web-goddess

Done your good deed for the day yet? If not, click on this link. It goes to the comic strip Sheldon, which is drawn by Dave Kellett, another ND alumnus. United Media is considering picking up Sheldon for syndication and will base the decision on how many hits the site gets. Dave used to draw a comic for the campus newspaper called Four Food Groups of the Apocalypse. It was one of my favorite comics of all time. Go give him a couple hits, will ya? (Thanks to Brigita for bringing this to my attention.)

Nigella does bite.
Despite the New York Times‘s breathy adoration, I still do not like Nigella Lawson. First of all, she’s a female Jamie Oliver. Men just find her less annoying because she’s good-looking and she’s posh. The fact remains that she’s famous more for her personality than for her recipes. She also obviously has an oral fixation, which drives me up the wall. In every picture she’s got a carrot stick or something between her lips. (Snookums and I feel this is a big key to her appeal with male audiences.) Lastly, I found her book “How to be a Domestic Goddess” sexist and annoying. I like to bake, but I don’t consider myself more feminine or goddess-like because of it. I don’t think wafting around my house in a cloud of vanilla and ginger is the apex of womanhood. And I don’t think flicking your hair that much in a kitchen can be very sanitary, do you?

While researching my hay fever online, I came across the website of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology. Of course, judging by the URL, I though it was a site devoted to this guy.

The Snook and I saw Monsters Inc. today. It was even better than I expected. I was worried that the little girl would annoy me, but instead the story of Sully and Boo completely won me over. Of course, the best part of the moviegoing experience was seeing our Aussie friend Scott in a Showtime commercial before the feature. He’s the pale redhead in the middle of this picture. In the advert you see three black and white photos of him (“By day he’s a clerk…”) and then suddenly he morphs into Russell Crowe (“… but tonight he will conquer an empire!”). We laughed and laughed. Congrats, mate.

Ron started a meme! He’s created the blogger code and even a handy cgi that generates it for you. Here’s mine:

B5 d++ t++ k s f+ i o x- e+ l+ c–

My Geek Code is already available on the about page.

I am the New Year’s Resolution Girl! I joined the gym today and made an appointment to see a personal trainer tomorrow afternoon. I am going to get fit, fit, fit. But no yoga. I learned that lesson already.

Apparently Kirsty MacColl’s last album is going to be released soon. I’m not such a big fan, but Snookums’s mom is. That article has some good information about her influence on modern music (and musicians).

I hate spammers. That’s why I loved this detailed war of words with one of them. Great reading, if you’ve got a few minutes.

I can’t stop giggling. President Bush referred to Pakistanis as “Pakis”. Oh my. My American readers probably don’t realize that this is a majorly offensive term elsewhere in the world. And he didn’t even apologize! Who’s advising this guy, anyway?

Now they’re saying that the suicide “Osama supporter” kid may have developed mental problems from his acne medication. Obviously we’re not quite done grasping at straws.

The Food and Drug Administration says 147 people taking Accutane, which affects the body’s central nervous system, either committed suicide or were hospitalized for suicide attempts from 1982 to May 2000.

That statistic covers eighteen years. I’m sure during any eighteen year span you could come up with 150 people who committed suicide while taking Pepto Bismol. Or drinking Mountain Dew. Or being on their period. This doesn’t seem like a very meaningful line of research to me. (And God, how embarrassing. Not only did he suffer the indignity of being called a terrorist, but now everyone in the world knows the poor kid had to take special medicine for his pimples.)