Couldn't have said it better

From "Misogyny I won't miss" in today's Washington Post:

There are many reasons Clinton is losing the nomination contest, some having to do with her strategic mistakes, others with the groundswell for "change." But for all Clinton's political blemishes, the darker stain that has been exposed is the hatred of women that is accepted as a part of our culture.

Another one from the Duh Annals...

Cane may ease the load on arthritic knees

Maybe I'm missing something... but haven't people been using canes for, oh, centuries now? I used one before my knee replacement and yes, it helped.

A belated happy caturday!

For all of you who foolishly don't read Cute Overload, here's a video from yesterday that may amuse you:

Green Valley Book Fair

So, the GVBF starts again this weekend, and I was taking a gander at their "new arrivals" section. The books under "Summer Reading" are broken down into categories such as "Best Selling Authors," "Families and Relationships," etc. After my current obsession, "Mystery and Suspense," there's a category called "Paranormal Romance." WTF?

Has it really come to this? Isn't the "regular" romance genre unrealistic enough? Now we have to look outside the human realm?

This disturbs me, but in an amused sort of way.

If Our Lady of Perfection were a Celebrity

I should have been able to predict this:

My niece, the star

My beautiful and talented niece is performing in a stage show in the near future.

That's her being held up in the top picture, and seemingly fainting away in the lower right picture. I can't wait to see this production! I think it will be great fun.

Watch for her this summer as Veruca Salt in Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, another Kids on Stage production.

Christmas in April!

Last night I arrived home to a wonderful surprise -- the book Creature, which a friend had given me for Christmas last year. Unfortunately the first printing of the book had completely sold out and it took until now to reprint. But it was totally worth the wait. Creature is full of amazing animal photographs by Andrew Zuckerman, all placed on plain white backgrounds so that the animal's characteristics and pose stand out quite starkly and beautifully. Check out this video from the photo shoot for the book.



You can find some pictures from the book here.

Thanks, B!