, 2004
Malkin*
Like Maureen Dowd, only smart and interesting. And, y’know, not completely insane.
June 10, 2004
10 things Ted Rall has called his penis at one time or another (confirmed)*
“intrepid li’l hegemon” “the pocket Marx” “Spike” “one-eyed Ivan” “Mao Tse-meatsock” “kitty hitter” “Ted’s Caspian Pipeline” “Comrade Spelunker” “Yoda’s other thumb” “Bernie the penis” *Source: just guessing, really
June 10, 2004
Hockey and elk, remember? Leave the punditry to us.
Hahahahahahahahahahaha! Ha! Hahaha! Canadian journalists. Such a scream.
June 10, 2004
Milestones, 4.
Today is the protein wisdom four-year wedding anniversary — the fourth year being the fruit (traditional) or flower / appliance (modern) anniversary. So we’ll be having sushi. The Wedding Anniversary Haiku When we fell in love You said, “this feels quite nice, eh?” And I said, “It does.”
June 10, 2004
School’s. Out. For. Ever.
Yeah, but when it comes to video game proficiency among 17- and 18-year olds, we’re number one, baby! (Unless of course there’s math or reading involved. In which case, we’re number, like, 17 or some such.)