Lingerie Barbie. Yes, Lingerie Barbie. Stockings, garter belt and all. Great, just great. *shakes head in amazement* “Not for use with other Barbie dolls” – why is that? Because she will corrupt them? [via ds hendler; thanks to Kristine for pointing out the warning.]
From U.S., the ABC’s of Jihad – So, we don’t have enough textbooks in American schools. At my son’s former public school (he has been attending private school since January) they didn’t even have a textbook of their own – there was a “class set” so all the work they did was off of worksheets and you couldn’t bring a textbook home at night to study from. (side note: his grades have improved since January, and working from textbooks helps.) Yet we supply the Afghanistan schools with textbooks??? WHY? Not only that, now we are working in a new book supply, because in the days of the Cold War we thought it would be smart to encourage violance and a Jihad with talk of violence and pictures of guns in the textbooks. The Taliban even approved of the American textbooks – what does that tell you? Glad we are striving towards helping the next generation be less militant, as a global move – but I don’t think my tax dollars should be used to pay for it. We have enough issues with schools on the home front. [via Weblogsky]
Tips for spring-cleaning your emotional closet – good stuff. What do you want to change this spring? Resolutions aren’t just for January 1st, you know. [via Dawn]
I still think the statues are more disturbing, but these drawings are a pretty close second. [via Broomeman]
I am Catholic. I am Christian. (No, this is not a post about how I want to convert you.) Considering my personal religious beliefs, can I just point out how bizarre these Inspirational Sport Statues are?
So, Jenn & I are on IM, and I send her the link. Then we start to discuss the hockey statue. (Yeah, like we don’t sound like the start of a joke … there was a Catholic mom & a Jewish mom on the Internet… looking at some Jesus statues…) There is just something twisted about Jesus, right in there with skates & a stick. Go Jesus! Jenn asked, “…so, what happens when a fight breaks out?” I just really wished they showed the ballet & the gymnastic ones – I mean, what could they look like? Like Jenn said, “If Jesus likes you, he’ll make it so you can win the game. If you lose, then he must not like you.” The track one looks like Jesus is just jumping in and keeping the other kid from passing the baton. And I almost fell out of the chair laughing about Jenn’s comments on the basketball one – it looks like he’s teasing the kids with the ball! “Nah, nah, I’m Jesus … you can’t have it. Ok, you can have the ball… PSYCHE!” And like the kid in the football one would really tackle Jesus!
What were these people thinking when they made these things? [via Love, the wife]