Posted on 23 June 2008 by Michelle
Where the Hell is Matt? (2008) from Matthew Harding on Vimeo.
Matt’s back again, this year doing his cute dork jig with many, many people all over the world. It’s kinda heart warming (except the part when he’s doing the jig in some isolated room next to an irate looking guard…).
Posted on 19 June 2008 by Michelle
Fred Topous Jr., 45, is relatively a fresh release; discharged from the Michigan Department of Corrections supervision in October 2006 according to the AP. He chose the one-lump sum option for $34 million.
I always think of sex offenders living alone without family in creepy old houses in terrible neighborhoods, but this guy has a wife and kids. He said he plans too buy a house, send the kids off to college and “have some fun with his winnings.”
“I want to enjoy a little bit of life,” Topous told state lottery officials. “We’re plain folks. We’ve struggled all our lives.”
Aside from two breaking and entering charges in 1984 and 1988, he pleaded guilty to assault with intent to commit sexual penetration in 1999.
“He’s had some tough breaks,” friend and co-worker Jan Westcott told The Grand Rapids Press. “I know some of his secrets, and he knows some of mine. I’m not going any further.” Gross!!!!
Posted on 18 June 2008 by Michelle
I just joined the 20something blog network, a fabulous social network of bloggers in their 20s. Though I do have to wonder, what happens once you turn 30? Do you get kicked out? Is there an excommunication ceremony? Does the admin make you “turn in” your button? If that’s the case, does anyone have the balls to sue once they’re kicked out?
Anyway, I have 6 1/2 years to go until I have to think about any of that mess. In the meantime, here are a few links from some of the hundreds of bloggers in the network that tickled my fancy…
Posted on 18 June 2008 by Michelle
This week I have the absolute pleasure of doing a writeup at my job about Brown Girls Burlesque. I spoke to a couple of troupe members, including the founder, Miss AuroraBoobRealis. There are 2 things I really admire about them:
1. They really emphasize owning and operating their own show. They work hard to produce a woman-friendly show that’s entertaining and celebratory of their bodies (thus, showing viewers that it’s perfectly fine to appreciate yourself.)
2. BGB is (obviously) a bunch of burlesquers of color, which is rare in and of itself. When you think of burlesque, you think of blond pinups, not women from the BK who heart Lil Mama.
Here’s a cute report the NY Post did a while back. Check out myspace.com/browngirlsburlesque
for their upcoming shows in NYC.
Posted on 17 June 2008 by Michelle
As Jessica at Feministing says, the more I watch Sarah Haskins’ “Target:Women” videos as they crop up, the more I realize how brilliant and awesome she is. In this latest installment of the ongoing series (well, I hope it’s ongoing!) she skewers the ridiculousness of “angry women voters” and the further ridiculousness of the candidates’ attempts to go for those leftover “angry women votes” from HRC’s primary run. Ohhhh Snap! Check the video after the jump…
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Posted on 16 June 2008 by Michelle
The Democratic primary process has been the longest, and most costly, almost breaking the record of the number of voters participating. For those of you living under a rock or about to go to a dinner party with your most brilliant (annoyingly all-knowing) political junkie friends, here’s a quick primer by Slate.com:
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