Alpha Bits:
I'm hip to the biological need for male leaders to appear strong and capable of providing well. But in this, post-industrial age, it just does not make sense to me.
I've got two words that are going to make all the pain go away. Miniature Golf.
Mayor ,'Lies My Parents Told Me'
Natter 37: Oddly Enough, We've Had This Conversation Before.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
beekaytee - Jul 18, 2005 6:09:05 am PDT #768 of 10002
Compassionately intolerant
Nutty - Jul 18, 2005 6:15:40 am PDT #769 of 10002
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
George W. Bush is proof that the taller presidential candidate does not always win. (I mean, there had to be a limit eventually, or else Gigantor would be president, but 6'4" is not really Out There in terms of height any more.)
There is a halo effect, where people who are pretty are assumed to be smart/competent/worthwhile solely on the basis of their being pretty. But, there are plenty of charismatic people who are funnylooking, and the funnylookingness is part of what makes them distinct from the sea of pretty sameness. Short, skinny, and sorrowful-looking Humphrey Bogart, for example. (Not that he ever ran a cult or a Fortune 500 company.)
Jesse - Jul 18, 2005 6:15:41 am PDT #770 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Oh dear, Gud. I'm sorry things are hard. (Does it help that I almost always type your name "God" the first time?)
It's just a male face?
A male face with long hair.
Good luck, Megan!
§ ita § - Jul 18, 2005 6:25:02 am PDT #771 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
All the calm in the world to you, Megan.
6'4" is not really Out There in terms of height any more
Hey! I thought 6'6" was gigantic!
Jessica - Jul 18, 2005 6:25:20 am PDT #772 of 10002
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
George W. Bush is proof that the taller presidential candidate does not always win.
Even still, they had to give him a Scully box to stand on during the debates.
Gudanov - Jul 18, 2005 6:25:53 am PDT #773 of 10002
Coding and Sleeping
Does it help that I almost always type your name "God" the first time?
It's an easy mistake to make.
Gudanov - Jul 18, 2005 6:28:37 am PDT #774 of 10002
Coding and Sleeping
George W. Bush is proof that the taller presidential candidate does not always win.
But a lot of his image is that he's tough on the terrorists, doesn't listen to the polls, takes on the tough issues, that sort of stuff.
shrift - Jul 18, 2005 6:29:54 am PDT #775 of 10002
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
Good luck, Megan!
It is unpleasantly sticky outside today. The approaching thunderstorm needs to get here soon.
Nutty - Jul 18, 2005 6:32:10 am PDT #776 of 10002
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
So, he's not tall, but his muscles are enormous!!
Although I would have paid cash money to watch an Outdoor Games presidential competition -- log-rolling, tree-climbing (with those little toe-pitons and a rope), log-chopping and -chainsawing --, I think that probably John Kerry would have won hands down. He is a sports-freak.
Also, I don't want to see either Kerry or Bush in shorts. It is a thing.
Gudanov - Jul 18, 2005 6:34:52 am PDT #777 of 10002
Coding and Sleeping
My wife sent me an e-mail with this picture to show me what the kids were up to this morning.
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I probably shouldn't post a picture of Leif in his pull-ups, but it is so funny.