A Getting There post alerted me to PETA’s latest attempt at “Helping various things that need money” in the form of poster adverts on our highway tollbooths, whereas the money paid by the organization could conceivably help to keep MD’s increasingly outrageous toll fees stable for a while (and actually, it’s not a half bad idea). But by the virtue of the adverts/organizations “controversial” nature – i.e. naked women claiming how awesome veganism is – this prompts some sort of blog post or article by the local media talking about how controversial PETA is, while displaying said controversial ad in print, and therefore giving PETA free advertisement. Gotta give it to them, it’s smart. Hell, I even fell for it last time, when PETA pulled a similar maneuver to keep … Read entire article »

It’s no mystery to the world at large that Uggs are horrible. Horrible, heinous crimes of fashion humanity that inexplicably continue to exist on a seemingly collective delusion that $$$ + comfort + looks horrible = superior quality. And yet, there is another perpetrator of a similar crime in society, a manner of footwear that is equally insidious in its infiltration of human feet and even making headway into various professions as a gold standard for comfort and ridiculous appearance. Of course I could only be referring to Crocs, the plastic-meets-rubber-meets-holes bizarro shoes which, like Uggs, seem to appeal to so many despite looking like a crayola box threw up on one’s feet. And so the showdown begins. THE BREAKDOWN UGGS Preferred by women, also residents of New Jersey Worn as soon as temperature dips … Read entire article »