Itchtastic

[cleolinda]

Now I've developed a robust cough. Fantastic. Also, I am pleased to hear that my hand should be itching, because it is like whoa. To the cocoa butter, away!

Poll: Most think country on wrong track.

Man survives fall from 17th floor.

Co-pilot lands flight as pilot dies.

Mo. kidnappings suspect: Life was good. Brainwashed boy he held hostage for four years, no comment.

Princeton newspaper stirs controversy.

Earth's Moon Destined to Disintegrate. And if any of us were going to be here in five billion years, I'd be concerned. Let the dolphins deal with it, I say.

Report: NYC may lose top financial spot. "According to the report, copies of which were given to some reporters ahead of the announcement, New York and other U.S. cities are falling behind in financial services while cities including London, Dubai, Hong Kong and Tokyo are surging ahead."

Cooper is CNN's $4 million man.

Marni: Leggings Are the New Must-Have. For men. This madness must be stopped.

Shot duck survives 2 days in Fla. fridge.

gplaureate: "The political blogger bill [see previous entry] was voted down on Friday. You can see the results here."

Basic Instinct, Little Man' lead Razzies. Okay, you guys, "Basically, It Stinks Too" is only marginally funny the first time you break it out.

Updated Spider-Man 3 website opened.

Keira Knightley sues paper hinting that 1) she lied about not having anorexia and 2) aforesaid "anorexia" inspired a girl who died from it.

DiCaprio: 'Titanic' made me want to quit acting.

Oscar roundtable, in which Brad Pitt reveals he once had a job driving strippers around (DiCaprio: "Really?" Blanchett: "And that was only last month").

("Hey, when are the Oscar nominations coming out? Should be soon... HOLY GOD, TOMORROW MORNING.")

A cold one for man's best friend. "So Terrie Berenden, a pet shop owner in the southern Dutch town of Zelhem, created a beer for her Weimaraners made from beef extract and malt.... Berenden consigned a local brewery to make and bottle the nonalcoholic beer, branded as Kwispelbier. It was introduced to the market last week and advertised as 'a beer for your best friend.' Kwispel is the Dutch word for wagging a tail." Includes picture of chihuahua enjoying said cold one.

Comments

[svz-insanity.livejournal.com]

*facepalms* Very few women look good in leggings. ... Let's not even start with men.

[snale.livejournal.com]

Because if camel toe wasn't bad enough...

[maliekai.livejournal.com]

Moose knuckle!

[linduvan.livejournal.com]

*sputters* Buwahahaha! Nice one!

[r-a-black.livejournal.com]

It's not just that he doesn't look good, he looks indecent!

[morganwolf.livejournal.com]

That is pretty much exactly what I said when I read the article. I hang out with the SCA crowd and am used to seeing men wearing tights, but wearing period garb is one of the ONLY occasions it is acceptable to don leggings without at least a mid-thigh-length shirt, whether you are male or female. Athletes and people who are camping and not expected to look like they're in civilization are also exempt from that rule.

Also, is it just me, or are leggings TOTALLY not more comfortable than pants? 90% of the time, I would rather be wearing pants, thank you. I guess I still retain that childish tendency to resist constricting clothing. Or, for that matter, any clothing at all.

[glass-radical.livejournal.com]

Happiness abounds.

Poor moon, poor duck...

[robyn-ma.livejournal.com]

Favorite Cate Blanchett quote: 'They had free falafels.'

[erinya.livejournal.com]

I don't know what to think about Keira. I love her, but she does not look healthy in some of those shots. On the other hand, she's always been skinny, and I don't think she's lost %30 of her body weight, or whatever the anorexia threshold is, since she hit the big time. I just think she'd look ten times better with even five extra pounds on her.

[musikologie.livejournal.com]

I was worried about Keira, but then I watched the extras on the PotC2 DVD where she's running around with a sword all day, and now I just think that she's all muscle mass and no body fat, like a skater.

[kosher-jenny.livejournal.com]

I think it comes down to the fact that she is really very pear shaped. Her upper body is super skinny, but if you've ever seen pictures of her in a swimsuit you can see that her hips and thighs are pretty normal looking. On the slender side, yeah, but not anorexic looking, IMO. I think that this will probably become much more noticeable when she gets older and her metabolism slows down. Of course the fact that some of her past fashion choices have not flattered her upper body at all doesn't help things.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

I did notice that she's got an impressive booty for a girl that thin, so you may be on to something. A difference of 5-10 pounds seems to really make a difference on her upper body, though.

[svz-insanity.livejournal.com]

I agree. Although every time I have my doubts, I think back to how thin she was back in "Bend It Like Beckham".

[erinya.livejournal.com]

Same here...except there's this picture of her in a swimsuit from 2005 in which she actually has thighs, and looks beautiful and only about 5-10 pounds heavier. I wish she'd have kept that body instead of going for this zero body fat look.

On a lighter note, your icon makes me giggle. :-)

[barrelgoddess.livejournal.com]

Re: duck - Daffy, that you?

Seriously, that's exactly what I thought of. XD "Duck season!" "Wabbit season!"

[lilgoala.livejournal.com]

Flesh-eating catbitis. *gigglesnerk*

[maliekai.livejournal.com]

Best part of "Man survives fall from 17th floor" article:
sur
"This has never happened before," said [Tom Mason, general manager of the Hyatt.]

Well, that's a relief.

[maliekai.livejournal.com]

Ignore that extra "sur." I'll just be over here, smashing my laptop to bits.

[la-sonnambula.livejournal.com]

Overall, Fall 2007's menswear collection is fantastic, but yeah, the leggings are challenging to say the least. Miuccia Prada (who was mentioned in the Marni article) also has leggings in her F/W 07 collection (http://www.men.style.com/fashion/collections/F2007MEN/complete/thumb/PRADAMEN).

The Princeton writers can use that column when they are applying for jobs at Mind of Mencia.

[megmatthews20.livejournal.com]

I'm just curious about your 'no comment' statement in regards to the Shawn Hornbeck story. Is it a 'no comment' on how creepy Devlin is, or a 'please don't talk about this story because I don't want to hear it anymore' comment.

I'm just curious because I'm still banging my head against hard things in response to some of the videos I've seen about Shawn Hornbeck on youtube (i.e. Bill O'Reilly >.< ), and I'd really love to discuss it in a forum where I don't have to repost every five lines...I mean, if anyone here wanted to talk about it that is.

Just curious.

cheers

[megmatthews20.livejournal.com]

Don't think I typed curious in there enough...

cheers

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Heh, neither--it was more a comment on the absurdity of this kidnapper and probable molestor saying, "Man, those years I kept that kid hostage were really good to me." "No comment from the boy" was more a way of drawing attention to that absurdity--kind of like, you know, you didn't bother to ask him, creepy kidnapper man.

[megmatthews20.livejournal.com]

Ah. You may have seen this clip in regards to the Hornbeck case (I'm sure it's made its rounds on the internet). This is the shortened version.

Warning, O'Reilly's arrogance and stupidity follow.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUqsFCqWn0s

I won't even bother posting the link to another video that basically goes on to insinuate that Shawn was abused by his own parents, and starting to become a lot like Devlin the longer he stayed.

It just baffles me when so many people go on to blame the victim because they have no idea what it'd be like to be in that scenario.

cheers

[justforfun1111.livejournal.com]

That Oscar Roundtable interview (esp the videos) was all kinds of awesome!!

[zrath.livejournal.com]

Yarrrrrr! I see booty!!

Sorry, couldn't resist. Icône provocatrice!

[maggiebloome.livejournal.com]

OF COURSE leggings. Men in tights for the win!

[daemonnoire.livejournal.com]

Men can look awesome in tights. But some of these fashion houses need to be more proactive on the issue of PROPER UNDERWEAR.

[deathwatchlove.livejournal.com]

Someone may have already made a comment to this effect, but I'm lazy and not really up to going through them to look, but:

On that whole blogger bill thing, were it to have gone through, would that mean you'd have to tell Congress, "Today I told my 500+ readers about my flesh-eating catbitis. We've been discussing this problem for a few days, and now that appropriate action has been taken, the matter seems to be resolving itself"?

[annlarimer.livejournal.com]

The dolphins will have to create super-evolved spiders, who will be able to go into space and bind the moon together with their buttfloss.

Then...the dolphin-spider war begins.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Heh. I kind of want to follow up random sentences with that. "Well, we're going to dinner and a movie. Then, the dolphin-spider war begins."

[annlarimer.livejournal.com]

"We'll be back from Orlando next week. Then...the dolphin-spider war begins."

[biomekanic.livejournal.com]

Have you been reading Hothouse by Harry Harrison?

[annlarimer.livejournal.com]

No. I know it's mentioned in an SF artbook I had years ago, but I don't think I've ever even seen a copy.

I dare not. For, should I ever read it...the dolphin-spider war begins.

[biomekanic.livejournal.com]

My money's on the spiders.
(it features gigantic plant/spiders that build webs from the Earth to the Moon.)

[georgie21.livejournal.com]

YES.

[howielove2101.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry, but that article about the moon? Was the BEST fucking thing I've EVER read. :D