Body Image 101

So, this weekend I was standing next to my size 4 sister (who was at the time bedecked in a gorgeous Vera Wang wedding dress that looked like it was made especially for her) wearing a lavender poof that they couldn’t even zip closed when I realized:

1. time to take my doctor’s advice (..“you know, if you were in better shape, it might help stabilize the meds…”) and start working out
2. time to switch from beer to wine, and maybe (the horror!) cut back on it all
3. this process is really designed to make brides feel great and bridesmaids feel shitty— why else would they even make lavender dresses?
4. I must really love my sister to be putting up with feeling like this about myself, and to be actually considering cutting back on the cocktails for god’s sake; and
5. I have been officially brainwashed by mass-media

Best Xmas card ever

Chris will probably hate me for this link, but this is just too damn funny…
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More on Women Bloggers

Many would like to see this topic die; I still think it’s important that it doesn’t
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Writing, Briefly

“Writing doesn’t just communicate ideas; it generates them.” Short version on writing well from Paul Graham.
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Goodbye, Paul

Depression takes the life of another. I’ll miss your music.
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Why most University web sites suck*: Part 2.

Most University web sites are mediocre at best. How can this be, with the bevvy of experts in computer science, business, marketing, psychology, sociology, and visual design that a University affords? In Part 1, I explored the problems created by the large and varied user base of a University’s web site. Here I discuss the phenomenon of institutional inertia, and it’s implications for university web sites.

Institutional Inertia