I blame the MTV.

I am so very relieved that Siouxsie Sioux was nice.

I was thinking of doing a PhD on the social behaviors of an intelligent alpine parrot here in New Zealand.

Penguins in captivity are stinky. Their diet consists of fish and their poo reeks of it.

I find Kiwis to be just as bad about the Maoris in most cases. To hear them speak you would think the only people in this country who are on welfare and commit crimes have brown skin.

That's what I was thinking- of all the jobs she could have landed, she got the one where you have to do the shit enforcement of the shit immigration laws.

So basically this:

In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.

There used to be a way of sending private emails but that might have been pre-kinja

Jackie was very helpful and used to read statements from victims on the floor. My congresswoman sent back a weak reply saying that's too bad and try filing a complaint with the EEOC.

I have no problem discussing it with anyone under my real name. I have already spoken with Jackie Speier and I wrote my own Congresswoman about it when I lived in Marin County, CA.

This was one of the lowest points in my four years of service but the treatment I received every day from my command and some of my coworkers was awful as well.

Yeah, I got called in to a meeting with the highest ranking officers at my station and told that a blog post I had written about the rape was a "security threat" and that it had to be removed immediately or I would be in trouble. No one asked if I was okay or wanted to make an official report.

I'm wondering where the Coast Guard ranks in this? I know I wasn't the only one who got raped while I was serving.

"Sunlight at the CIA?" she sniffed. "I'm sorry, that's one place I don't need sunlight. I don't think they need to give me a lot of transparency at the CIA."

I am so sick and tired of the president inviting people from the DoD to speak for the victims of military rape because they always try to downplay what is going on or say things are improving.

Are you open to carping a feel?

Denim legwarmers by Alexander Wang-Let's get physical!

Yep, this guy is definitely JAQing it over this story.

I'm wondering if people didn't mishear the term "thick-ass."