I’m sure anyone reading this has heard my rant about Toys R Gender Apartheid. The place drives me nuts and I end up cursing myself every time I spend money
Category: Rants
Geezerville
At M’s parent-teacher interview yesterday we asked about how they teach kids to form letters, because M does some very odd things when she prints. “Oh, we don’t teach that
Not fair. Not fair at all.
I just found out that a women who used to be on a listserv with me has died at the age of 56. She was due to retire this upcoming
Seven reasons why the world is a bad place
I burned my hand nastily this morning — left hand, of course; whoever burns their non-dominant hand? — and I can’t even blame anyone. It was just a stupid non-preventable
Mirror check: zits? nosehair? spinach in teeth? assholishness?
Quotation of the Day for August 29, 2007 “I was looking at the moon last night,” Bodo said. “You can see it very well from my cell. I was looking
Public service announcement
If you are a spammer who likes to use any of my domains as spoofed addresses for your nasty little missives, causing me to have to pick my real email
Your password will expire in 11 days. Change it now?
A nice passage from the middle of a long (and recommended) Boxes and Arrows post: A good password is one that cannot be guessed. And there within lies the problem.
Sleepy music for kids (and big people too)
Violet mentioned these lullaby versions of rock songs, which made me yelp and leap back in horror. Eeeek! Elevatorized versions of good music! Run away, run away! I am a
Cringe worthy
Cringe worthy Originally uploaded by morecoffeeplease. Horrid little decals intended for bedroom doors. Found at Toys R Gender Apartheid, naturally. Who thinks this stuff up?
…And you know your day is going to suck
In the first five minutes of an all-day meeting: We’ll be doing lots of work with the flipcharts! says the facilitator. Who then shows Ford’s vision statement as a shining
Scientific illiteracy, pt. 4003
There’s been a lot of coverage of the Bristol University study on rating various drugs’ potential for harm (BugMeNot will get you in). The intent of the piece was to
Fie on large, brainless corporations
From User Friendly: Reminds me of this: which is spoofing this ad: Why should we pay to watch ads in already-expensive products? Or be forced to sit through nasty warnings
I am large, I contain multitudes
(Update: Ivor Tossell responded to my rather ill-mannered rant with a very gracious note, thus disproving the hypothesis that the Internet exists solely so we can all call each other
Book #27: Biscuit Finds a Friend
By Alyssa Satin Capucilli (Author), Pat Schories (Illustrator) D fell asleep on the couch this afternoon. M wanted to make everything all perfect for him, so she went down and
Choice
This is a US campaign, but I’ll leave out the Bush-directed stuff and join in anyway. Choice of all kinds is critical to our free existence as adults. I do
Book #11 – Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything
by Steven D. Levitt with Stephen J. Dubner I wasn’t terribly impressed with this book. But then, economics of any sort rarely impresses me; what’s the use of something with
Book #4 – Nattering on the Net: Women, Power and Cyberspace
by Dale Spender I’m not going to link this one. I don’t actually like it. Amazon does carry it, though, if you feel inclined to pick it up. Dale Spender’s
Camel, meet straw
I’ve crossed from vague dissatisfaction into active dislike of our current daycare. Objectively speaking, they’re OK. They keep the kids safe and all that stuff. The location is good and
King Google
The BBC reports that the top Google search terms this year were Bebo Myspace …which is kind of peculiar, if you think about it a moment. Both Bebo and Myspace
Leah is wrong, as usual
Why online should be off limits in the bedroom And on and on it goes. Wherever you find a household with wireless technology, you will more than likely find a