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Pants

On October 25, 2004

I have, in a previous WOTD, talked about Long and Elegant Legs (LEL), a catalog for tall women’s clothing. This past weekend I got the newest catalog and I have to share that I am more than a little disturbed. LEL does try to keep up with current fashion, but much like most vendors specializing in tall women’s clothing, they fall a wee short of being very stylish.

Case in point:

In the picture below there is a lovely woman sporting some brown dress pants. The ad text above her says “Clothes That Fit Like Never Before.” I disagree with that assertion. In fact, I would say that those pants fit very much like those worn by a 80s TV icon.

Let’s zoom in and take a closer look:Ah yes… Her pants do indeed hail back to an earlier time. A time when AC Slater wore pants very much like this.

Extreme

By Kate

On August 2, 2004

In television

So last night I was watching TV. I don’t have cable, which means I have 6 channels from which to choose what I watch. My options last night:

George Bush talking about something
George Bush talking about something
George Bush talking about something
George Bush talking about something
Eye for an Eye
Blue Collar TV

Of course I went with Eye for an Eye. Was there really any other choice?

Have you ever seen this show? I think it’s rather fabulous, though I think it’s a tad racist and that I shouldn’t find it as funny as I do…

In the show, Judge Extreme Akim is like a Judge Judy who uses a baseball bat instead of a gavel. His commentator is Tommy Habeeb and his bailiff is Sugar Ray Phillips (former middleweight boxing champion of the world).

On the episode I watlieve that the cross I take up is my gain.

From the depths of the earth to its breadth
Is your name and likewise is your praise.
You are God to the end of my days,
Thus a guide for my life unto death.
So, dear Lord, may my faith be made simple and plain
To believe that your hand’s never moving in vain.
is your praise.
You are God to the end of my days,
Thus a guide for my life unto death.
So, dear Lord, may my faith be made simple and plain
To believe that your hand’s never moving in vain.

Issues

By Kate

On April 1, 2004

In television

Whether this is true or not, I don’t know, but I was always of the impression that television shows were required to have certain episodes each season that covered topics of interest, such as saying no to drugs, safe sex, peer pressure, etc. In some cases this is a nice public service, but it often comes off as hokey.Let’s refer to that television classic Saved by the Bell as an example. Zack was always pressuring Screech to get involved in things he shouldn’t have, like helping him cheat on school projects. So wasn’t it suspicious when there was one episode where Zack had to deal with peer pressure? Good learning lesson perhaps if the message had carried on to other episodes but the show was merely fulfilling it’s one episode about peer pressure requirement.

I am wondering if other product lines, outside of television, also feel the need to push certain issues. A girly example of what I mean: