is still my favorite. He had a fetching little lavender vest as well.

Mattel made him! Inadvertently, they say... Actually, he comes with two cock rings, because he's considerate like that.

http://mindychildress.com/blog/images/earringmagic.jpg

I have one and he's not anatomically correct. Just very very gay. The linked picture doesn't even show his highlights, unless you look very closely at where the Carson Kressly blond fades out to a far less fabulous light brown. And that purple undershirt is see-through.

Thanks for mentioning that Leehamm, I'd never heard of Anita Roddick's Ruby doll before. Found a link with a picture if anyone else is interested:

http://www.anitaroddick.com/readmore.php?sid=44

As a former doll collector (The Sims has saved me a lot of money), I'd have been eager to buy that doll. Most doll collectors are just happy when Holiday Barbie is a non-blonde (we have soooo many blondes). A doll with a different shape, reddish/brown hair, unusual feet, and a new face mold would have been great! She's even mostly jointed too, just needs joints at the knees (and maybe ankles) and a slightly longer (pref. swivel) neck to be perfect.

Btw, the reason the classic Barbie figure has a tiny waist and hips is because the designers meant for her to wear underwear, a slip, and a dress, sometimes with a coat layered over that. This was before microfabrics, so regular cloth made into doll clothes would really plump the Barbie out, especially at the waist. They didn't realize that poor Barbie would spend so much of her time nude!

Brightstar, I'm disappointed. I saw your name and expected a really entertaining rant on Barbie.

eBay doesn't get along with Firefox, at least on my computer. It slows to a crawl, which makes browsing a nightmare. These days, I only go there if I know exactly what I want and can find it quickly with a few keywords. It's the only site, other than half.com, where I have this problem.

I wonder if the bridal couple told some of their friends about a great package deal and neglected to tell others. Also, it sounded to me as if the LW split a room with the the friend whose boyfriend couldn't go. So the LW's costs would have been:

one airfare + 1/2 hotel room = $1,600 (for just the LW herself)

While some couples attending paid

two airfares + one hotel room = $1,200 (split by each of the clued-in couples)

In other words, for the LW and her husband to have gone, it would have cost them $3,200. So she was upset because she'd paid more to go by herself than others had paid to go as a couple. I bet there was a special package deal the bridal couple only told certain people about or that they invited the LW and her husband too late for them to get the great deal.

Btw, not that it's relevant here, but ever noticed how even the most etiquette obsessed destination brides somehow overlook that they're supposed to pay for their attendants' lodging?

Valerie Bertinelli is adorable at any weight. I'm glad she's back in the public eye, even if it's not for anything interesting. I hope she gets a sitcom or something soon. Maybe Phoebe Cates, another of my favorite actresses when I was a kid, will come back from extended maternity leave next :)

Cullen's book explains martyr myth quite well. It was one student, Craig Scott, who started the rumor about Cassie Bernall. After the shooting, he was repeating the "she said yes" rumor all over the evangelical Christian community. When the police brought Scott back to the library to elaborate on his story, he pointed to the area where Valeen Schnurr had been sitting, rather than to where Bernall had been. So 1) Emily Wyant, who was sitting across from Bernall, says Bernall didn't have time to say anything, 2) the sole source for the rumor seems to have mixed up Bernall and Schnurr, and 3) all the other sources who heard anything relevant confirm Schnurr's story.

What harm does the myth cause? Schnurr, the girl who was shot but still said she believed in God (even though Dylan Klebold was pointing a gun at her), has been called a selfish liar by her own community.

It figures that the Evangelicals would rather have a dead martyr than a living example for their community. Dead girls are silent, forever young, and can't take a share of the profits.

As for why some of us dislike Joan Walsh, for me it's because of how obnoxious her editing and editorials were during the primaries and even after. During the primaries, Salon's editorial policy was Hillary=good, Obama=bad, all dissenters=sexist. Hillary was the lead story the day (MLK day) before the inauguration and even after Obama was president we were still seeing childish headlines such as, "Get over it Clinton haters." Walsh just could not stop over-identifying with Hillary and trying to cram her favored candidate down Salon readers' throats.

Amerigo, several people have answered that, including my post on page 5.

One student, Craig Scott, misattributed the words of Valeen Schnurr (who lived) to Cassie Bernall. Scott was active in the Evangelical Christian community and had started spreading the misinformation before he even got home from the school that day.

Cassie's parents did have Wyant and her parents over for dinner. They asked her if Cassie had died in the way the rumors claimed, Wyant said no. The Bernalls now claim they don't recall her saying that. The Schnurrs also had dinner with the Bernalls (and the Bernalls' editor) and asked them to reconsider the book.

Why it matters? To keep the myth of their future saint pure, it's been necessary for Evangelicals to tear down Emily Wyant and Valeen Schnurr. Schnurr, the true "girl who said yes" has been called a liar and a copycat and been rejected by her community.