Google Maps Meat View
Yesterday the Boston Herald reported that Google Maps Street View captured Boston City Councilor Sal LaMattina on the sidewalk in front of his East Boston home, washing his trash cans with a hose, totally shirtless. I have nothing really to say about this, except: Yow, baby! Who cares if he’s shirtless, it’s totally hot to see a man engaging in supererogatory cleaning. Hey, Mr. Councilorbaby, come over to my house, I’ve got some trash cans you can hose down. Really.
Ban to the Bones
A parent in Waltham, Massachusetts is lobbying to have the best-selling novel The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold removed from the library shelf at her daughters’ middle school due to its graphic and mature content. The mother clarifies that she’s “not banning anything,” she only wants the book to be permanently removed from the library so that no one can read it. Kinda exactly like banning, except without the word’s ugly connotations and the sense that someone’s intellectual freedom is being violated.
The Burkaberry
I admit, there have been days when I wished I could just crawl into a burkha. They look really warm and comfortable, and would make for a low-maintenance morning routine. Plus, I’d go through the world in my own little shell, protected from the prying eyes of man-beasts whose libidinous desires may be aroused by the sight of me in jeans and a sweater. So I was intrigued when I read about the Burkaberry — a traditional burkha done entirely in Burberry’s distinctive plaid, complete with stylish black mesh eye slit. But as tempting as would be to brandish the irony of wearing 14th-century desert garb designed by a luxury British fashion house, well, a black one would probably be much more slimming.
