Ah, for my first real post on this new blog…how about a dash of social outrage?
I should say that I make a real effort to make sure that what I post is real–there have actually been stories I’ve passed on because I couldn’t find enough information to vent in public. So when I saw the commercial at the bottom of this post, I had to check it out.
I remember from my teen years the brouhaha over the “Math is Hard” Barbie (speaking of Barbie history, there is an entire site devoted to Barbie history and I don’t know why this surprises me tonight. I think I’m a bit off my game.) Anyway, so I remember that and it’s utterly repugnant to reinforce this ditzy, useless version of femininity that Barbie has come to represent. Even though sometimes she’s a very sassily-dressed business lady. Sigh.
But, whatever, Barbie girls love shopping yadda yadda — it’s old news at this point.
Diabolical, to me, is the credit card that never runs out of money. It’s a terrible message to allow girls (or boys) to be instilled with. And shameless. Really, Mattel? What possible purpose would it serve to give children a fake cash register for their fake people to charge things to their fake credit cards which operate as free money? Okay, call me paranoid, but I do think there’s an argument to be made that they’re training the kids to be loose with money.
Anyway, after that long spiel, take a look at the video…
Despite the bugs - and they’re lurking around - I’m diving in on this.
I miss blogging. Moving over from the Myspace blog has taken more time than I’d like, but I have this 40-hour a week “job” thing that seems to take up my coding time. And I try to maintain some semblance of a life that doesn’t involve wringing my hands over minutiae in the site’s styles.
So! Moving on!
We’ll be back to technology, politics, the news, and some mundane aspects of my existence in just a bit, but let me highlight some of the cool parts of this blog because I’m so gosh-darned excited about the whole enterprise.
You can share my posts! (On the individual entry pages, there are a bunch of different icons for various bookmarking sites. If you’re a user of any of these, and you like what I’ve written, please do send it off into the ether
Subscribing is easier! Look on the right sidebar. Ah, icons. Helpful. If you’re on any of these, just click the corresponding image and it’ll be as easy as that. If you’re not on any of these, take them as options if you ever decide to make your life easier.
Fun, repurposed data. This part of the site will grow, but for now you can take a look at the books I’m reading on the left. The data for that is pulled in from Goodreads, which is a fantastic place to share reviews on books.
Oh, right, you can still comment on entries. And if you blog, please use the trackback info to highlight me if you grab content from this blog.
I think…I think we’re done with all that now. More improvements to come. This is my php sandbox for the time being.
Subscribe
