I just tried to talk my minion out of getting a tattoo on her wrist. I told her it's potentially a bad move for job interviews and etc. She pointed out that the people who wouldn't hire her for that probably wouldn't hire her for her locks, either. Fair point?

Is she white or black? (or "other"?)

Because I think black locks are beginning to get more slack.

This is why we can't have nice blimps.

Ah, the Hindenburg. A big bag of hydrogen, painted in rocket fuel*, and attached to diesel engines. What could possibly go wrong?

• I know what you are thinking, "Gud, you magnificent stud, there wasn't an oxidizing agent in the doping compound so it can't really be called rocket fuel and the concentration of the other elements weren't right either for that matter. You'd be right, but saying 'painted in rocket fuel' is awfully fun."

This is still my favorite dirigible-inspired joke.

Heh.

She pointed out that the people who wouldn't hire her for that probably wouldn't hire her for her locks, either. Fair point?

I don't think so. A tattoo is a decision that can't be undone lightly. The older I get, the more I realize that I can think I know where my life is going, but the odds are high that I will be wrong. Ten years from now, she could be arguing before the Supreme Court.

Is she white or black? (or "other"?)

Because I think black locks are beginning to get more slack.

She's black. Which actually gives her more leeway on the tattoos, too, I think -- they are less visible because there's less contrast.

And happy birthday!

Charlie Sheen believes the US carried out the 9/11 attacks.

Froot Loop.

As a callback apparently he's also against vaccinations because they make you ill and let the government track you.

“There’s no horrible accident? How are they going to make it funny?”

Scola, that link is GENIUS.

She's black. Which actually gives her more leeway on the tattoos, too, I think -- they are less visible because there's less contrast.

True, true... but doesn't darker skin make it tougher to zap them off?

I've seen Black lawyers with short locks. I've never see tattoos on any of them at work.

As a callback apparently he's also against vaccinations because they make you ill and let the government track you.

A guy who's very publically smoked and fucked everything you could possibly smoke and/or fuck and he's worried about the government making him sick and watching him?

Ten years from now, she could be arguing before the Supreme Court.

But ten years from now, would anyone still raise an eyebrow at a wrist tat?

This is still my favorite dirigible-inspired joke.

Mine is what's the difference between Rush Limbaugh and the Hindenburg?

Answer: One's a big, Nazi gasbag and the other one is a dirigible.

But the Huge Manitee is pretty damn funny.

I was up between 12:30 and 4 last night so I'm sharing the gronk this morning.