Elayne Riggs' Journal (for Leah)

Saturday, August 19, 2006

Closing Open Windows

I'm "done with the internet" for the moment, having skimmed my blogroll successfully once more, and I even got my employment-search act together earlier this morning (not that hard to do, after all I'm an executive transvestite secretary so if there's one thing I am by nature it's super-organized), so in between innings of the Yankees/Sox game why not make a few recommended reading suggestions?

• Another very enjoyable comic cover art analysis post by Lisa Fortuner, this one on Black Panther #18, the wedding issue. I'd just add, my first thought looking at the cover was "oh great, once more the male hero is covered head to toe and the female hero is depicted as mostly bare and showing lots of cleavage and leg," but the way Storm's been written and drawn through the years does show her as quite liking to show her skin so it's almost a legitimate take. Except, wow, do modern wedding gowns really show so much skin?

John Rogers ain't a'scared. Unfortunately, us sensible folks don't really have the power to tell these usurpers of democracy to stop the politics of fear and have some common sense - only the power to vote them out (and even that's questionable given how many voting machines their cronies control).

Desi's subtitle today: "Abeer Qasim Hamza al-Janabi would have been 15 years old today, August 19, 2006. She was raped and killed on March 13, 2006. Members of the U.S. military in Iraq stand accused of the crimes. Today's call for peace is in her memory." Here's one I like:



• Pissed Off Patricia has a touching story of the tortoise that could sell a house.

• According to BoingBoing, apparently the world's slated to end on Tuesday. "As we know it, Hugh."

• Sheri Zollinger is too good for us. I'm seriously thinking of doing a job-interview-oriented parody myself, but maybe I'll wait until after I land a new position. :)

On to watch what I hope won't be another record-breaking game...

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