Carnival of the Vanities #79

Well folks, the Carnival has rolled into town and I’m your sweaty, pot-bellied carny plying the wares of the blogosphere with the electronic barking and begging.

The basic gist, for my regular readers, is that bloggers will submit entries that they’ve posted over the past week that they think is noteworthy or in need of more attention. The Carnival host (That’s me this week) takes the submissions and puts them all together and displays them for the world to see. So, without further ado, step right up for the 79th Carnival of the Vanities!


For a compelling mixture of begging and demanding, top billing for this carnival goes to…

• Jeff Doolittle dot com who posted on The Unwinnable War ::: No, this is not a silly leftist “quagmire” post about Iraq. Go read it.

• Abnu (occasional commenter ’round these parts) says Show Me The Money Shot at Wordlab ::: “Paris Hilton was ucked by a horse while filming The Simple Life 2, according to a report in the Los Angeles Daily News.”

• Bloodthirsty Warmonger, an another commenter, wonders Am I Obsessing on the Wrong People? ::: “How ironic it is that the creator of one of the most certifiably crazy sites on the entire Web should be issuing an appeal for all of us to reason together!”

• Last One Speaks talks about Drugged Driving ::: Your interesting fact for the day? “some studies have shown at least a slight indication that cannabis users are safer drivers.”

• Nikita Demosthenes, the first carnival submission, brings us From Fox News to TLC - A Natural Progression? ::: It seems that a guilty pleasure of Nikita’s is is TLC, the Discovery Channel, and Comedy Central. What not to wear? Trading Spaces? Nuh uh. I have *no idea what she’s talking, honest. Personally, though, I think EVERY show on TV could use Jennie doing SOMETHING in a halter-top.

• The Physics of Writing is offered up by The Owner’s Manual. ::: It says “The more precisely you locate meaning, the less likely the general reader will know what you are talking about.” Though I’m not quite sure what he meant by that. (PS: Same blog, second submission: An Audio Guide for the Birth of Venus — why? Hell if I know.)

• Irritable Blog Syndrome, which sounds like an uncomfortable thing to have, submitted For Your Consideration ::: Party of the First (me) recommends that Party of the Second (you) gets your little instrument over to the Irritable Blog Syndrome to read the entry.

• Conservatives just don’t “understand”…, or so says Democrats give Conservatives Indigestion ::: John Kerry… intellectual or unintelligible? I favor the latter.

• The Sun Will Come Out…, claims Hypocrisy & Hypothese ::: I could make a really funny joke here, if I’d ever seen the musical in question.

• Simon World talks about Schools ::: I’m still trying to find out how to get into “Candy’s XXX Swedish Girls Public School.”

• PETA’s ad campaignis discussed at Media BackSpin ::: Every time I hear about PETA, I eat an Animal. (But not a live one, mind you)

• Snooze Button Dreams offers a chance to Buy My Vote! ::: Kate Beckinsale is having a lot of sex in the comments, and there’s certainly nothing wrong with that.

• Taken In Hand’s The coming battle is long and meandering, but great. ::: No snarky comment here.

• Gleeful Extremist talks of Adventure on the high seas ::: Life or death situations do tend to bring out the best in people, don’t they?

• The FCC Should Be Ashamed, says Commentariat, News & Views ::: Uh oh! Sounds like the FCC piddled in the house!

• Ripe Bananas think that North Korea Is Evil ::: other fruit unavailable for comment.

• Is the Spanisphere Next? I say no. was sent in by Admiral Quixote’s Roundtable ::: I still say that if Spain is so swayed by terror, we ought to consider flying some bombers over Madrid.

• Terror v. Gay Marriage… a post that’s Spot On ::: Interesting debate in the comments too. FWIW, I agree with Karol.

• Zero Intelligence is offering Selective Dresscode Enforcement Brings Trouble ::: Unfortunately, the post does not involve halter tops in any way, shape, or form.

• Useful Fools has a Plan for France ::: I’m totally down with this. Especially the part about the deodorant.

• Idler Yet brings Panic in the Year ‘7 ::: An emergency government? run by CBS? Are you kidding? He’s not kidding.

• The People’s Republic of Seabrook offers Greetings from Hell. ::: WARNING: Senseless Leftist Rhetoric Ahead. Proceed with caution.

• The Smallest Minority compares 1975 in Washington, D.C. and 2004 in Canton, Ohio ::: This is why everyone in America should own a gun and know how to use it.

• Interested-Participant doesn’t want you to Blame the Exam instead of the Student

• Unemployment relativism is discussed by QandO ::: Careful with those numbers and facts, Jon… wouldn’t want to scare off the Dems.

• What You’re Thinking, a post by www.d-42.com ::: No snark here, either.

• uck You, Senator Kohl, writes Musings from Brian J. Noggle ::: Quick! Go make fun of the Democratic Senator from Wisconsin!

• To run or not to run? inquires undercaffeinated ::: “If a Powerbar eating, marathon runner can have a heart attack at 51, the rest of us are screwed.”

• Considerettes Grades the War in Iraq ::: If it does well on it’s MCAT it can probably get into War Med School!


• The Speculist (whose links I had miscoded) tells us about Crime-Fighting Gadgets … but also submitted “Interview with the Ambassador” Parts 1 and 2. (Different Blogger, same Blog) ::: Apologies for not getting this entry up from the get go!


• The Hess Report describes The Price of Luxury ::: “A critical analysis of the difference between staying at the Ritz-Carlton and Holiday Inn Express, gleaned from recent experience.”

• Roll Me But Not My Liberties Away by Small Town Country Girl ::: She doesn’t want to wear a helmet. Get over it already!

• Kerry: Making Life’s Losers Equal is the submission from Attaboy ::: Surely you’re not implying that John Kerry is a… a… a SOCIALIST are you, Joe?

• Quibbles-n-Bits-n-Bits-n-Bits has Thoughts from the Dental Chair ::: Pondering life’s tough questions… like “They make flavored condoms, why can’t they come up with flavored gloves for the dentists?”

• Bad Money wants to tell you about Stealing Frank J.’s Funny ::: Now with 33% more France Mockery.

• Man Meets Baby Girl has one entitled Yes, It’s a Girl! ::: What kind of baby girl do YOU want?

• Another double entry by nikita demosthenes this one is Richard A. Clarke is a fraud … which is cross-posted at the Command Post here. Well… I said I wouldn’t turn any away.

• Solomonia says President Bush a Divider? Be real. ::: Don’t forget that Bush == Hitler, Solomon!

• Cyber::Ecology thinks that Richard Clarke and 60 Minutes Need To Do Some Simple Background Research ::: I agree… but the facts are scary.

• The War Watch wants to Hold Bad Philosophy Responsible ::: I think you should too.

• Their 3/11, Our Response is at Porphyrogenitus.net ::: America’s response to 3/11… Spain’s response to 9/11… compare and contrast.

• See The Donkey is hiding in Chef Pincotti’s Recipe Corner ::: Gormet Bachelor Dining.

• The King of Fools thinks that Bad Ideas Cross Gender Lines ::: He thinks that women have bad ideas. We here at The Encyclopeteia would NEVER infer such a thing.

• The SmarterCop talks about Another Bitter Old Man ::: “Hans Blix has become something of a whiny child lately, what with his abrupt exit from a do-nothing job.”

• Les Jones Blog notes some of the Signs of Spring ::: I can’t relate. It’s been in the 60’s and 70’s here for the past few weeks.

• Classical Values thinks that CARNIVORE was only an appetizer ::: “The FBI is attempting to order the FCC to treat ISPs as telephone communications providers, in a proposal that would require restructuring of the Internet to facilitate government wiretapping” EEK!

• RoguePundit has lots to say about WTO kills lumber tariffs. Oregon basically yawns. ::: France Surrenders.

• Feste…a foolsblog thinks that there’s Something Fishy Here ::: I know it’s tuna, but is it fish or chicken? It says “chicken of the sea” on the label!

• Finally, if you’re still around, go ahead and check out my Hot or Not post… it was alright. ::: No it wasn’t.

Thanks again for stopping by!


PS: Future Carnival Stops Include:
March 31st Eric Berlin

April 7th Leaking Pure White Noise
April 14th BoiFromTroy
April 21st Southern Musings
April 28th WOLves

May 3rd The Thief’s Den
May 12th Confessions Of A Political Junkie
May 19th Dispatches from the Culture Wars
May 26th Spot On

June 2nd Tiger
June 9th Ambient Irony
June 16th Jessica’s Well
June 23rd A Single Guy In The South
June 30th quasi in rem