all hands on the bad one

Having some problems with coherency today. So, a list. Of stuff. In no order.

* From Slate: Women get no respect, even when they do a great job. In other news, water still wet.

* Also from Slate: Carrie Brownstein, of the awesomely awesome Sleater-Kinney tries out Rock Band.

* Katha Pollitt, whose the literary and parenting voice that I didn't know I needed to hear until this morning, is interviewed by Ada Calhoun at Babble. (Hat tip to Katie.)

* ETA: Hillari Dowdle, who I knew in Knoxville appreciates her body, despite it not being perfect. She's on to something. And I didn't know Coury, my former boss, could be so wise.

* Sheep! Ones that light up! Ones that play with you!

* Not a sheep but I still love these lamps.

* City Mama lists some do-it-at-home mass produced holiday food gifts. This year, I think I'll be whipping up some of Alton Brown's Free Range Fruitcakes. I do need to start soon, tho, since they cure for a couple of weeks. Just need to figure out where to stash them so that kids or pets or mice don't find them. Hrm.

* Redneck Mother on weaning: "He was well past breastfeeding for sustenance, and the day he started blowing raspberries while nursing was the day I decided that his emotional needs were secondary to my personal dignity." I actually LOLd.

* Christopher Hitchens gets a Brazilian wax -- and gives folks a feel. Ah, to be a member (heh) of the NYC literary scene...

Comments

[thordora]

I was reading the Hitchens piece on the way home the other night, and OMFG I think the people around me thought I was insane I was laughing so hard...

[Stefania/CityMama]

Thanks for mentioning me!! I love the idea of giving fruit cakes. I'm glad I'm not the only one that likes them.

[anna]

I'm no fan of Hitchens, so it gave me perverse pleasure to read about his denuding.

[Adrienne]

No problem Stefania. And the fruitcake gets no love.

I chucked all night, Thordora. No bus, tho.

Idealogically, Hitch and I aren't close. But, damn, that bitch can write.

[Melanie]

Thank you! I heard Katha Pollitt being interviewed on NPR, got distracted by cooking, and then promptly forgot both her name and the name of her book. But now I know! And can acquire it!