WTF?

People seriously believe this woman is fat?  Oh.My.God.  Scalpel, vacuum cleaner.  It's time for a little DIY liposuction.

Script:

Me: Am I a total cow?
Her: Why, of course, but that is why we love you.
Me: I'm not a fat cow though, am I?
Her: No, of course not. You're a um skinny cow. A decidedly undernourished cow, if you ask me.
Me: Thank you. I can always rely on you to say the right thing

NOTE: If she'd answered in the affirmative I'd have bitch slapped her into the next millennium.

The Abuse of the Word 'Abuse'

I was sorting through old usenet posts and I came across some very wise words from an old friend:

And I will say, about this monotonous repetition of the word ABUSE where it doesn't really apply:

-- If I feel I have been abused, it *may* indicate the other party acted abusively; or, it *may* be that I am so identified with my victimhood that I re-cast all problems I have in the present as reenactments of the abuse Iexperienced in the past.

-- Such wolf-crying of abuse is an insult to one's own experiences of abuse earlier in life, and to others' experiences of true abuse as well. It cheapens the truth and allows one to avoid the opportunity to grow out of victimhood here and now.

-- If I subjectively experienced a situation as abusive (eg, ase-d), and I voluntarily came back to it, who is the abuser now? And what evidence does this give of my miraculous recovery? The recovering people I know act very differently.

Oh, and I think I offended someone's patron saint. Oops.

Shopaholism Alert

Frivolous and self indulgent I know but I really don't think I'll be able to resist this one.

Cynicism Rising

Okay, this one made me want to say: 'Pass the bucket' but then I berated myself for my cynicism:

You are White Chocolate

You are White Chocolate You are sweet, caring, and truly very innocent. Whether your naive ways are a bit of act or not, people like to take care of you. You are a quiet flirt, and your power is often underestimated!

What Kind of Chocolate Are You?