Archive for November, 2006

Anti-sexism run amok

Thursday, November 16th, 2006

One of my favorite sites, Autoblog, ran the following story today. I … I just don’t … oh, I’ll just let it speak for itself.
“Spanish road signs to undergo sexism sensitivity training
Reuters is reporting that a Spanish town council known for its socialist leanings and support of feminist causes has voted to banish sexism […]

New feature: polls

Monday, November 13th, 2006

In the right sidebar you’ll notice a new ‘Polls’ section. I’m only doing this for fun, your answers are anonymous, only the number of answers is logged.
I’ll add new polls when they arise. If you think of any interesting or humorous poll questions, feel free to send them to me via the ‘Contact […]

The war at home

Thursday, November 9th, 2006

The news lately has been pretty much dominated by the recent elections, and I’ve noticed an interesting trend; The language used to describe our government is very adversarial. When listening to reporters, candidates, and Mr. Bush, there seems to be a well-defined sense of Us vs. Them in reference to democrats and republicans. Mr. Bush, […]