Single Women Have Dirtier Purses.

Warning:  This article, pointed out to us by frequent reader and commenter Amy Jo, is not for the germaphobes among you.  

Snopes.com reports it’s no urban myth: among other disgusting bacteria and disease-causing germs, the bottom of your purse is probably covered with E.Coli.  According to the Cleveland news report cited by Snopes, ”[i]f you wouldn’t eat a hotdog after rubbing your hand across the sole of your shoe, you shouldn’t eat one after handling your purse.”    (The question is would you eat a hotdog at all, much less after rubbing your purse?)

Please, show us we’re not alone in the blogosphere and join the discussion - are you a card-carrying, antibacterial-handgel-applying germaphobe or more a fan of the 3 (30?, at least I think it’s from today?) second rule? 

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Predictably - I Ate A Lot.

Colts win predictably.  Grossman sucks predictably (or so I understand having not actually followed football this season until yesterday). And, predictably, Prince causes no sorrow or pain, but surprises all by sporting Miami colors. 

The question remains, did you actually like the Budweiser commercial with the crabs, because I thought it was kind of dumb.  I did, however, giggle much at the Blockbuster animals clicking the mouse.  

Other highpoints for me included rushing 3 to the doctor right before kick off because she apparently OD’d on spicy chips.  Highpoints for you? 

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If all else fails, just take your clothes off.

Apparently there’s no product you can’t sell more of by simply using scantily clad waitresses to sell it.   It’s Business 101, really.

Edited to add:  Seriously, don’t they worry about burns? 

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Feel the Vibrations.

Somedays I have a lot to say.  Other days I just have a lot of questions.   Today is one of my more inquisitive days. 

1)       WHEN and HOW did Jeremy Piven get so much hair? Am I the only person who remembers PCU?

2)       On another almost Entourage-related note I haven’t yet seen The Departed.  Does Marky Mark really have a chance at winning an Oscar?   Because there’s really just no end to the potential comedic opportunities in that.

AND FINALLY

3)   WHEN is Oprah Winfrey, or any other talk show host, going to assemble a group of busy working dads and a cross-section of FATHERS and talk about their guilt, their balancing issues and whether they’re making the right choices for their children?  Because I think when we start acting like raising our children need not be the job of “I alone”, we might all start to feel a little better about our vastly different yet simultaneously acceptable choices.  Did anyone else tune in yesterday?

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Oh Just Shut Up and Look Pretty.

I know when Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are going to get married. I know what kind of mattress he sleeps on and his opinion on the legalization of all drugs.

How do I know? Well, I am pretty well-connected, and I’m psychic.

But it’s actually because he answered all these questions in Esquire magazine in October. My crush started back in Thelma and Louise, and it’s survived a lot. I think it’s officially over. Is it just me or he is taking himself just a wee bit seriously?

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Query: Blogging and Confidentiality

Reading this post of one of my favorite blogs has left me wondering. Those of us who read blogs read a variety of blogs for a variety of reasons, but if we’re being honest there is some amount of voyeurism in it - who doesn’t want the chance to look into someone else’s life and maybe make a connection. But how much privacy can we count on?

It seems many bloggers protect their anonymity in favor of greater honesty in personal, journal style posts. In fact, according to this study the vast, vast majority of bloggers write personal journal style blogs about their experiences and life. The Internet makes us feel falsely secure about our privacy, even though we’ve had repeated reasons (like this for example) to be reminded that there’s no real privacy. Software companies are increasingly producing items in an effort to give us an even greater sense of freedom. In blogging life and family, there’s a choice - a balance of protecting anonymity in order to be more honest, and yet the greater the honesty the greater the risk of being identified. How is everyone finding their own personal balance? What are people’s fears?

I have been truly amazed by the whole idea (and yes I know I am a few years behind). So I’m just throwing this out there to see if I can get others’ thoughts.

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