Misspelled Tattoos: Permanent Ooooops

She's either bad at spelling or has a really interesting fetish.
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Quotes of the Day -- Alan Alda

Alphonso Joseph D'Abruzzo was born at New York City on this day in 1936. (The family uses Alda, a contraction of ALphonso and D'Abruzzo, as their surname for most things, but the birth certificates all use the original name.) He suffered from polio starting at age seven, was bedridden for two years, and at one point could only move his left arm. After graduating from Fordham University in 1956 he started acting with the Compass Players of Chicago. He also joined the Army Reserve and served six months in Korea, as a gunnery officer, and regularly was officially AWOL on weekends to date Arlene Weiss, who he married in 1957. He is best known for the role of Captain Benjamin Franklin "Hawkeye" Pierce in M*A*S*H; he was the only actor to play in every episode, he wrote five of them, directed 32. His roles have been a bit more varied since then, in fact he's been a villain from time to time. Hero, clown, or villain, on screen and off, he has a few observations on life.

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Begin challenging your own assumptions. Your assumptions are your windows on the world. Scrub them off every once and a while, or the light won't come in.

When people are laughing, they're generally not killing one another.

It's really clear to me that you can't hang onto something longer than its time. Ideas lose certain freshness, ideas have a shelf life, and sometimes they have to be replaced by other ideas.

Listening is being able to be changed by the other person.

No man or woman of the humblest sort can really be strong, gentle and good, without the world being better for it, without somebody being helped and comforted by the very existence of that goodness.

You have to leave the city of your comfort and go into the wilderness of your intuition. What you'll discover will be wonderful. What you'll discover is yourself.
     All from Alan Alda

Groundhog Day: PETA Wants Punxsutawney Phil Replaced with Robot

Via TowleRoad: The PETArds are up to their silliness again.

PETA wants Punxsutawney Phil, the internationally famous groundhog looked to for predictions of springtime, replaced by a robot:

"Gemma Vaughan, PETA's animals in entertainment specialist, fired off a letter to groundhog club president William Deeley this week, asking for his promise that the group will forgo the use of real rodents in future Groundhog Day celebrations. Little Phil, Vaughan wrote, is a pretty unhappy fellow, 'forced to be on display year round at the local library and is denied the ability to prepare for and enter yearly hibernation.' Groundhogs are typically shy creatures, Vaughan goes on to explain, and they can become easily upset when confronted by throngs of people, loud noises and camera flashes."

They want him replaced by a robot: "According to PETA executive vice president Tracy Reiman, an animatronic Phil would attract new and curious tourists' to Punxsutawney's annual event."

Excuse me, my "Sea Kitten" sandwich is ready.

Another pregnant man

From MSN.com:

Another pregnant man is making headlines. He and his mate are expecting a boy very soon.

His story: The man is Scott Moore, who grew up as Jessica. His parents helped him make the transition to being male at a young age.

Their story: Scott got to know his mate, Thomas, at a support group. Like Scott, Thomas was born female. The couple lives in California. Are they legally married?

Already dads: Thomas has two children from a prior relationship, and Scott has helped raise them. They have a catchy and affectionate name for Scott. When is the baby due?

History: Scott is the second pregnant man to come forward. The first was Thomas Beatie, who bore a baby when his wife couldn't. (Family pictures.)

What's the latest on them? (Interviews.)

Before Beatie: In the late 1990s, a man had a baby, but the event was not widely reported.

Thoughts? These pregnancies incite mixed reactions. Follow the debate.

Life imitates art: Pregnant men have long been the subject of science-fiction books.

Unhappy Hipsters: It's Lonely in the Moderen World

The things that once so defined him — shag carpeting, Room & Board sofas, monogamy — now suffocated him. (Dwell, September 2009)

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