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Scary but true tales from the toilet
Would the real Erica please stand up?
Diary of a slave to New Jersey Transit
The best import since the Camry
Solitaire only looks sweet and innocent
Seen and heard: Nifty stuff in the news
Stuff that rocks just like Lenny Kravits
Misogyny on
the Mat
Wal-Mart is pulling from their shelves a World Wrestling Federation wrestler doll who carries around a woman' head. Al Snow brings into the ring a mannequin head with the words "Help Me" scrawled backward across the forehead.
Jim Byrne, WWF vice president of marketing, said, "Al Snow's act with the mannequin head is as silly as it gets -- loads of fun."
That is if you consider beating a the daylights out of a head after a lost match fun. That's what Snow does after a match in front of a cheering crowd, full of young impressionable boys, future husbands and fathers.
Everybody over the age of 13 knows these shows are pure theater, but these images are beamed into the living rooms of younger children who may not know the difference between real and fake.
Wal-Mart, besides being a wonderful place to shop, should not be the one to control questionable messages in the home. That is a parent's job. The decision by Wal-Mart shows a concern for the well being of customers, even if they do still sell guns to anybody with a drivers license.
But that's another story.
-from the Associated Press, November 2, 1999
Monstress' note: In a completely unrelated item, you can now shop Wal-Mart on-line. Now all those sophisticated Kathie Lee fashions and dependable Quaker State motor oil is only a few clicks away. Check out www.walmart.com.
Bewitched by Fashion
Forget about pashminas and Prada, pentacles are the new fashion accessory. Seriously, in the "Sunday Style" section of the New York Times on February 13, 2000, there was an article about how teenagers are turning to witchcraft. They cite the success of movies like "The Craft" and the television series "Charmed" as evidence.
I wouldn't describe myself as pagan or wiccan, but I respect the religion, which claims one of my very good friends as a member. Which is why I think it is odd that this article appears on the same page as a piece on the comeback of fishnet stockings.
I think it's great that practioncers of magic are not as stigmatized as they once were, at least on the East Coast. But, a person's religion has nothing to do with style. It has everything to do with finding answers to the questions your soul seeks.
Will this trend to make religion trendy continue? Maybe next year the exotic Islamic veils will become all the rage.
Asian Guys Are On A Roll
Newsweek recently ran an article about how Asian guys are now a hot commodity. The article cites the popularity of actors such as Chow Yun Fat of Anna and the King and Jet Li of Lethal Weapon 4 as well as the prospect of computer geeks suddenly having Internet millions with no place to spend it as reasons for this phenomenon.
"It's almost like Asian boyfriends are the fashion accessory of the moment," says Lisa Rosevear in the Newsweek article.
I have dated a few Asian guys, since there weren't too many to be found in Ohio, the picking were slim. I just always thought they were very good looking. I never worked out, but that has never stopped me before.
This may be one of the few times in my life that I'm considered trendy.