tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19111384.post6524255064215330705..comments2024-03-24T17:06:47.135-04:00Comments on Story Bones: Linkee-poo offers no shelter from the stormSteve Buchheithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12999709767641212586noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19111384.post-64780441358218883602011-07-17T13:37:47.757-04:002011-07-17T13:37:47.757-04:00Sheila, fortunately it's changing. a little. b...Sheila, fortunately it's changing. a little. but not fast. <br /><br />And video games are the worst, still. <br /><br />Some of the smurf thing is cultural (remnants of languages that have sex assigned nouns). But it's something that, now we're aware, we shouldn't do as much.Steve Buchheithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12999709767641212586noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19111384.post-21422464851533627272011-07-16T22:30:58.140-04:002011-07-16T22:30:58.140-04:00The dogs and smurfs article hits the nail right on...The dogs and smurfs article hits the nail right on the head. Cannot tell you how many times that people continued to refer to my dog as "he" - despite being told "her name is Laura" and when she was wearing a flower-patterned scarf around her neck. <br /><br />I did notice in most early video games, sci-fi/fantasy novels, and popular movies that if there was a woman, she was either a princess that needed to be saved or a sex kitten with no brains. <br /><br />Even now, my hubbie has a hard time getting me to go see a movie -- not only because of the smurf factor, but also because it seems like many of the movies these days are heavy on special effects but thin on plot.fabutronic sheilanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19111384.post-42053622822138608392011-07-15T14:44:25.964-04:002011-07-15T14:44:25.964-04:00Oops, "mental barriers" not "metal ...Oops, "mental barriers" not "metal barriers."Steve Buchheithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12999709767641212586noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19111384.post-15303983012769531012011-07-15T14:44:01.746-04:002011-07-15T14:44:01.746-04:00Vince, I'm often reminded of the local communi...Vince, I'm often reminded of the local community, who's residents fought tooth and nail to keep any zoning out of their township. After, who is the government to tell them what they can and can't do with their own property.<br /><br />Then the asphalt plant moved in (highway construction just up the road). They very same people now decried that they couldn't stop it from happening. And "couldn't (they) pass zoning now to stop them?!" Uh, sure you could try that and they'd sue your community into bankruptcy and STILL put in their asphalt plant.<br /><br />It's like they put up metal barriers that they can do whatever they want and the world would be just the same because nobody else would do something that infringes on their territory.Steve Buchheithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12999709767641212586noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19111384.post-17958120012787227772011-07-14T13:09:33.000-04:002011-07-14T13:09:33.000-04:00My favorite from the Tea Party mission creep artic...My favorite from the Tea Party mission creep article is this:<br /><br /><em>Mattos said she enjoys showing off the manatees to her grandchildren, but she had little use for the Save the Manatee Club, explaining, "If some of these environmental movements had been around in the days of the dinosaurs, we'd be living in Jurassic Park now." </em>vincehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16955307244053931069noreply@blogger.com