Check out this blog

So, if you haven't seen this blog before, go check out Official Reality Check. It's an interesting blog that is a nice mix of news links and personal rants. And hey, could a blog from a liberal named Rob/Robert be anything but brilliant?

Cat fights aren't just for Miller Lite commercials

So, in American culture (and others I suspect) we have a popular notion of the fights between girls as some funny, even sexy act. Hey, I'll admit it. I thought that Miller Lite commercial with the two chicks fighting over the "taste great, less filling" thing was hilarious. However, according to this Newsweek article, girl on girl violence is on the rise. Scientist and psychologists are still trying to figure out why. While some (morons) are blaming the rise of feminism , others seem to be putting the blame on the fact that more and more children are being exposed to violence in their schools and communities.

Making fun of Bush

So I ran into this website Shrubbish.com that makes fun ole George W. Its got a bunch of his great quotes and some pretty funny pictures.

Family Guy also had a great scene tonight making fun of Bush. Peter puts on a red clown nose and starts doing some silly dance right in front of the George W's desk. Ole Georgie starts clapping and laughing like a baby. Then he knocks over some stuff on his desk and starts balling his eyes out like a baby. Absolutely hilarious.

Things are finally up and running

I finally have almost everything installed on my new laptop, and I even had the opportunity to use it for a presentation I had to give today. I'm really enjoying the widescreen on this thing, because it makes it alot more easy to open two windows at the same time. So now, I can browse the internet while do some calculations or working on a presentation.

So, if you are looking for something mildly amusing, you can check out Beakerkin and Mark the Recidivist blast each other a few posts down. The original post is on contraception, but the discussion tends to veer a bit off course at around the 15th comment.

And if you are just looking for a good blog, go check out the blog that I linked in the post below, Feministing. It is a feminist blog with about 6 contributors and is a well written, entertaining blog.

First post from the new laptop

So, I thought I'd announce that my laptop has finally come in. It's a Dell Inspiron 6000. I'm definitely liking it so far. Once I get all my files transferred from the ole desktop I'll do an actual political post.

White House refuses to take position on contraception

Are you fucking shitting me? The white house now won't even take a position on contraception. Check out this post on Feministing for the full transcript, here's the juicy ending of the exchange between a reporter and good ole boy Scott McClellan.

Q Well, is he? Does he oppose contraception?

MR. McCLELLAN: Les, I think the President's views are very clear when it comes to building a culture of life --

Q If they were clear, I wouldn't have asked.

MR. McCLELLAN: -- and if you want to ask those questions, that's fine. I'm just not going to dignify them with a response.

Bless me father, for I have sinned

N.Y. Times just did a story on the blog Post Secret. If you have never seen this blog before, you have to go check it out. Here's the basic premise for this blog: People make their own 4x6 postcard detailing some bad thing they've done that they want to confess. Then, they send in this postcard in the (snail) mail to Post Secret, who then post the card up on their website. Some of the artwork on these postcards is really impressive. I found that I just couldn't stop reading the various postcard confessions. The confessions themselves vary from silly, to absolutely hilarious, to pathetic, all the way to outright sad and tragic. I read the entire site in one trip. You should go check it out. Here's one of my favorites...




Update: I just reread the site. I think I may do it one more time. I'm finding the more I look at these postcards, the more I identify with many of them. And I think I'm a little jealous, because at least these people have the guts to let out their problems.