What The Hell Am I Doing Here?

Sunday, December 21, 2003

Tory peers angry at Howard's stand on transsexuals. Furious Conservative peers demanded last night that Michael Howard withdraw his party's support for the Government Bill to give new legal rights to people who change sex. [Telegraph News | Front Page News]
If Howard continues to stand up to the bigoted old blue-hairs in his party, he'll be a hero.
Silly blue-haired Lords.

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Dept. of Enlightenment

Steph shows us the way to Nirvana, sort of.

So - do you know what's trippy? Attempting to do Zen meditation the morning after a stout nightime dose of codeine based cough medicine. Man - I think I floated off my zafu more than once. [The Slat Rat Chronicles]

Still, had to be better than robotrippin'.

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Dept. of Clueless

A picture named hapless_and_meshugga.jpg H&M Is Hip, but It's Still Looking for a U.S. Profit. H&M has created the image of being one of the "it" places to shop for the Gen X, Y and Z set. But whether the company can make money in the U.S. is still unclear. By Amy Wu. [New York Times: Business]

For a hip retailer, H&M Online is awfully behind the times. MSIE only? How 1999!

Oh, and what's wrong with this sentence:

Top-40 music from artists like Liz Phair, Radiohead and Jay-Z blasts in the stores, and advertising campaigns have featured celebrities and models like Chloë Sevigny and Naomi Campbell.

Top 40? Yeah. And c'mon, Chloë Sevigny and Naomi Campbell? Yeah, I think I heard Donal Logue talking about them on a VH-1 special.

"YEAH! And like Chloë was all vintage slutty and we'd look at her Vogue spread and be all WHOOOOO AAAHHHHHH SLURRRP THAT EYELINER!"

My trucker hat and I are going to go over in the corner and sneer at all of you now.

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Dept. of He Knows If You're At Starbucks

A picture named brophone.jpg Lost? Hiding? Your Cellphone Is Keeping Tabs. Families and employers are adopting surveillance technology once used mostly to track soldiers and prisoners. By Amy Harmon. [New York Times: Business]

Welcome to the brave new world of House Arrest For Everyone! Imagine the micromanagement possibilities!

"Ted, I need to see you."

"What is it, boss?"

"I see from your Cell-Loc log that you've been walking past the vending machines on your way to the conference room, even though walking past Stacy's desk is 1.34 meters shorter."

"Yeah?"

"Did you know that over the course of a year, at your salary, you're wasting, let me pull these up so you can see for yourself Ted, here it is, you're wasting $437.27 of the company's money. Every. Single. Year. Ted."

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