Category Archives: Bloggenpheffer

Happy Birthday to author Isabel Allende, who turns 66 today.  In  this video of Allende’s presentation for TEDTalks, she discusses  women, passion and feminism.   Her books The House of the Spirits (1982) and Eva Luna (1987) have stayed in … Continue reading →

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Patent for a “vulvar deodorant system” described here. Because if your genitals don’t smell like flowers, morale suffers?

Snack Foods That Sound Like Sex Acts

Via McSweeney’s. My favorite: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe C.S. LEWIS: Finally, a utopia ruled by children and populated by talking animals. THE WITCH: Hi, I’m a sexually mature woman of power and confidence. C.S. LEWIS: Ah! Kill … Continue reading →

Weird yet somewhat hilarious (if you are demented) PSA. And see also: Treat your mother right. Don’t mess with that mother.

Man gets ticketed for going topless in public, details here.

Yes, LIGHTHOUSES.   Why, do they look like something else to you? Via.

Gabe at Penny Arcade notes: I would love to know what sick bastard at Kellogs came up with this genius idea. I just spent the first three years of my sons life trying to get him not to eat blocks, … Continue reading →

At Elam Bend.

The photos and commentary WILL make you laugh.

…watch this through the very end.

Below are some relatively fast reads, with a strong preference for female authors. It’s just a somewhat random list of books I have read within the last couple of years I really liked: 1. Anything at all by Carol Shields. … Continue reading →

From the poem, “Paul Robeson” by Gwendolyn Brooks (who would have been 91 today).   Warning, in music-words devout and large, that we are each other’s  harvest: we are each other’s  business: we are each other’s  magnitude and bond.   … Continue reading →

“Smile On A Stick” might be a useful solution.

In case your life is lacking adequate free floating conflict and duress.

If you’re old enough to remember the old Lavoris ads, you probably lived through the cultural moment when the phrase “simple chronic halitosis” entered into common parlance.  And you probably enjoyed this article from the New York Times, warning all … Continue reading →

Weird, (and kind of disgusting) yes. But not nearly as strange as this.

From here!

This is a fun blog to visit if you feel like goofing off for a few minutes.

The following breeds are inexplicably unrecognized by the AKC: Collie + Lhasa Apso Collapso, a dog that folds up for easy transport. Spitz + Chow Chow Spitz-Chow, a dog that throws up a lot. Pointer + Setter Poinsetter, the traditional … Continue reading →

FROM HERE!

I don’t know anybody who had a “perfect” childhood, but like (hopefully) most people, I can look back on mine and pick out some things my parents got absolutely right, and one of those was allowing my sister and me … Continue reading →

Via. Do you suppose it comes with aspirin? Or bandages? Or weapons? Or snacks? Or arrogant pedantry? Pretty sure I’m not going to spend $15 to find out, but if you do, let me know. –Ann Bartow

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Something about the “100% recycled” denomination makes me wary, and I suspect their trademark may be “merely descriptive.” Via Incurable Hippie.

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“Shortcut to Mushrooms: A Vegetarian Foodblog”

Cripes, I love academia! Via Historiann. Somewhat random addendum: Here’s a dog that is overly rule compliant, or something.

Here. Hopefully no cupcakes were harmed during the making of the film.

More zoo-sign-ology here!  

Check it out at Oh, You’re a FEMINIST?!

Here. Scroll down for international and domestic edition slide shows.

Susan Scafidi launched her eponymous boutique on April 1st!

From the April 1st edition of Harvard Law School’s The Record: Harvard Law School’s communications office announced today that HLS has hired every law professor in the country, solidifying its position as the preeminent law school in America. Dean Elena … Continue reading →