August 28, 2009
image credit Alanis Morissette may have thought irony was 10,000 spoons when all you need is a knife but that is only because the Dallas Cowboy’s new football arena hadn’t been built yet. This $1.2 billion, tax-payer funded, state-of-the-art stadium includes all the amenities. The crowning glory is a 160 x 90 ft HD video board that hangs right over center field. The problem? Your average NFL kicker can punt a football right into that sucker, something that happened at least 6 times in the warm-up alone. Jerry Jones, the owner, isn’t worried though: “If you look at how you [...]
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August 27, 2009
Today I learned that maternity mags can be every bit as confusing as their sisters-of-a-wider (but thinner!)-audience. Headline #1 courtesy of American Baby: “Fashions That Flatter Your Bump” What exactly does it mean to “flatter your bump”? Is the object to make it appear bigger, thereby indicating greater fertility? Or smaller to show you’re not a greedy gainer? Or more bump-like so that people will stop thinking you’re just chunking out? Certainly they can’t mean to make you look thin as that is the antithesis of pregnancy. I skipped that article. Headline #2: “First Time Parent? We’ve Got Answers!” Well, [...]
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