• Too Hot. Daily Brickbats (2009-08-31). Western Australia Coroner Alastair Hope ruled an aboriginal elder basically cooked to death in the back of a jail van he was being transported in one hot day. The man, identified only as Mr. Ward, had been picked up for drunk driving the previous day. The coroner said the man… (Linked Monday 2009-09-28.)

• So What If Mackenzie Phillips Has a Book Deal? Cara, The Curvature (2009-09-28). My post about Mackenzie Phillips and the public reaction to her recent revelation that her father John Phillips raped her has been linked pretty widely at this point, and as a result I have received some rather obnoxious and outright disgusting comments (and emails). That's not a complaint, at all… (Linked Tuesday 2009-09-29.)

• Because Sassy Patterns And Floral Prints Make Men's Eyeballs Bleed... lisa at Sociological Images, Contexts Blogs: All Blogs (2009-09-11). ...there's Kleenex for men: In case you don't know that brown, black, and gray = men, it says so right on the box! Apparently these are on sale in the U.K.  I haven't seen them in the U.S. In looking this up, I discovered that gendered Kleenex marketing is nothing… (Linked Monday 2009-09-28.)

Every Sunday we gather together for the sake of Shamelessness.

What have you been up to this week? Write anything? Leave a link and a short description for your post in the comments. Or fire away about anything else you might want to talk about.

• Can We Pull This Off? Brad Spangler, Center for a Stateless Society (2009-09-23). Dear Supporters of the Center for a Stateless Society, I have some good news and a request for help with the challenges ahead. On Monday, September 14th, I asked you to help us reach a partial goal of raising $2,450 by a week from that day. Just barely, you did… (Linked Monday 2009-09-28.)

It's Sunday. Time to get Shameless.

What have you been up to this week? Write anything? Leave a link and a short description for your post in the comments. Or fire away about anything else you might want to talk about.