Yeah, Calli, If my first thought is "And?", it's a ker-FAUX-ful and it doesn't matter much to me if it's on a feminist basis or "Ew, Democratic cooties."*(Although I'll try to make up with the feminists cause I like to think we're homegirls.) But, just between you and me, I AM kinda in the tank for him, anyway. It is so *NICE* not to have to parse what a Democrat is thinking that sometimes I find it a little erotic. And unlike my man Keith(though I totally dig a big lexicon) I don't often have to run to my dictionary or think "Okay, which one was Disraeli again?"(Or Ty Cobb, or...) when he speaks. Also, he was once *literally* thrown under a bus as a boy, so I hope he can help that, um, die quickly, as an expression.

Ok, we totally need a doctor to weigh in here. On such short notice, this is the best I could do: [link]

I am terrible at washing with soap. I can't stand 99% of the scents they put in soap and it drives me crazy when my hands smell fruity or like some other strong smell. I do like foam soaps, though, because they rarely seem to smell as strong.

We use Dr Bronner's baby soap in a foam dispenser at home - it barely smells like anything, and the foam helps Dylan see where he needs to wash/rinse.

Yeah, Calli, If my first thought is "And?", it's a ker-FAUX-ful and it doesn't matter much to me if it's on a feminist basis or "Ew, Democratic cooties."*(Although I'll try to make up with the feminists cause I like to think we're homegirls.)

I'm going to disagree. I think he was right to apologize, and he framed his apology exactly right. Yes, "K Street Whores" is both a common and as-close-to-factual-without-involving-actual-sex descriptor as you can get. And I do think if he'd been talking about a man in the same position he'd have used the same language.

But, also, there's is an additional context to describing a woman as a whore that shouldn't be ignored. He was right to acknowledge that.

My handwashing is often not up to snuff, because I have the compression sleeve on and handwashing is difficult as a one hand plus the fingers of the other hand operation. Also, public restroom soap almost invariably is scented with something I'm allergic to.

I'm not saying that his apology was any less than well-timed and truly gracious(honestly far more so than some of the women who are dining out on this) Personally, I don't fault him for the comparison, but I guess I can see their point. I'm just ticked because a woman stranger is questioning my committment to feminism because I was amused by someone's comment on the subject, and she tried to "school" me or something. I really hate that. Feminism is not a country club...we should be looking to keep folks(both men and women) in, not kick them out. And it's too hard to explain why something is funny anyway. I kind of love innuendo, but maybe I just needed a laugh *that badly* yesterday, I don't know. Sometimes things just tickle you(and I don't mean porn) what can I say? Nice of her to assume the worst. ETA: She'd really dig my tag, too. Wonder if Rahm ever got anyone to go along with that one.

I really hate to be That Person, but I recounted the penguin story to a co-worker, and they sent me a Snopes link:

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Maybe Dudley Zoo has some kind of "got a penguin, leave a penguin / need a penguin, take a penguin!" policy that Snopes is not aware of?

I really want this story to be true!!

Dammit Jessica! You're why we can't have fun stories!!

It wasn't me! I didn't even Google it!