Women in the workplace

I just read this article from the NYTimes and I'm curious about whether it's true. If any of you have any actual experience with this or thoughts, I'd be curious to hear them.

Today is the best day of my life

Because Hydrox cookies are coming back!  

Truch hoarded Polaroid film.  I will hoard Hydrox cookies.  You should, too, because they are a million times more delicious than the popular-but-inferior Oreo, and if enough people buy them they might come back permanently.  3-2-1-DO IT.  

Overheard at State School #1: Gender Relations

[Scene: Two bros swapping off sets on the arm press at the FSU gym.]

Bro #1: ...man, I'm over Florida girls, they're so corrupted.

Bro #2: You need to move up to Georgia, get yourself a Georgia peach. They got plenty of girls like that up there.

Bro #1: Yeah, that's what I'm looking for, a real southern belle. Pure. 

Bro #2: You should go to a [Georgia] Tech game sometime, you could meet a girl like that up there pretty easily, I bet.

Bro #1: Uh huh.

Bro #2: You got to hang with the fraternities if you go though, otherwise it's all Indians and Asians. 

Bro #1: Yeah, but I want the girl to be [pause]... untainted.

Bro #2: [pause] You mean like...  a virgin?

Bro #1: Yeah.

Bro #2: I don't know if I can guarantee that. But they got a ton of girls up there that dress real nice, that go to church every Sunday... that know their place, you know?

A ella le gusta la offshore drilling

Tom, this one's for you.

College TWO: Now with More Bros!

Stray observations from Week 1 in Tallahassee, the crown jewel of Florida's Waffle House Belt: 

-The student union at FSU has both a Chili's with full margarita bar, and a bowling alley with $1.25 games and $1.25 Bud Light (superior drinkability included at no extra charge). That's a commitment to novelty values I can support 100%.

-The student body president's name is Laymon R. Hicks.

-The nearest shopping plaza to my townhouse is a Dollar Tree, bowling alley, and Dollar General, in that order.

-"Tailgate games" is an intramural sport. Unknown if a dizzy bat is involved.

-A Pizza Hut lunch buffet is located fewer than 400 yards from the State Capitol.

Full report to follow. In general, an exhausting week, yet one that has filled me with that good, college-y feeling.

Also, indie types might be interested in this rather impressive cavalcade of free shows on campus this fall. Can you believe it? Keep in mind when you answer than this is rural north Florida, and the region's leading grocer is Piggly Wiggly.

Hils stole my piece of news.

And I can't figure out how to delete a post.

Penguin!

Knighthood! 

Exhale

Every one can exhale... I have in fact found my Goy? Fine by Me t-shirt. That is all.

(Not) Very Ape and (Not) Very Nice

Update: The so-called "Georgia Gorilla" has been outed as a hoax by the Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization. The corpse was apparently a crude variant of this Halloween costume.

On the plus side, the BFRO is mounting a field expedition to search for the FL Skunk-Ape in rural North Florida on October 9-12. I don't know if I'll have time, but... intriguing.

Big, Dumb, Balding North American Ape

In the annals of human history, August 12, 2008 will be remembered for two things: the release of the Jonas Brothers' third album A Little Bit Longer, featuring the hit single "Burnin' Up," and the [potential] discovery of a Bigfoot corpse.

The press conference is Friday (in Palo Alto). Until then, get ready for two golden days of classic Internet hype!! I will be closely monitoring underground cryptozoological backchannels... stay tuned.

Obama Picks VP

It's Webb.

Unemployed in Chicago

I have gotten wind that X is in SF with Jon and Leo. They are drinking girly drinks in up-scale locales. The situation is intolerable. I'm going to make a request that everyone flying from east to west get a cheaper ticket by scheduling at least a one day stop-over in Chicago. I lost my job before it started, so I have unexpected time on my hands for probably a month or so and Keren doesn't start her job for two weeks so everyone stop flying over our heads.

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Most ridiculous movie cast ever?

Cannonball Run, 1981.  Featuring, in alphabetical order: 

Jackie Chan

Sammy Davis, Jr. 

Dom DeLuise

Jamie Farr 

Farrah Fawcett

Peter Fonda 

Bianca Jagger 

Roger Moore

Burt Reynolds 

Also features Dave Mungenast, Sr. as "Kicked by Jackie Chan (uncredited)."  

It was only a matter of time

before someone tried to stop the Bono madness.  

Movies

No seriously.  Since, in addition to wearing carefully selected hipster apparel and glaring at anyone who dares rent a feature involving Vin Diesel, my job requires that I actually watch movies, I have taken liberal advantage of my free rentals at Rain City Video (that was a lot of clauses - sorry).  Especially since I can only sit in the dark reading Camus for so long before my eyes start to give out.  

This summer, I've watched a lot of Lynch (Mulholland Dr. still makes no fucking sense, I don't care what anyone says - Twin Peaks, however, is sweet, sweet melodramatic murder mystery goodness) and a lot of Bergman (between that and the Camus, it's impressive that I haven't tried to off myself yet).  However, my most satisfying movie-watching experience of this summer comes down to a tie between Raising Arizona and Repo Man.  The former is delightful Coen brothers mayhem, and, I think, their best comedic work to date (ok, maybe it's not funnier than The Big Lebowski and it's definitely not as quotable, but it's still really hilarious).  I hadn't seen it for a couple years, and if you haven't, I really recommend it.  The latter features a generous helping of Emilio Estevez rarely seen outside the Mighty Ducks movies or, say, The Breakfast Club.  If that's not enough for you, perhaps the aliens, neutron bombs, and hippie-bashing will draw you in.  

And, if your taste leans more to documentaries (or, just something that wasn't made in the 1980s), everyone loves movies about Donkey Kong.  Or the hyphy movement.  

In other news, there are no words for how profoundly bored I am.