Breaking news -- Mukasey has finally announced that he's appointing a special prosecutor to investigate the U.S. Attorney firings. Another Cheney/Bush bird coming home to roost....
Mal: Inara, think you could stoop to being on my arm? Inara: Will you wash it first?
'Heart Of Gold'
Natter 61*
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.
Theodosia - Sep 29, 2008 6:24:56 am PDT #1225 of 10001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
tommyrot - Sep 29, 2008 6:28:07 am PDT #1226 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Bridget Jones generation 'to blame for breakdown of the family'
The collapse of the family is being driven by a 'Bridget Jones generation' of well-educated young women who cannot find a suitable match, a senior Conservative claimed yesterday.
Shadow universities secretary David Willetts said that, for the first time, more women than men were gaining degrees - meaning many struggled to find a partner with an academic background and career prospects like their own.
With fewer men able to 'bring home the bacon', Britain was seeing 'the collapse in the economic circumstances that hold families together'.
So it's women's fault that more women than men get degrees?
eta: Argh! A 'then/than' error!
Theodosia - Sep 29, 2008 6:31:55 am PDT #1227 of 10001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
If you need economic circumstances to hold families together, they weren't very strong to begin with, were they?
I suppose I could paste this link to an 'Engrish' translation of the Lost plotline, but here seems just as good: [link]
Nora Deirdre - Sep 29, 2008 6:35:02 am PDT #1228 of 10001
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)
So it's women's fault that more women than men get degrees?
Sure! Why not!?
Dana - Sep 29, 2008 6:36:28 am PDT #1229 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Oh, my god, it is 8:30, and my phone has rung SIX TIMES. Stop calling me, people! I haven't even had breakfast yet.
Jesse - Sep 29, 2008 6:38:56 am PDT #1230 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Gawker does its part to get people to notice the McCain gambling Times article: [link]
OK, I did the thing I was supposed to do on Friday, and now I feel like I'm just done. And I can't decide if it's tacky to have the leftovers from the breakfast for the meeting for my lunch.
Dana - Sep 29, 2008 6:39:42 am PDT #1231 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
SEVEN TIMES.
tommyrot - Sep 29, 2008 6:40:37 am PDT #1232 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Another quote from that article:
'For the first time, in a historic experiment in our society, we have more women than men emerging from university. The majority of young people not in education, employment or training are men.
'Of course the world is changing, and it's fantastic it is. But the fact is that even if men want to be the breadwinner, they are no longer being given the opportunity of being the breadwinner.
Huh? Those men had the opportunity to go to college, right? So is this guy saying that men without college degrees should earn more money than women with degrees?
Jesse - Sep 29, 2008 6:42:45 am PDT #1233 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
It's those ballbusting women emasculating our men!
Jessica - Sep 29, 2008 6:42:50 am PDT #1234 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Sure! Why not!?
I'm not sure "fault" is the right word here, but yeah, why wouldn't it be?
Where I take issue is the idea that women having JOBS that require EDUCATION is causing society to suddenly implode in a fiery ball of gender issues.