Maneater
The Bird and the Bee
The Bird and the Bee — “Maneater” (Hall & Oates cover)
Press Play. For your own good.
May 2011
88 posts
Peals of Aggrieved Laughter
Did you know the defense for the acquitted “rape cops” included: ‘her cervix wasn’t bruised because of rape; she must have washed it too vigorously in the shower”?
Cervix. Bruised. Washed. Shower.
Men, in case you do not know why this is an insane thing to say, ask your female friends.
I haven’t been following this story as closely as I should, but this is upsetting.
I Totally Meant to Do That by Jane Borden
“The city isn’t evil; it’s simply in its nature to destroy. It can’t help itself. Kind of like the god of the Old Testament. Except New York is craftier, enjoys the chase. It will sneak up behind you, giggling, and stuff dynamite in your backpack. And if you happen to spin around too soon, it will hide its weapon, look the other way, and whistle. It’s a coy killer, a lethal coquette - when caught in the act, New York bites its lip and twirls its hair, and all you can say is, “Oh, New York, you’re so bad!”
“New York is sorry,” it will say in its adorable E.T.-like way of speaking in the third person.
“It’s all right,” you reply, because you can’t stay mad. “Just promise not do do it again.”
“New York promises,” it says, but you know its fingers are crossed.
“And though it wasn’t until years later that I even met Kurt, he unwittingly left me a gift: tacked to the bulletin board in the office I took over was a single page titled “Words We Don’t Say.” It contained, as you might surmise, words and phrases that Kurt found annoying and didn’t want used in his magazine. Just yesterday, I rescued it from a bunch of old office stuff that I was throwing out, and I have to say, 14 years later, it’s still a pretty useful list of phony-baloney vocabulary that editors are well-advised to excise from stories.”
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Words We Don’t Say - NYTimes.com
I’m going to miss “zeitgeist”
“Children who are victims of failed personal responsibility are not my problem, nor are they the problem for our government.”
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Tim “Not My Problem” Pawlenty explaining why providing healthcare to children under the protection of juvenile court for abuse and/or neglect isn’t something the government should do. (via jonathan-cunningham
)
I usually reserve my very discerning Asshole of the Day Award for my own knowledge but this kind of can’t be kept to myself.
(via bees-knees)
Does this man represent your views? If so, we need to talk. Or maybe, we need to not talk.
