Stunning
Michelle Obama choose a black Michael Kors shift dress for her official White House portrait, which a little birdie tells me is:
…is a black bonded jersey tank gown, a version of Look 73 from the Spring collection.
Simple but sleek, I think it was a stunning choice that played-up her best asset: her arms. Ms. O has some great guns!
All right, I realize that I may be slightly behind the times on this as it was apparently announced last summer, but I just started seeing commercials for Rachael Ray’s new pet food line, which she has horrifyingly dubbed “Nutrish.”
Seriously?
She hit overexposed at least three years ago (five?), but really. This is out of control. And Nutrish? NUTRISH? Oy.
Liberal or conservative, political conventions are always a comedy goldmine. Picture the dopiest, most ardent, most fervent and most delusional party devotees gathered in one room. Now sprinkle that with a dash of crazy, and I present to you CPAC, the Conservative Political Action Committee. Just how right-wing nutty are these folks? Well, when President Bush arrived to give an address at last year’s annual meeting, he was greeted with chants of “FOUR MORE YEARS!”
Yeah. These people are “special.”
Following up on my post of last week on the subject of the insanity of wild animal ownership, the New York Times had an interesting article today on the subject of primate pets, particularly topical given the proposed legislation that just passed the House regulating interstate primate sales. The whole article’s worth a read, but I’ll just provide you with a representative extract (emphasis added):
Bob, who’s owned wild animals all his life, admits Higgins [a Hamadryas baboon] has not always been a model pet. When Higgins was 3, he slept with the couple, often awakening Bob in the morning by climbing to the bedroom rafters and dropping onto Bob’s stomach. On one occasion, they got in a wrestling match, and Higgins put one of his “steel-like fingernails” through Bob’s scrotum.
Bob has considered moving him to a sanctuary, but “I’m just too attached to him,” he says.
Need we say more?
Adam Lippes, the fashion guru who cut his teeth at Oscar de la Renta and Polo Ralph Lauren, has amassed a huge following (including Femme’s own Kai).
For months, we’ve been breathlessly awaiting the launch of his collection for Mango. And now, it’s imminent: the collection hits stores (and via Mango Online, which does ship to the US).
And we have pics! Courtesy of Adam’s own blog:
Sleek, chic and completely gorgeous
I’m never going to this ER. Ever. And most especially not if there’s a sex toy involved and/or something’s stuck in my butt (sorry for that image, mom).
Related: I tried to Google “butt plug” to get an image for this post, and laughed so hard at the top finding that popped up (“Need quality butt plugs?”) that I couldn’t finish the image search.
Full story after the jump.
According to the spambots that email me regularly, I am:
Turns out, it doesn’t matter if I’m cutting vodka calories or white carb calories … So long as I’m cutting calories. This is according to a new study (as reported in the New York Times):
Study Zeroes In on Calories, Not Diet, for Loss
For people who are trying to lose weight, it does not matter if they are counting carbohydrates, protein or fat. All that matters is that they are counting something.
This may be the best military recruitment ad I’ve ever seen.
Rather than fighting a (*coughbullshitcough*) war in the Middle East, these Eastern European troops spend their time driving around in tanks and picking up chicks (who are so impressed that they literally run from their sugar daddies into the waiting arms of the soldiers, then pour sweet, sweet liquor down the throats of these troops directly from what look like mud-made jugs).
And if that’s not enough for you, the Ukranian military will toss in a kicky striped shirt and rakish hat.
I will admit that after following the ’08 election obsessively for two plus years, a large part of me is burned out on politics. That being said, I managed to watch President Obama’s address last night, but turned off the television for Gov. Bobby Jindal’s response. Apparently, I missed the most interesting part of the evening. And by interesting, I mean insane.
The liberal and conservative blogs were atwitter this morning discussing how bad Jindal was. The common theme seemed to be comparisons to Kenneth the page on NBC’s 30 Rock. Well, I do love me a good train wreck, so I watched. OH.MY.GOD. If you have not seen it, watch and be amazed by the awkward delivery, the inept arguments and the general crazy. The Katrina section is especially brutal.
Let me say this with the utmost honesty: the Republican party’s descent into ultra-conservatism in the wake of their defeat in the past two election cycles and their posturing response to the stimulus package has me concerned. Contrary to what many people think, I do not revel in the GOP’s absolute disarry at the moment. While my politics are decided liberal, I personally do not think a two-party system in which one of the parties is a big, hot-mess of dissension and anger is the way to go. To me, a strong Republican party means a strong Democratic party and vice versa. They serve to keep each other honest and transparent.
In any case, I will leave the more nuanced analysis to David Brooks, conservative writer at the New York Times. If you have four minutes, I highly recommend you watch. It’s nice to hear a moderate voice in the the conservative wilderness.