Friday's Best From The Rest

Recapping some favs from the Week In Microblogging over at the "other, other" blog of mine:

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An unsettling thought

anthonydever:

heather-rivers wrote:

If you only get psyched about things you’re not really getting paid to do, you’re getting paid to do the wrong things.

But getting paid for sex is illegal (unless it’s for a porno.)

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Too Sense: The "Bitter" Truth

Income inequality (and the stagnation of real wages for 3/5ths-to-4/5ths of the population since roughly 1976) is the true political third rail.

Not only does it risk the wealthy folks at the major networks…it’s not a pure partisan issue. Sure tons of blame can be heaped on Republicans (the GWB Administration in particular) but the sleaziness of Democrats in DC can’t be brushed aside (remember, four of the Keating Five were Dems, and Clinton’s treasury sec. was instrumental in overturning Glass-Steagall. Afterwards he got a nice cushy job with Citicorp which wouldn’t exist if Glass-Steagall was still around.)

So all you soon-to-be college grads: if nothing changes, look forward to making less than your parents.

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sarahcroberts:

Whaaaaaaaaaat? If you work at the Garden and have a nice enough ass, you too could be in Playboy!

Does this mean Olive Garden is the Hooters of generic Italian food now? (It’s been a while since I’ve been to an OG).

I will admit though, I’ve seen “Girls Next Door” and while Kendra’s hot, her booty is pretty unspectacular. But hell, the waitresses there are wearing “some new kind of panties” that Frank the Tank hasn’t heard of, well, maybe they’re ready for their airbrushed, dear-God-don’t-let-your-labia-get-in-the-shot moment of fame.

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Just When You Thought You've Seen Everything

siddman:

martasparta:

My commute provides me with enough stories to write a novel with. I’ve seen people puke on themselves, on other people, piss in public, rowdy Ranger fans get kicked off the train. But tonight was a first.

A girl was apparently giving guy head and then puked on him.

She got kicked off the train, he went to go clean off in the bathroom. Not sure if he got kicked off. She was no porn star either, so it wasn’t even hot train blow.

Thankfully I didn’t really see this, just all the reactions on everyone’s faces who might’ve caught a glimpse of it.

If it wasn’t for sloppy people on the LIRR my commute would be such a bore.

Meanwhile, I sit on GA 400 wondering when—not if, but when—one of the morons reading a proposal or sales report or the one idiot in the CRV that was reading a romance novel WHILE DRIVING is going to run into me.

I wish GA had better rail transport. It’s not because I hate driving. I thought Atlanta traffic had caused me to hate driving a while back…but then I realized sitting in traffic, averaging 8 mph, that’s not driving. And I can almost understand why people are risking life and vehicle: it’s sometimes over an hour of your time getting nothing done.

One more thing: who are they calling at 7:30 in the morning? And am I just an extreme anti-morning person in that I can’t see a point in talking to anyone that early unless I’m getting paid to do so?

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Talking Points Memo | POLL-McCain even with Obama, leads Clinton-Reuters poll

More disturbing:

“McCain was seen as a better steward of the economy than either Democrat despite their repeated criticism of his economic credentials. He led Obama by 3 points and Clinton by 5 points on the question of who would best manage the economy.”

See, I WANT to believe people aren’t stupid (well, other than some of those 28% that think Dubya’s doing a bang-up job who aren’t in the top 1% income-wise) and something like this comes out.

The man is on record as stating “I don’t know much about economics”. He was involved in the Keating Five scandal which was part of the nasty S & L scandal in the 80s that helped set the nasty precedent whereby if big business (especially finance) fucks up, the taxpayers cover for them (without, you know, getting a say in it. Unless someone came and said to you on tax day “do you want most of this going to fund Bear Stearns?”)

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Stereotypical Tumblr User Checklist

you…

• use a mac: Nope.
• are twenty something: For a little while longer.
• take polaroids: No.
• live in nyc: No.
• wish you lived in nyc: Not right now. Until at least say Feb. 2009 I’d prefer to live in Sydney or Aukland or somewhere not in the US.
• draw sometimes: Not anymore.
• upload videos to vimeo to fit in: Hadn’t even heard of vimeo until earlier this week.
• have a muxtape: Not yet.
• work for collegehumor/vimeo/bustedtees: Nope…used to post on the CH message boards waaaaay back in the day (circa 2000-2003.)
• are a vegetarian: Nope. And I usually supplement with pills or V8 as I don’t eat near enough fruits/veggies still.
• are a photographer by profession or hobby: Nope.
• like cats more than dogs: No.
• like yarn more than cats do: No
• have an interest in typography: Maybe a little.
• would vote for obama if you voted, which you don’t: I already did vote for Obama.
• take pictures of yourself: Yes. But only in the nude (sometimes with erotic props*)

(via everyone)

*note: some things in this sentence might not be 100% accurate.