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I'm so not a wildcard. Pfft.

Now I'm imagining a rebellious late teenage girl shaking her fist and saying "If you knock me up, I'm naming the kid Beast and getting three sixes tatooed on him for his first birthday!"

I'm thinking it's really irritating to be subjected to "And then Wayne Brady said!" sort of conversations in the vicinity.

Not half as annoying as all the "I'm Rick James, Bitch!"s that I heard out of really loud junior high/high school kids on public transportation back when that first hit the zeitgeist.

Hm. Not to blaspheme wildly or anything, but what if Mary had said no to that angel who wanted to get all "we know eachother" with her?

It's a good question. What if her HMO had a good Psychiatric plan.

Not half as annoying as all the "I'm Rick James, Bitch!"s that I heard out of really loud junior high/high school kids on public transportation back when that first hit the zeitgeist.

Well, naturally. "Does Wayne Brady have to choke a bitch??!?" is so much funnier.

My manager just almost fell over.

Well, naturally. "Does Wayne Brady have to choke a bitch??!?" is so much funnier.

Also, if it's not said quietly it completely misses the point of the joke, so inherently it's less acoustically annoying.

Man. I'm having a very good day.

The same is true with children who were conceived because someone lied about contraception, or suffered contraceptive failure, or who opted for a sterility procedure which did not work.

But all of those involve the two people in question actually having sex. Every contraceptive has a failure rate, and everyone engaging in sex with a contraceptive is knowingly taking the risk that it could result in a pregnancy. He wasn't taking that risk at all -- his activities were such that, no matter what sort of contraceptive was used or not used, there should have been a 0% risk of pregnancy. Not a tiny risk, but no risk at all, whatsoever, in any way.

It told me I was a .gif -- occasionally animated, but mostly I just sit there and look pretty. Huh.

Me too! We're very pretty. t /Buffybot

I'm not sure what to make of this...

Condoleezza Rice's commanding clothes

Top diplomat eschews typical female attire for sexy, 'Matrix' look

WASHINGTON - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice arrived at the Wiesbaden Army Airfield on Wednesday dressed all in black. She was wearing a black skirt that hit just above the knee, and it was topped with a black coat that fell to mid-calf. The coat, with its seven gold buttons running down the front and its band collar, called to mind a Marine's dress uniform or the "save humanity" ensemble worn by Keanu Reeves in "The Matrix."

As Rice walked out to greet the troops, the coat blew open in a rather swashbuckling way to reveal the top of a pair of knee-high boots. The boots had a high, slender heel that is not particularly practical. But it is a popular silhouette because it tends to elongate and flatter the leg. In short, the boots are sexy.

Rice boldly eschewed the typical fare chosen by powerful American women on the world stage. She was not wearing a bland suit with a loose-fitting skirt and short boxy jacket with a pair of sensible pumps. She did not cloak her power in photogenic hues, a feminine brooch and a non-threatening aesthetic. Rice looked as though she was prepared to talk tough, knock heads and do a freeze-frame "Matrix" jump kick if necessary. Who wouldn't give her ensemble a double take -- all the while hoping not to rub her the wrong way?

Rice's coat and boots speak of sex and power -- such a volatile combination, and one that in political circles rarely leads to anything but scandal. When looking at the image of Rice in Wiesbaden, the mind searches for ways to put it all into context. It turns to fiction, to caricature. To shadowy daydreams. Dominatrix! It is as though sex and power can only co-exist in a fantasy. When a woman combines them in the real world, stubborn stereotypes have her power devolving into a form that is purely sexual.

(I've included about half the article)

Is the author right? Or should she just open a Condi stalker site?

eta: Author's name is Robin. Boys aren't named Robin anymore, are they?