Via the Snook: The Sub-Prime Mortgage Crisis Explained. It involves stick figures and the F-word. Very enlightening.
Category: Random Links
Links that I’m reading/watching/listening to/thinking about
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Ebert’s Blog
Wait, WHAT? Ebert has a blog? That’s awesome!
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Hillary only by TWO?
Wow! Hillary only won Indiana by two percentage points? That’s much, much closer than I imagined it to be. Awesome. (Sorry Grandma. I voted for the black guy.)
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Fat Scrutiny in the Media
Role Reversal. It’s not often you see the media scrutinizing a man’s belly…
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Married Names
Remember our discussion about women taking their husband’s surnames? In the US, a couple just successfully sued the state of California on the basis that it should be just as easy for a man to take his wife’s surname upon marriage as it is for her to take his. And they won! Nice one.
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Parental Leave Proposal
Wow. I know I’m supposed to be annoyed at the additional tax, but I can’t help but think that this new federal parental leave proposal is a Good Thing. Six months paid maternity leave at full salary? Sweet. And four weeks paternity leave? Hey, it’s more than you get in America. (Right, Sis?) Actually, I wonder if it would be possible to switch it, like if the father intended to stay home and the mother go back to work. Could he have six months leave? (She ponders thoughtfully…)
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SBS Sneaks!
Holy crap! I don’t feel so bad about not getting that job at SBS anymore…
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Foosball
World’s Longest Foosball Table. The guys at work are going to love this… (Thanks Bex!)
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CSS Homer Simpson
CSS Homer Simpson. Holy crap, that’s cool! (Link courtesy of Daring Fireball.)