Not unlike the pending thunderstorm outside my office window, only I hope this won't give you headaches the way the change in atmosphere has done to me:
• Via Greg at This Modern World, Monopoly UK has come out with a version that uses a debit card rather than their usual colorful denominations. Now what are we going to do when a country's currency is devalued and we have no basis of comparison after Monopoly money's been phased out?
• Karen Healey passes on a much-needed art lesson about how not to draw a comic book cover.
• David Niewert takes another look at right-wing Bizarro logic. I don't know how he does it, that sort of stuff gives me a bigger headache than I have now. I can't even deal with the "code words to the base" stuff, like the "birth pangs" phrase Digby decodes here, or weird tinly-disguised anti-Semitic nonsense like that found by John of AmericaBlog.
• You've heard about that kid show host who was fired for her honesty about having a sense of humor in her past? Well, turns out Glenn Haumann has inside knowledge about the videos in question, and is helping circulate a petition to get Melanie rehired.
• I can't believe the crap Lance has to go through because he's a caring and involved father. I suspect he's correct when he surmises that "They resent me because I'm doing what they wish their own husbands would do and since their husbands aren't there to take it out on they take it out on me as representative of my gender even though the reason they're filled with resentment is that I am not representative."
• Speaking of representing, the Rude Pundit has a guest blogger lineup for next week that's making my head spin! Or maybe that's the storm again...
• Via Cookie Jill again, Anthony Bourdain is back in the states and safe and, via Jessa at Bookslut, he's given a fascinating chat at the Washington post website. Also, via Zuzu at Feministe, he's written an article for Salon about his experience in Beirut.
• Jenn examines the "colour-face" phenomenon in entertainment. Christopher Priest whines (his term, not mine) about the continued dearth of black writers and suits at the Big Two comics companies. Meanwhile at San Diego, there appeared to be a bit of a dustup at the Black Panel, detailed very thoroughly here by Rich Watson. This seems like more of the "same as it ever was" story regarding race vs. gender - to many black men, even progressive ones, it seems to be more important that they advance than that they support and join the fight with their sisters of color in similar endeavors.
• Melissa again tackles one of my pet subjects, politics and humor, and her responses as to what she considers Off-Limits and Fair Game go a long way towards answering Peter's implicit question here. On the other hand, Adam's implicit question seems to be whether tragedy plus time equals comedy.
Zoicks, time to get out of here and hope to beat the rain during my commute...
• Via Greg at This Modern World, Monopoly UK has come out with a version that uses a debit card rather than their usual colorful denominations. Now what are we going to do when a country's currency is devalued and we have no basis of comparison after Monopoly money's been phased out?
• Karen Healey passes on a much-needed art lesson about how not to draw a comic book cover.
• David Niewert takes another look at right-wing Bizarro logic. I don't know how he does it, that sort of stuff gives me a bigger headache than I have now. I can't even deal with the "code words to the base" stuff, like the "birth pangs" phrase Digby decodes here, or weird tinly-disguised anti-Semitic nonsense like that found by John of AmericaBlog.
• You've heard about that kid show host who was fired for her honesty about having a sense of humor in her past? Well, turns out Glenn Haumann has inside knowledge about the videos in question, and is helping circulate a petition to get Melanie rehired.
• I can't believe the crap Lance has to go through because he's a caring and involved father. I suspect he's correct when he surmises that "They resent me because I'm doing what they wish their own husbands would do and since their husbands aren't there to take it out on they take it out on me as representative of my gender even though the reason they're filled with resentment is that I am not representative."
• Speaking of representing, the Rude Pundit has a guest blogger lineup for next week that's making my head spin! Or maybe that's the storm again...
• Via Cookie Jill again, Anthony Bourdain is back in the states and safe and, via Jessa at Bookslut, he's given a fascinating chat at the Washington post website. Also, via Zuzu at Feministe, he's written an article for Salon about his experience in Beirut.
• Jenn examines the "colour-face" phenomenon in entertainment. Christopher Priest whines (his term, not mine) about the continued dearth of black writers and suits at the Big Two comics companies. Meanwhile at San Diego, there appeared to be a bit of a dustup at the Black Panel, detailed very thoroughly here by Rich Watson. This seems like more of the "same as it ever was" story regarding race vs. gender - to many black men, even progressive ones, it seems to be more important that they advance than that they support and join the fight with their sisters of color in similar endeavors.
• Melissa again tackles one of my pet subjects, politics and humor, and her responses as to what she considers Off-Limits and Fair Game go a long way towards answering Peter's implicit question here. On the other hand, Adam's implicit question seems to be whether tragedy plus time equals comedy.
Zoicks, time to get out of here and hope to beat the rain during my commute...
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