This is cooler than most things.
Smooth Away
I saw an ad for Smooth Away on a night when I just couldn’t stand the thought of waxing or shaving my legs. Some days I just get exhausted by the maintenance; my nails grow like weeds & so does my leg hair. They always have, which is why I know better than to expect a miracle product like Smooth Away to work; I’ve tried far too many & wound up disappointed.
What made me feel a lot better was reading this review of Smooth Away – not just because it’s very, very funny but because I”m not the only hairy, lazy idiot in the world.
Spring in WI
Have I mentioned that I’ve figured out how you know it’s getting to be spring in Wisconsin?
The snow stays on the ground for only a week after it snows.
Two Tune Tuesday: Bourbon
These two are just tracks people like when they hear them. You may not. I’m just saying: most people do. Firewater’s “Bourbon & Division” & Tom Waits’ “Jockey Full of Bourbon.” For the lush in you.
Old Guys from Brooklyn
What I’d really like to do for the next year is find all the guys who are in their 80s or thereabouts who grew up in or spent significant time in Brooklyn & write down all their stories.
Really. Anyone know of any grants that would enable me to do that?
Money & Gender Stories
Here are some things that have crossed my path in recent weeks that I didn’t have time to blog about in any depth, but they are things that might interest you:
- A NYT article about lesbian communes:
Behind a locked gate whose security code is changed frequently, the women pursue quiet lives in a community they call Alapine, largely unnoticed by their Bible Belt neighbors — a lost tribe from the early ’70s era of communes and radical feminism.
- The DABA Girls’ blog (DABA stands for Dating a Banker Anonymous. Briefly, this blog is the whining of women who are used to dating rich guys whose dates are a lot more broke than they were a year ago.)
- Why Natalie Dylan is selling her virginity
- Queercents’ series on transgender finances
(thanks to Joanne for the first three)
Another Reason to Crossdress
It’s a good reason for lizards, anyway:
Young male lizards in South Africa imitate females to fool aggressive older males into leaving them alone, in an example of transvestism in the natural world, according to South African and Australian reaseachers. They found that young male Augrabies flat lizards (pictured) delayed
displaying the extravagent coloration of sexually-mature males until they were able to defend themselves adequately.
Of course in the natural world that means dressing down, as the males wear the bright colors and the females are something like dun.
Then again, Charlotte von Mahlsdorf seemed happy enough in her plain black house dresses.
WTF?
Two female customers at a gay bar attack two trans guys in DC’s Dupont Circle. I mean, attack: whiplash and concussion. Presumably the two women were lesbians but since we don’t know that for certain, I’m not going to say it.
But still.
His
My sister made me a lovely blanket for the cold Wisconsin winter – just a small one to curl up with on the couch. The only thing is, Endymion seems to think it’s his.
Prop 8 Statements
Watching the California State Supreme Court live.