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Monthly Archives: October 2009

  • Listen, my children. You already know Of Paul Revere’s midnight ride, and so I won’t rehash how, “in Seventy-five…” For hardly a U.S. [...]

    Friday Fluff: Longfellow Edition

    October 16, 2009
  • Okay, I realize I let Epic Posts on Rape Culture Week bleed over yesterday into what is obviously Childhood Toy Liposuction Week, but let’s [...]

    Quick Hit: Rainbow Bratz

    October 15, 2009
  • The paper this morning had a wire article about the Navy moving to station women aboard submarines. Apparently, male sailors’ wives are [...]

    Have you tried not being so sexy?

    October 14, 2009
  • During the presidential campaign I checked www.fivethirtyeight.com, like, several times a day. As one whose gifts lie not with the maths* I [...]

    ‘Nuther Quick Hit: Nate Silver Temporarily Suspends Mathematical Rigor

    October 14, 2009
  • No, not that fat Barbie, sadly. According to WWD, shoe designer Christian Louboutin, who recently designed some high fashion Barbies, had to [...]

    Quick hit: Fat Barbie

    October 13, 2009
  • Kate started us off by pointing to this horrifying story about a 4-month-old baby in Colorado who was denied health insurance for being too fat. [...]

    SP Round Table: Fat baby denied health insurance

    October 12, 2009
  • …I can’t imagine what. As bonus weekend fluff, please enjoy this old chestnut from The Onion: Man Finally Put In Charge Of Struggling [...]

    Something reminded me of this recently…

    October 10, 2009
  • Hey! Y’all! [lowers voice to a conspiratorial whisper] Guess what I’m doing RIGHT NOW. [chuckles furtively] Dude, I’m staying [...]

    Friday Fluff: Cheaper Than A Palatial Spa

    October 9, 2009
  • I posted the last post because I wanted some peace and quiet for a change (and also because it was easier than any of the other posts I’ve [...]

    Well, that was interesting

    October 9, 2009
  • Out of curiosity, and because I’m sure we could all use a break from 500-comment threads in which men drop by to deny or devalue our [...]

    Expecting crickets

    October 8, 2009

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