It's Open Trackback Friday (more information about it can be found here) My requests: 1) One link per site each week, please 2) Since this is called the OPEN Trackback Alliance, I'm not too keen on the OTA members who censor the links they'll accept based on content. So if you're an OTA member who won't publish links because the post contains profanity, differing political beliefs, etc. I'd rather you didn't participate in my OTA post. 3) Please link to posts that contain actual content written by you- that means no other OTA posts or articles comprised primarily of someone else's work. TrackBack URI: http://jenee.net/ota-2/trackback Copy and paste this link: <a href="http://jenee.net" target="_blank">Comedian Jenée: People are Idiots </a> Today's Blogs To Check Out: [tags]trackbacks, ...

If I'm ever asked whether I want to live or die and I can't give a decipherable answer, put me down. I don't care if someone thinks the fact that I winked when George Clooney was on the tv is a sign, if I can't say or write "I wanna live!", pull the plug, hold a pillow over my face, stick a little sumpin' sumpin' in my IV - just let me go.

Even if Seacrest had the talent to justify that many shows, no mortal being could maintain that kind of pace and keep up with the needs of a 40-year-old woman. Although, judging by the tight-lipped kiss with Hatcher, it doesn't appear he's fulfilling anyone's needs other than his publicist's.

I want to put in a plug for one of the funniest blogs I've come across, which happens to belong to my friend, Stefanie Wilder-Taylor. It's called "Baby on Bored" and primarily deals with her experiences as a new mom. Normally, that topic would be far from my area of interest, but Stefanie writes from the perspective of someone who's not the "mommy" type. She's only a "cunt" or two away from uptight readers calling Child Protective Services on her. In addition to her great blog, she has a new book out called "Sippy Cups Are Not For Chardonnay...And Other Things I Had To Learn As A New Mom" ...

If I didn't already have 10,000 t-shirts I never wear, I'd get this one because this is hysterical. (Photos from: Samizdata.net) Available from T-Shirt Hell for $18. Actually, they have a bunch of great shirts. Some of the funnier ones (at least, the ones I'll admit to thinking are especially funny): I THINK I MAY HAVE THE ASIAN BIRD FRU- I MEAN FLU (DAMN IT'S STARTING ALREADY) YOU'LL REGRET READING THIS SHIRT WHEN THE SKETCH ARTIST ASKS YOU TO DESCRIBE MY FACE I MAY HAVE ALZHEIMER'S BUT AT LEAST I DON'T HAVE ALZHEIMER'S (Front) THERE'S A FUCKIN' ASSHOLE LOOKING AT ME (Back) ...STILL LOOKING AT ME 1f u c4n r34d th1s u ...

A whopping 500,000 people turned out for yesterday's immigration reform protest in Los Angeles, causing major gridlock at freeway offramps as people wondered where else they could get fresh oranges.

Not only do I hate big crowds, I strongly suspect it's all a trap from INS and an enormous net's going to fall from the skyscrapers gathering everybody up. Plus, with everybody protesting, I don't know who would park my car (COME ON! You were all thinking it).

Since my eyes have been permanently scarred by this image, I felt the evil need to force it upon others. In case it’s not clear, this is a statue of Britney Spears. Giving birth. On a bearskin rug. Doggy style.

Open Trackback Alliance I'm now an official member of the Open Trackback Alliance (keep reading- it's even geekier than it sounds). What that means is every Friday I will publish a post that anybody can trackback to with their own post and have a link and excerpt for it displayed on the front page of my blog almost instantly. The purpose is two-fold: 1) To showcase people's best recent posts and 2) To exchange links, which increases both sites' search engine visibility and traffic. What I've found is that the sort of people who participate in this exchange tend to have very well-written blogs (even if some of their political views make my skin crawl. But that's beside the point). ...

Sometimes my responses to comments left for posts require a little more attention than the comments section provides so I've decided to reply to one comment for "All Work No Pray" in this post. "Orthodox Apprentice" wrote:

On the last episode of The Apprentice, two guys sat out a task in order to observe Dreidel Day or Buy A Baldie A Yarmulke Day or something like that. There are so many holidays, I can't keep track. Another Jewish guy, Lenny, showed up to do the job he beat out thousands of others to do. The team lost the task and when it came time to choose people to bring into the board room for firing, the project manager brought in Lenny but not the two absentees. After some debate, the project manager was fired but she should have been cut loose the second she decided not to bring in the two slackers, who should have been canned ...

...because the last line made me chuckle. AUSTIN - The reigning Miss Deaf Texas died Monday afternoon after being struck by a train, officials said. Tara Rose McAvoy, 18, was walking near railroad tracks when she was struck by a Union Pacific train, authorities said. A witness told Austin television station KTBC the train sounded its horn right up until the accident occurred. (Full story) [tags]deaf, train, miss deaf texas, railroad, Tara Rose McAvoy, horn[/tags]ping

I dared to buy deodorant at the 99 Cent Store. Big mistake. Not only did it fail to prevent odor, it CREATED a stank much worse than anything my body has ever produced on its own. And it just sort of crept up on me like a stink bomb had suddenly been released. Luckily I was at home and spared the embarrassment of public reekage but it made me realize that you have to have some serious olfactory problems to be oblivious to bad B.O. The next time I'm in close proximity to such an offender I don't think I'll politely ignore it because that's just rude on their part. Lesson for the kids: The 99 Cent Store is good for ...