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November 21st, 2008 by Gnat

Every once in a while I have to do a WTF? post here to touch base with the latest oddities I’ve come upon. Here is one peculiar thing I’ve been meaning to talk about for a little while now: the Plan B gentleman’s night club in Los Angeles, which is located mere blocks from where I work. Below is the shitty, pixelated and aliased-to-hell logo from their web site (I know I shouldn’t post it but it’s so bad I have to):

OK so here’s my beef: who the fuck greenlights the development of a gentleman’s topless club named “Plan B?” Everyone knows Plan B is another name for the morning after pill, right? Yeah, um, there’s nothing sexier than a pregnancy scare, let me tell you. My male friend also commented last night that the phrase “Plan B” invokes images and feelings of disappointment and inadequacy for him. Like: “well I guess since I struck out with my date tonight I’ll implement Plan B, go get wasted and worked up at the strip bar and end my night a drunken, masturbating mess.” Oh and did I mention that this establishment, Plan B, is located exactly next to a charter elementary school? How does this stuff actually happen?

Item number two in my WTF post: Flippers. Flippers are partial denture devices that I first heard about late last Friday night on a VH1 show. Now this show wasn’t about the elderly, it was about the truly disturbing world of children’s beauty contests. Confused? I present to you exhibit A, Amber:

What’s wrong with this picture? Well, a child Amber’s age doesn’t normally have rows of perfect chompers, for one thing. A child Amber’s age usually has a mouth dotted with gaps and gapes from missing baby teeth and half-grown-in adult teeth. That’s where flippers come in. With a little cosmetic denistry your six y.o. girl too can look bizarrely doll-like and prematurely sexualized. Click here to read some important FAQ’s about flippers, including this chill-inducing factoid: “The flipper is also a choking hazard please supervise while your child wears it.”

OK, that’s all folks. Have a great weekend and don’t do anything I wouldn’t do (which isn’t much)…

November 14th, 2008 by Gnat

Here’s a fun clip from the Monkees’ Head:

Have a great weekend!

November 12th, 2008 by Gnat

It looks like those wacky geniuses who call themselves the Yes Men and specialize in corporate “identity correction” are at it again:

Read the real NY Times blog post on the spoof here. You can be sure I’ll be checking eBay from time-to-time in hopes of scoring one of these elaborately fake newspapers.

November 4th, 2008 by Gnat

This is a historic night, boys and girls. I am so happy about Obama winning that I can momentarily forget how heartbroken I’ll be if Prop 8 passes. Seeing the phrase “eliminates right” on a ballot this morning sent shivers, literally, down my spine. I guess the days of Jim Crow laws aren’t really behind us. At least with Obama in the White House, I feel like the climate in this country will be conducive to dialogue and progress. Now, at the very least, all is not lost.