“Why you cheap little clip-joint canary!” –Robert Ryan to Lizabeth Scott, “The Racket” Read more

OK, THIS LETTER to Pete Vere says what I was thinking (but hadn’t put into words): Most bad marriages are marriages–no annulment for you. I entirely agree with Amy Welborn’s and Vere’s thoughts on the ways in which our attitudes toward marriage, big costly weddings, and premarital sex have made good marriages more difficult, and that’s why I linked to their posts on the subject, but I really agree that you can’t have a definition of marriage in which you’re... Read more

THIS IS YOUR LAST CHANCE to win my contest(s)!!! Winners will be announced TOMORROW. You will also get a juicy new contest then; I think you will enjoy it. Here’s this week’s contests again: Send all entries to [email protected] . 1) When capitalism gives you lemons… This was inspired by this post over at The Volokh Conspiracy. You know those lists of different political systems and what they’d do with two cows? I want similar ideas–but fresh, funny, tart ‘n’... Read more

CATHOLIC STUFF: Tim Drake has a whole passel of interesting stuff over at his blog–responses to the questions he asked various Catholic bloggers. I have to say that I really don’t notice the “narcissism” of blogs–if somebody bores me, I skip him–but the points about time-management are well taken. Perhaps that issue explains the departure of Mike Hardy from the blogosphere. Come back little Sheba! Personally, I doubt he will be able to resist at least firing off the occasional... Read more

I know you’re antiseptic your deodorant smells nice I’d like to know you but you’re deep frozen like ice he’s a blogwatch adolescent… Note: There will be very light blogging today, as I have to, like, work and stuff. But you should read the novella “Sweet Smell of Success” by Ernest Lehman. Basis of awesome movie. Very very good stuff. Don’t Be A Shamed: Great moments in Google searches. All I can say is, To the person who came here... Read more

“We go together, Laurie. I don’t know why. Maybe like guns and ammunition go together.” –John Dall to Peggy Cummins, “Gun Crazy” Read more

D.C. BLOGFEST THIS THURSDAY! Rendezvous Lounge (18th and Kalorama), 7 p.m. Me, Brink Lindsey, Radley Balko, Julian Sanchez, et fascinating alia. Will probably start upstairs. To quote the email: “Bloggers, fans and friends of bloggers, and anyone generally interested (or not interested) in blogging are invited, welcome and encouraged to attend.” Read more

“I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE LAST YEAR AND CONDEMNING THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT FOR, UH, CONDEMNING ME.”: So I went to Saturday’s candlelight vigil outside the Chinese Embassy. Tomorrow is the 13th anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen massacre. Executive summary of the vigil: Small but hopeful. Here are some scattered thoughts and observations. I didn’t know that in 1989, protesting students built a Statue of Liberty in Shanghai. I had never seen the poster at Tiananmen Square, hung... Read more

BECAUSE I KNOW YOU NEEDED MORE POSTS ABOUT CREEPY DOLLS: Avram Grumer of Pigs&Fishes; writes: “Eve, I think you’re wrong about why dolls are creepy. While it is true that modern society doesn’t quite know what to do with children, that’s got nothing to do with dolls. Dolls are creepy because they are designed to appeal to some very basic human instincts — the desire to cherish and protect infants, and this is an impulse non-human primates also display, meaning... Read more

I am a blogger and I don’t care, I like to make people stare!… Joe De Feo: Blogger britcom wig-out. E-Pression: Zorak seeks “defenses for U.S. support for Israel. E-mail them to me and I’ll link them (with helpful glosses, natch).” OxBlog: Moving story from Kenya; is Africa becoming freer but poorer? The Poor Man: A really funny parody of The Corner. Link via Electrolite via Unqualified Offerings… I think. Unqualified Offerings: David Broder gets spidey-smacked; if you don’t trust... Read more