This is why a lot of people find rich liberals annoying.

So there's this guy, and he's from a poor rural part of a poor country. And the country has been at war at lot over the years. He and all his friends are flat broke and constantly in danger, most likely. And then he comes to the U.S. and visits Los Angeles to work on a translation project, which I bet is pretty cool stuff.

Unfortunately he falls into the hands of a self-important digerati netizen bOING bOING person who uses him for the equivalent of a Junior High School photo essay and poses him in front of Versace in Beverly Hills for the big meaningful contrast. And of course she gets the quote from him about the Gucci mink-lined doggie carrier.

She also takes pains to mention the brand of her digital camera. And to use the word "skillz". She does say that "there is a long story behind this image for another time", but I bet you a dime she never gets to it.

I sure hope she bought him a nice lunch. Having to pose for the Photo Opportunity of Contrasts so that the local lady bountiful can feel in touch with your indigenous-people poverty-victim coolness must be a real pain in the ass.

Really, really weird shoes from Zappos

1. Satan’s Corner Office Shoes:
   
   
   
   
2. $78 Ugg boots for children.
   
   
   
   
3. Metatarsal protection boots with static dissipation and protection against 600 volts of open current for FIGHTING EVIL SPACE INSECTS ON YOUR DEATH STAR.
   
   
   

A college memory returns

I was talking to Laura K. about philosophy humor (haw!) and I got a UCLA flashback.

A philosophy professor I had there had a cartoon on his door where one mechanic is saying to another “So if what you’re saying is valid, then a priori we must accept that a Mr. Evilwrench also exists.”

Bleah!

Ad just seen for Farmer John bacon (a two for one)

"For those who like to wash down their bacon with more bacon."

Hugely Fat People News Roundup

1. ”A group known as the League of Human Dignity helped arrange for Deuel to be driven to a local livestock scale, where he could be weighed.” Phew! Glad we preserved his Human Dignity!
   
   
2. While rescue crews came up with a back-door rescue plan, detectives secured the crime scene and questioned family members on how it got this bad.” Maybe it was the eating and not moving?
   

Bonus for the league themselves, with this fly graphic showing their phat moves.