Here are a few things to read this morning in case you don't like any cartoons that are on. Yeah, they're old, but so what? Good writing on the internet is forever.
Shark-Fu at AngryBlack Bitch posted Girl, get your suffrage on! right before the elections in November, but it's timeless and fabulous.
If you think politics doesn’t have anything to do with you…if you think the only things on ballots are candidates and issues that don’t apply to you…you need to check yourself before you wreck yourself.
Right after the election, A whole new world! The first three hours was documented at Finslippy:
7 a.m.: The radio alarm wakes us up. NPR briskly announces that the Democrats have taken the House. I’m trembling with glee. No, wait, I’m trembling with cold. I look out the window. It’s pouring rain. The Democrats never said anything about rain.
Though this post is from June of 2006, I still think it's important to point out that You're not allowed to kill civilians. Fred Clark at Slacktivist:
This is neither new nor controversial, yet putting the matter in such stark terms always seems to upset people.
Miss Zoot says Be glad I don't have your cell number, but hell, I'd give her my number after reading this:
You are not going to believe what I just did. I just ordered a corsage for a GIRL that my son is taking to a DANCE tonight. A CORSAGE. A DANCE. A GIRL. MY SON. Did you hear me? Can you believe it? I’m freaking out. Do you know what I did with boys at dances? I kissed boys at dances. KISSED.
Skip past the t-shirts to find PART TWO! in the post Free Don't Suck at Fussy. Or don't skip the shirts, they're kinds of fun. But you have to read the story by Jackson and Sophia, plus the brilliant literary commentary by Mrs. Kennedy. Too short for an excerpt, that would spoil everything, sorry!
Oh wow, this one's really old. But still good. Love in the time of terrorism at Sepia Mutiny details one man's struggle for love in the face of transportation adversity:
I’m a 30-year-old single male. There are fewer opportunities for me to meet eligible women (according to my parents). A desi friend’s wedding is supposed to be a money venue. But just look at my predicament. I cannot shampoo my hair (hotel shampoo doesn’t count) or apply even a modest amount of styling gel to my hair in order to achieve that proper look between sophistication and slackerdom.
Our last entry is a really good movie review. Really good. It manages to give information about the movie without being dry, and the reviewer's opinion without being pedantic. That's hard to do, and she does it very well. Idiocracy Movie Review by my good blog friend Suebob:
It's a great movie concept and an ok movie. It is hard to hang a movie on one character whose claim to fame is that he is completely average, one stereotypical woman character (the sassy prostitute) and a supporting cast of complete and utter idiots.
Enjoy your Saturday.
