Letters to the Editor
KitchenGirl
Published Letters: 642 Editor's Choice: 39
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Cans are better reasons to date someone than bags
[Read the article: "I'm not an overhyped luxury handbag"]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]"...but I didn't go out with her because of her bag, I went out with her because of her can."
Then you got what you deserved.
Oh come on, that was funny.
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Mockable names are my favorites, unfortunately
[Read the article: For now, the baby's name is "Baby"]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]My three favorites girls names are Myfanwy, Mairead, Emer, and Caitriona.
The first is Welsh, the remaining three are Irish, and the last is also a variant of a family name (I am one of six Kates in my family). I think they are just gorgeous names, I really do.
I truly detest the name "Brianna", however, so do I get any points for that at least?
I do consider myself lucky for being Kate; my parents were hippies and worse, my father is a Tolkein nerd, so I was a hair's breadth from being called (and I'm not kidding here) Eowyn. Fortunately my mother is from Westchester, NY and they just don't do that sort of thing there, so "Kate" it was (although my full name is the spelling with a "y", so my father's Tolkein-y wishes were placated at least a little bit.) On the other hand, it would have earned me much props in my current life working for a software company surrounded by Tolkein nerds on all sides.
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Global warming, football, and Calista Flockhart, too!
[Read the article: Lose weight! Feel great! Well, maybe not]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Don't ask me for numbers, dearheart. I provided you the 411 regarding the recent spike in obesity levels in our country directly contradicting your previous suppositions regarding the conspiracy of high fructose levels starting 40 years ago. Further, that information does not overlay well with your "economic downturn" crap. However, they fit nicely with the rise of the internet.
It also correlates with increasing heatwaves in Europe, high-profile celebrity adoptions, and the winning streak of the New England Patriots.
With your BA in Journalism, you should know that correlation does not equal causation. You cited three states in particular as being the most overweight in the nation; if you are going to try and connect obesity with internet usage then I suggest you also come up with some numbers showing that those three states also have the highest computer owership/internet usage rates in the nation.
Your habit of refusing to consider the more reasonable correlation I have suggested is becoming tiresome.
You posited a theory, I'm asking you to provide numbers to back up your theory. You have not.
Setting all that aside, the original issue here was the willingness of people who struggle with weight to purchase pills that make them crap their pants rather than adhere to a sensible program of diet and exercise at $60 a pop. Lower income Americans most likely couldn't afford that. So, please abandon your ridiculous poverty-level distractions and get back on the trolley, sister.
Lower-income Americans aren't the target market for Alli, so I don't see that the production of such a drug disproves my point in any way.
I will admit you are correct as far as the impact of gentrification. However, that still impacts a minority of Americans so, big fucking deal.
It does impact the communities with the highest-growing rates of obesity, however.
By the way, you did ask me if I had kids and if I was single or not. I would think someone of your obvious intelligence would have a greater awareness of what you are writing but I guess you were more interested in getting to calling me a dick. For the record, I have a BA in Journalism and I don't make a lot of money.
I also asked you about your income, debt level, and whether you rented or owned your own home. Additional geographic indicators would be helpful as well.
Using the word "cunt" is really poor form,
On the contrary, it's a marvellously descriptive insult, and used in the right context can knock someone on their ass.
Finally, contrary to your earlier prediction a few posts ago that I would result to calling you fat, I have not. So, perhaps you aren't as smart as you think but I have enjoyed our give and take.
I believe you meant "resort", Journalist Guy. In any case, to call me fat at this stage of the game would only prove me right, so naturally you can't. Had I kept my mouth shut, I guarantee that word would have been applied to me three posts ago.
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KateLinne Mackenzie Brianna Sydnye Trishelle Jones
[Read the article: For now, the baby's name is "Baby"]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]My fanny, Married, MR (Mentally Retarded), and Catatonia
Yeah I know, I know.
In the old days of elementary school, before we knew better, the slow kids were called Emer.
It's pronouned either EE mer or AI mer, but those also present their own problems.
That said, if you want to grace your kid with some funky name, that is between you, him or her, and his therapist. Ignore the misspellings and the mockery. What doesn't kill him will make her stronger.
Hey I didn't say I was going to name anyone that, I just said they were my favorites. That said, I live in a city where you can't throw a rock without hitting at half dozen Siobhans, Sineads, and Moiras so at least Mairead, Emer, and Caitriona (which would inevitably be shortened to either Kate or Trina. Maybe we could call her Repli-Kate, har har!) will be in good company. Myfanwy might have a harder time of it, though, so I'll have to arm her with a copy of Dylan Thomas' "Under Milkwood". Or a DVD of "Little Britian" season 1, and explain how my mother arrived at my middle name by casting I Ching coins, and how her good friend named her daughter Perelandra so it really could be worse.
Or maybe just have boys. The boys' names I like are Daniel, Michael, and Robert.