awww shit - i fell asleep this evening and woke up just in time to see that the vcr had crapped out and didn't tape barbara walters's interview with angelina jolie!

oooh eeee! she is a hottie. and i'll definitely make the offer to her to be her baby's daddy if she ever shows up at my doorstep - c'mon angie, i'm waitin for ya!

i did, however, manage to be awake for dateline nbc's story tonight about neurontin - creepy. i took it as a seizure med years ago, and found it strange when robin at work told me she was taking it as a pain blocker. maybe it doesn't really block the pain? hmmmm...

woo hoo - today's lori's annual check-up at the gyn! or is that the vet? perhaps lori's going to the vet, cuz she's getting her "kitty" examined - what's with moms these days telling their young girls that their vagina's called a "kitty"? i suppose it's cute (and i've never been one for the V word anyways - doesn't do the actual thing justice, imnsho) but i just have to laugh when they do it...

woah - Youker: The Euchre Drinking Game

After seeing the new designs recently released by Big Dogs, I've sent them a letter:

I'm a long time customer, having enjoyed your t-shirts and boxer shorts for years. However, perusing the web site, I've noticed the new stuff seems to be a lot more negative - the parodies are funny, but some stuff just leaves me feeling uncomfortable.

Take, for instance, the Exit Only boxers - item 46016920 - is Big Dogs anti-gay? That's certainly the impression I get when I see items like this. Hey, I'm not one for anal sex myself, but seeing that design really bothered me - if your company is against homosexuals, I'd like you to tell me that specifically, and you will lose me (not to mention my friends and family) as a customer. If you're NOT against homosexuals (granted, anal sex isn't just for the gay boys, but that's certainly the impression one gets looking at that design - it feels specifically anti-gay) then I'd like to hear that as well.

Add in to the mix that I seem to see more and more of the hetereosexual innuendo in the T-shirts & Boxers (ie "Wax My Woody" and "I Want a Heine") and it seems like the new releases are less mature and not as clever as they've been in the past - going with crude, base humor to make a quick buck.

And what's with all the fart humor in the new designs for boxers? Yeah, one or two different designs are cute, but when that's most of what you offer in your new releases, you're cutting out a lot of potential customers.

Please respond to this email and let me know your corporate policies regarding gays and lesbians. I will no longer make purchases for myself or friends & family nor will I recommend products from your company until I hear from you.

Thanks for your consideration.

Lori Beth

a good resource for all those that are intriqued by the death trifecta that says famous people die in threes: Famous Deaths - fark's been goin crazy the past couple of weeks, what with the deaths of Buddy Ebsen, Barry White, Katharine Hepburn, Buddy Hackett and others...

there's also the Dead People Server to check too...

Interesting article:
In A Wal-Mart Kind Of Hell
Censored magazines, banned music and pseudo-Christian fun at America's scariest retailer

Last year, after reading a variety of articles about the nasty shit wally world does as a corporation, i decided it wasn't worth my conscience to save a little money on an oil change or presents for x-mas - so i haven't set foot in a Wal-Mart since last year.

i found it interesting that someone (from a queer list - can't even remember now where the email came from) mentioned that now that Wal-Mart has included queers in their discrimination policy, we can now shop there. errr, no - i wasn't boycotting Wal-Mart for that reason - their use of sweatshops and human rights abuses are a much bigger issue as i see it, not to mention the issues of censorship and how they mold and alter american culture...

suppose i should add in a disclaimer that i'm a former wal-mart employee - i worked there as a teenager - never had problems such as are being mentioned now with mandatory overtime and being forced to work off the clock, but who knows how different things are now than they were over a decade ago...