First up, we have a double header from Cronaca:
He links to an article about how bad female infanticide is in India, and some of the effects its having. How bad - worse than China!
On a lighter note, Cronaca provides the three hardest words in any language to translate. This item is provided in honor of my cousin Linda, who knows more languages than is humanly possible, and who we decided last night would be somebody (along with the rest of her family) we'd like to share a vacation home/condo with (not only is she a blast to be with, but she already has the perfect condo!). For those of you who can't wait, the winner is ilunga, a Bantu word that means a person ready to forgive any abuse the first time, tolerate it the second time, but never a third time.
We have a couple of items in the category of obvious:
Tanya reports that Mary-Kate Olsen has anorexia. I happen to like the Olsen twins (no, I'm not one of those people who were counting the days until they turned 18, I mean there work -- I've actually enjoyed most of the stuff I've seen them in watching with my daughter). How long before Ashley fesses up too?
Meryl Yourish links to a study that reports obese men can improve their sex lives by losing weight -- no word on what Jack Ryan can do.
Speaking of Jack!, Archpundit is wall to wall Jack!. And if you're going to comment at a lefty site, there's no better place than Archpundit.
I've had my share of Andrew Sullivan posts, so I have to let you know that Iowahawk has provided the last Sullivan post you'll ever have to read, entitled Two Minute Sully.
Just to alert the media, Busy Mom has redecorated her blog and it is all spiffy now.
And finally, it's posts like this one that keep me coming back to QandO.
Hello! Thought I'd come visit since I'm feeling spiffy and all. Yeah, the MKO thing, there's a shocker...
Well thank you--I like having smart conservative commenters as well--it keeps me honest and gives me something to think about.
Busy Mom,
Feel free to come by whether you're feeling spiffy or not.
Arch,
I'm sure the problems are the same on the right side of the spectrum (center too!), but it seems you either have sites with lots of commentators who believe in either shouting down or ignoring someone who comments against the tide, or smaller sites where the propietor either ignores you or if they do respond don't really address you're comments -- either they start shouting you down or they simply regurgitate their original post. Comments at your site are actively engaged in a constructive manner.