Marriage Manuals: Retro and Contemporary
If you’re a fan of retro marriage manuals — and who isn’t? — you’ll enjoy this review of the genre and its modern-day incarnations [Salon.com]
Posts filed under Effluvia and Ephemera
The Possible Uses of a Ronald Reagan Monument
Sometimes reality is so damn surreal that it simply defies satire. Such is the case with the Republicans’ continuing cult of personality for Ronald Reagan.
In the end though, I do hope that they build a Reagan Monument on the Washington Mall. Why? Because left-wing protestors are often down around the Mall, and we need a place we can vandalize! I mean, sure, Thomas Jefferson could be a real jerk, but if you mess up his monument most people won’t understand and will think you’re just a bunch of good-for-nothings. But defiling the Reagan Memorial would be appropriate, understandable, and relevant to the current political climate! It’d be great!
The Weather Underground Isn’t What It Used To Be
Weather Underground: Welcome to The Weather Underground made me nearly fall out of my chair laughing: it’s a weather forecasting site! Best of all were the big corporate sponsors for the Weather Underground: revolutionary anti-capitalism is brought to you by… NextCard VISA!
As legendary capitalist-punk Johnny Disagreeable put it, Leftist gits! There’s no weather underground!
RLDS Name Change: Stop Confusing Us With Those Other Mormons!
The Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (not the same as the more famous branch of Mormons / LDS) has decided to change its name to Community of Christ in order to better differentiate themselves from those other LDS guys.
Interview: Alison Bechdel for Gay.com
A great interview with Alison Bechdel, cartoonist of Dykes to Watch Out For