So is Medusa "a feminist icon who is sadly misunderstood"?

From the comments for Happy Slut-o-Ween! at Feministe

The world's most expensive cat

The Ashera, billed as the world's 'largest, rarest and most exotic' domestic cat, is the size of a small dog and sports eye-catching leopard-like spots and tiger stripes.

British businessman Simon Brodie is selling the designer kittens for £10,796 plus shipping costs – and already has a nine-month waiting list.

The Internet entrepreneur used a team of geneticists to develop the exotic cats at his US laboratory.

They are hybrids, cross bred from two wild cats – the African serval and the Asian leopard cat – with one type of domestic cat.

Something about this says "this is not a good idea." It's cute, though.

So is Medusa "a feminist icon who is sadly misunderstood"?

I don't know, but there's a column in Salon today about 16-year-old girls dressing as sluts. I made the mistake of reading it and some of the comments, and it was not good for my blood pressure.

more earthquake news

Well, a few weeks ago it was our computer system and now it is the San Jose Earthquake. For all those that have not heard, San Jose had a 5.6 Earthquake that was centered in our very city. Martin Luther King Jr. Library - the main library for San Jose Public Library and San Jose State University has about 30,000 - 50,000 books (rough estimate) that have fallen to the floor because of last nights earthquake. It's our University collection, so we won't be able to pull any books from that collection for the next few days.

Anyone attending the krav Halloween party would have been assaulted by the amount of flesh on parade. I was supposed to be "documenting" it for a friend who couldn't attend, but my trigger finger got tired so I just settle for pics of people whose name I at least knew.

I dressed sexy, and have no problem with it. The more savvy of the guests knew that this was a particular arrangement, but of my street clothes. It's not like I use the night to set myself free or anything.

Suddenly seeing descriptions of the holiday as an excuse for women to get away dressing slutty made me wonder--what's the difference between dressing slutty and dressing sexily? Taste? Degree?

I just did as much dressing as I'm going to do for the day itself--long black skirt, black and white peasant blouse, stripey tights and character shoes.

Martin Luther King Jr. Library - the main library for San Jose Public Library and San Jose State University has about 30,000 - 50,000 books (rough estimate) that have fallen to the floor because of last nights earthquake.

Yikes!!

I just overheard a coworker telling someone that she didn't know how far the person on the other end of the phone was from someplace else, doesn't matter where. Google Maps, people! It's seriously not that hard to find that out before you sound like a doofus!

There was a story in the paper yesterday about parents objecting to sexy/slutty costumes for their eight-year-olds.

Hooray! World peace is nearly at hand!

Donovan Plans Meditation University

EDINBURGH, Scotland (AP) — Donovan, famous for '60s pop hits such as "Hurdy Gurdy Man" and "Mellow Yellow," has announced plans to open the Invincible Donovan University, where students will adhere to the principles of transcendental meditation.

"I know it sounds like an airy-fairy hippie dream to go on about '60s peace and love," said the 61-year-old singer, who was born Donovan Leitch in the Maryhill area of Glasgow. "But the world is ready for this now, it is clear this is the time."

He said the university will be located in either Glasgow or Edinburgh.

Donovan discovered transcendental meditation while visiting India and guru Maharishi Mahesh Yogi in 1968.

"The Maharishi told me during that 1968 visit that I should build a university in Edinburgh. I went to my room and drew a beautiful dome-shaped place of learning," he said Friday.

"I didn't know what to do because I couldn't do this on my own. But then I met David Lynch, who told me about the positive effects of TM in education. Although it's taken me 35 years, I will do what the Maharishi told me to do."

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"For a country the size of Scotland it would take only 250 students meditating to protect Scotland from its enemies and to bring peace, to stop violence and drug abuse," Lynch said. "That is just a byproduct of the students meditating together."

I'm curious how they came up with the 250 figure....

I was already primed to be pissed off, because of this link I saw a week ago:

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"Occupational" girl's costumes include Hannah Montana, Car Hop, American Idol contestant, and French Maid.

Boy's costumes include pilot, astronaut, firefighter, mailman, policeman, doctor, and S.W.A.T. team member.

Major Flirt!

Yeah, that was really bad.