Randomness

In response to some GT list talk of fashion, I was trying to remember/Google where I'd heard Tim Gunn say something like "fashion is absolutely unnecessary. That's what it's about." Or something to that effect. His comments actually raised my opinion of fashion.

Honestly, I'm as fashion-clueless as it's possible to be and still be relatively functional, but I actually do enjoy watching a bit of Project Runway when my daughter is watching it anyway, and I really like Tim Gunn; he's always fun to watch/listen to.

Anyway, I found this funny piece where Mo Rocca asks him about the Texas polygamist ranch, specifically fashion advice for the women.

http://news.aol.com/newsbloggers/2008/06/24/tim-gunns-guide-to-polygamist-style/

March of the idiots

What the heck is up with all the morons jumping fences to get some face time with bears and such lately? Seems like every month some moron decides to go on in and get a chunk of flesh removed.

Apparently the latest is a woman in Berlin who decided to go say hi to a polar bear.

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/04/11/polar.bear.attack/index.html

I mean, OK, you wanna go pet something, fine, I don't think my first choice would be an 800 pound, 9 foot tall carnivore. Especially since the encounter would take place in the water, where IT is at home and humans definitely are not.

Do these people think if something is "cute" that it doesn't behave just like any other animal? That somehow they're exempt from the food chain or from territorial aggression? Or are they just morons?