I realized when thinking about this a few days ago that most of my day-to-day life doesn't pass the Bechdel test.

The same could be said about commenting on blogs. :-P

As a Mensa member who has met many an asshole in the club, I can say with certainty that membership doesn't mean you're not an asshole, and it doesn't even necessarily mean you're incredibly smart. It just means you can pass a very difficult test. That's all.

I think there's also this perception in the shoe industry that women are going to buy lots of pairs of shoes and wear each only a few times, so the shoes don't need to be durable. That leads to the selection of crappy materials that also screw with comfort. (And, as an owner of at least 10 pairs of shoes for each…

Seconded. I'm wearing Black leather Teva Tirras right now :)

Any micro four-thirds folks out there? I'm interested in case suggestions. The dSLR cases are often too bulky for my lenses and camera. Currently, I repurposed an old Targus accessory case, but I'm interested in solutions that are better and easier for on-the-go lens switching.

Me too, and I'm unabashedly wearing comfy sandals for it! :)

I fully agree with this article on not disclosing the trade-in or method of payment. Dealers will use that to change the subject of the negotiation and pull the good ol' four-quadrant method where they put the four numbers (trade-in, sale price, monthly payment, down payment) in four boxes and basically screw around…

Yep. That's my thoughts exactly. I don't care about the morality one bit. I care about the utter stupidity of someone who *knows* he is in the public eye. I'm barely in the public eye, and I'm more careful!

I think the author is making a big and incorrect assumption that "women acting like girls" are doing it for men. I'm pretty sure I'm doing it for the same reason that "men act like boys": it's *fun*. I like playing video games. I'd rather buy jewelry from Etsy and cut out the middleman. I love kawaii culture and…

This. So very this. My modern womanhood involves owning the boardroom and then eating a cupcake in my adorable PT Cruiser that has cute Android logos all over it. That's MY womanhood, and screw anyone who says I can't have it.

Those alcohol rinses react badly with my skin for some reason. I'll get several itchy red hives (not big ones...it looks like ant bites, and not very many but enough to annoy me) after using them. My allergist and I have yet to figure out exactly which ingredient is doing it. :( I miss the convenience of those gels,…

I have no idea what OPML is, but it's definitely true that GListen is a listening tool, not a discovery tool. If any other podcast thingy I'd found offered a queue, I'd probably be recommending it, but they all force me to go in and click play on each individual podcast. The automatic-ness of GListen wins out for…

Songbird or Doubletwist might be able to help for that?

VOTE: Google Listen

HA! This is so true. A few more, inspired by the original but nowhere near as awesome:

Given that the American population is more toward the aged side than they used to be (and getting older on average at relatively fast rate), one would figure that this is a factor that all of those "people are getting fatter" studies would have to normalize, depending on the age range of the study group.

I think you mean the Galloway approach, not Gallagher. The Gallagher approach probably involves running while smashing fruit. :)

My husband ran his first marathon at Chicago last year, too. And yeah, the weather was brutal. He does a half marathon in around 2 hours, so he was shooting for 4:30 for the full, but he ended up at 5:07. He blames the heat. It was crazy. I was "chasing" him on the loop trains with his parents and some of our…

Fox News Logic: You cannot enjoy a cupcake unless you also enjoy having one shoved down your throat.