Today's Delicious Links

Links for 2008-08-08 [del.icio.us] Posted: 09 Aug 2008 12:00 AM CDT NPR: Get My Vote NPR and public media want to hear about the concerns and convictions that motivate you in this election. Politics, as we say, is personal. Tell us about the issues that have touched your life. Silent-Porn-Star: On The Death Of Playgirl Playgirl, it is rumored -- but not confirmed, officially bites the dust, or at least will have the sheet pulled over it's non-seeing eyes. Silent-Porn-Star: Caught In A Net Of Irony On the "seemingly strangeness of the fishnet being such a common prop throughout the years" ~ and irony in a vintage Figurette magazine. Not Your Angel: Giving Out Candy As I got older, I also started to notice the ways giving candy changed. XXBN: The Monolith Of Alternative Media: Thoughts On Blogs & Blogging Blog definitions; something I find both interesting and irrelevant. Renegade Evolution: Well, this is why, or so I think... "There's a supposition in that statement that one distinct event affects our life decisions. That statement is, at best, a narrow way of looking at our life choices." Life of Brian Still Banned: Religion and censorship seem to go together like government and bureaucracy. Everywhere you look, there are religious believers expressing greater offense and concern over material or behavior which they find blasphemous than over real human beings dying through starvation and disease, human suffering due to poverty, and so forth. Caring for Your Introvert Do you know someone who needs hours alone every day? Who loves quiet conversations about feelings or ideas, and can give a dynamite presentation to a big audience, but seems awkward in groups and maladroit at small talk? Womanist Musings So, if you happen to work in the sex-trade you are automatically a "bad person". Good to know, I'll keep that in mind when I try to ignore all the reasons why prostitutes are considered spoiled identities.