"From this hour I ordain myself loos'd of limits and imaginary lines, going where I list, my own master total and absolute, Listening to others, considering well what they say, Pausing, searching, receiving, contemplating, Gently, but with undeniable will, divesting myself of the holds that would hold me."
Walt Whitman (1819-92)
"When I look back now over my life and call to mind what I might have had simply for taking and did not take, my heart is like to break."
Akhenaton (d. c.1354 BC)
And now, the current weather, from some random person we pulled off the street:
Friday, May 14, 2004
Eatonweb
I just checked the Eatonweb listing for this blog and, well, the rating seems to be dropping. I'm figuring that this blog's regular readers might not have clicked through yet. So, if you are so inclined, drag your mouse over there to the left and click one of the numbers under the Eatonweb icon.
A rating of "1" means that you think this blog is awful and it really blows chunks. Then again, if you thought that you probably wouldn't be here. A rating of "5" says that you really like visiting here. In between, well, you got the drift.
Also, there are no reviews yet for this blog. I'm officially putting my head on the block here, so fire away.
They do have an "anonymous" function, so feel free to be not so nice if you like. I know there's a clever remark that goes here but I can't think of it.
Hey, click away. If you do we'll send $1,500 worth of DVD's out to you in today's post.*
*Disclaimer: DVD offer only valid for persons residing in Antarctica with Burmese citizenship.
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Gender Discrimination To call attention to its new line, the Young Designers Emporium of South Africa has a new poster ad campaign in its shop windows. The “Brand Spanking New Fashions” posters feature models in their underwear sporting red marks on their thighs to imply they’ve been spanked with a paddle. The Law Society of South Africa has expressed outrage over the posters, which go “against the grain of eradicating the trivialization and humiliation of the female body,” says Society spokeswoman Nonto Umlaw. “We show a man and woman being spanked,” points out YDE Creative Director Sam Coleman. “It is quite surprising that no one said anything about the man.” (Pietermaritzburg Witness) ...Well no: obviously he deserved it. Available in This is True: Book Collection Vol. 11
