all hands on the bad one
November 28, 2007
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...
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...
Posted by: thordora | November 28, 2007 at 10:39 AM
Thanks for mentioning me!! I love the idea of giving fruit cakes. I'm glad I'm not the only one that likes them.
Posted by: Stefania/CityMama | November 28, 2007 at 11:57 AM
I'm no fan of Hitchens, so it gave me perverse pleasure to read about his denuding.
Posted by: anna | November 28, 2007 at 12:18 PM
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.
Posted by: Adrienne | November 28, 2007 at 02:44 PM
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!
Posted by: Melanie | November 29, 2007 at 02:52 PM