Loki + snow = funneh

It felt like a Pinter treatment of a Sam Shepard play.

So then, straightforward, obvious and simplistic?

/facetious

Interesting article:

Down With the People

Blame the childish, ignorant American public—not politicians—for our political and economic crisis.

In trying to explain why our political paralysis seems to have gotten so much worse over the past year, analysts have rounded up a plausible collection of reasons including: President Obama's tactical missteps, the obstinacy of congressional Republicans, rising partisanship in Washington, the blustering idiocracy of the cable-news stations, and the Senate filibuster, which has devolved into a super-majority threshold for any important legislation. These are all large factors, to be sure, but that list neglects what may be the biggest culprit in our current predicament: the childishness, ignorance, and growing incoherence of the public at large.

The whole thing is interesting. Here's the conclusion:

Our inability to address long-term challenges makes a strong case that the United States now faces an era of historical decline. Our reluctance to recognize economic choices also portends negative effects for the rest of the world. To change this story line, we need to stop blaming the rascals we elect to office and start looking to ourselves.

GAH. ALICE IN WONDERLAND UNEXPECTED UNCANNY VALLEY WTF IS UP WITH HBC?????

OK, that play was sad.

Sigh.

Oh, as usual, dear.

DH really loved the car commercial with holding her lip balm and watching her vampire shows. Hee.

Okay, I'm already tired of commercials about the poor men being stifled and harassed by those demanding women.

You're not the only one, Dana.

I don't ever remember the ads being *this* male-centric.