Julie Pippert: Using My Words

I was over reading Sci-Fi Dad's blog today. As I have been in general, I've been a bad, bad cyberfriend to Sci-Fi Dad and his wife, who is expecting. I'm behind on the pregnancy and life updates, how their little bunny is doing (especially with her new glasses), and so forth. I finally did my Google reader scan this morning (after clearing it the other day when it had over a 1000 unread, and since then, up to 200---you people impress me with your loquaciousness) and I was impressed to see that the bunny has a redecorated room and that Sci-Fi dad has been busy on his many blogs and columns, yet still took time to answer reader questions. Out of 14, 2 were dedicated to how he would deal with a teenage daughter/sexual creature. It suddenly struck me that we are all very, very keen to ask men this question: how will you handle boys (read: slavering sexual beasts---nudge nudge wink wink, you know ) coming on to your daughter (read: precious pure princess angel)? Hmm, that prese...

Let's review the battle of the sexes in the blog world this week (in order to prove it's NOT JUST ME): 1. Mitch McDad--- Reason #1 (of 1) that Men are Smarter Than Women Citing makeup and cell phone abuse, Mitch McDad set out to prove in an eloquent and entertaining post that men do have one arena in which they are superior to women: driving. He was even gracious when I pointed out that car insurance actuarial tables disprove his thesis in four simple words: higher rates for men. Very funny post and comments...have a read. 2. Jennifer, le binky bitch--- Male pattern blindness Finally exposing a degenerative male disease that interferes with the quality of life for men and women alike, Jennifer movingly discusses the common frustration of wives who are married to men who can't find the noses on their faces. Commenters reveal a side disease---selective deafness---among other hilarious conditions and syndromes. Debate rages on whether it is exclusive to the Y chromosome or if ...