"I've seen the future and it is John Tesh ... music. Pre-recorded.''

I really, really don't like Howard Stern, as he is a giant sexist hogfest. But you know, I rarely have to listen to him. Because my radio has an on/off button, and this thing called a tuner. Thanks.

By the way, my television also has similar handy devices.

From infojunkies on LJ, further proof that Walmart is the devil:

If you're looking to buy a copy of Robert Greenwald's superb documentary, "Uncovered: The Whole Truth About the Iraq War," don't go to your local Wal-Mart. Anderson Merchandising, the company that picks the movies that are sold in the retail chain, has told the distributor of the movie that the film is inappropriate for Wal-Mart.

Movies considered appropriate for Wal-Mart:

* Leni Riefenstahl's Triumph of the Will (Leni Riefenstahl is well known in film history, but was also a poster girl for the Nazi party. This film is Nazi propoganda.)
* D.W. Griffith's Birth of a Nation (This is a film about the South during the Civil War. It glorifies and makes heroes of the KKK.)

Britney dyed her hair brown! Eep!



(21:41:30) Al0929: okay go KNIT BRITNEY A SWEATER OF LOVE
(21:41:35) mang0fandango: MMMM
(21:41:41) mang0fandango: BRITNEY SWEATER OF LOVE *DROOOL*
(21:41:51) Al0929: haha ew

Cutest. Photo. Ever.

The best brief(ish) explanation of polyamory I've ever read (for those of you who just said "polywhatnow?", this will help you :)),

"Smell is the most powerful trigger to the memory there is. A certain flower or a whiff of smoke can bring up experiences long forgotten. Books smell. Musty and, and, and, and rich. The knowledge gained from a computer, is, it ... it has no texture, no context. It's there and then it's gone. If it's to last, then the getting of knowledge should be tangible, it should be, um... smelly." - Giles, BtVS

while i do not share Giles' technophobia, I like that. :)

Librarians at Sea!

I haven't gotten into Angel, but only because I want to start from the beginning. It's a good show, and it's a shame the WB is cancelling it. SavingAngel.org is trying to get it kept on the air or moved to another network for at least one more season, which I think it deserves. I post this like a good little Joss devotee. I was going to post the incredibly overdramatic flash banner, but decided to spare you...mostly because I couldn't figure out how. :)

/television-related activism

i got my hair cut shorter than usual today and i wore a shirt i've had since i was like 10. it's stripey and kid-shaped and i felt like a little boy-kid.

when i was walking home with my hat on, i got beeped at by some idiot frat boy. i thought it was funny, because he saw that i was wearing a long coat and a hat, tight jeans and heeled boots (to keep the snow off, dontcha know), looking all girly, but underneath i looked like a boy, with my shorter hair and my stripey kid shirt.

ha ha.

7 beautiful librarians for only $10?! What a bargain!

http://www.whitehouse.org/news/2004/031004.asp

Britney Spears in a month, people. Eeep!

From May 19 issue of Germany's Der Spiegel

(Translation) "It is said about the US president that before 9-11 he thought that the Taliban was a Bavarian brass band. Now the president of the world's most powerful nation has put his foot in his mouth yet again. It was Condoleezza Rice, his national security advisor who had to rescue the situation. When talking with Brazilian president Fernando Henrique Cardoso, 71, Bush surprisingly asked: "Do you have Blacks too?" Ms. Rice noticed how stunned and surprised Cardoso looked and quickly told Bush that Brazil likely has more blacks than the US and that outside of Africa it was the place with the highest number of blacks. The Brazilian president remarked later that Bush was "still in a learning-phase" when it came to South America."

From Ally:

"Some political scientists have suggested that one reason politicians use attack ads is that they want to get average voters (who generally vote for Democrats) so fed up with the process of voting that they don't vote. This means that conservative politicians generally will do better because a higher percentage of their constituents tend to vote." -Arthur Asa Berger in Media & Society: a Critical Perspective

to quote MTV: Piss off a politician. Vote.


Please post this in your blog and/or journal and ask others to as well.
There are voter registration forms on college campuses and at post offices and other government buildings.

/end public service announcement

Humorously, the ads at the top of my blog when I looked at it just now were for plastic wrap and condoms in bulk. And it said "related searches: "phantom planet" and "sad".

Stich 'n Bitch came in the mail today. I am about to become a crazy knitter, people. Someday, i will be talented enough to knit the S 'n B knit bikini. And then you shall bow before me and worship at the altar of the sexy knit bathing suit. Oh yeah.

Really Snarky, but funny. "Where is my Gay Apocalypse?" :)

People are So Incredibly Frustrating Volume 972761048, aka Texans Boycott Girl Scouts over Sex Ed

The saddest part of the whole article?

(Talking about a booklet handed out at a Planned Parenthood sex education program, which featured discussion of sex, homosexuality, and masturbation, one woman had this to say:)

"It embarrassed me to look at it with my husband," said parent Shannon Donaldson.

It's Super Tuesday. Everybody go VOTE VOTE VOTE.

Thank you. :)

Mr. Picassohead is fun.