When it comes to nipple tape, Taylor is still > Miley

I guess Miley Cyrus has a video out for her song Tongue Tied where she spends most if not all of the video topless in one form or another:

I'm not overly impressed with the visuals (I haven't seen the entire video yet, most places have had it yanked over copyright violations), but it seems a little try hard to me. Though I have to give her a few points for the mild bondage element, that's something new to her repertoire:

Update:
Okay, finally watched the video. Not sure what's going on, it's like 2 minutes long. Maybe it is just a performance piece or something. Very artsy...lots of crazy eyelash stuff, and I can't understand a word she's sings, so I'm not sure what it's about. Just weird.

Nope, for my money Taylor Momsen is still the queen of electrical tape as outerwear:

Not only does Taylor bring that craziness when she's onstage, she isn't afraid to show up at a meet & greet with the goods hanging right out there:

Always more bonus points for live over Memorex. Plus frankly, I sort of like Taylor's music better anyway. So Taylor wins this round again:

Don't hear much about these anymore

I've been contemplating whether or not to write something about my mother for Mother's Day this year. In the past, I've written about my father, but Mom has always been a different subject. But in thinking about her, I've been reminded of something that used to be quite the "thing" back in the day, but seems to have dropped off people's radar these days.

Progressive Dinners.

If you're not close to my age, I doubt you've heard or been to one of these affairs, but back in the 60's and early 70's they were not uncommon at all.

It's a pretty basic idea -- you get maybe a half-dozen couples (and they, at the time, were mostly a couples driven thing, no so much for bringing the kids along) to agree to host a "course" of a meal at their house. And then, along with perhaps a few tag along couples, you traversed your city or neighborhood going house to house for each course.

Cocktails here, appetizer there, main course somewhere else -- you get the idea. It was a way for folks to host part of a party, get to see each other's houses or show off your own abode, etc.

It made for a long evening, especially if there was a lot of driving involved. But they were fun, and the perils of finding someone's house you'd never been to always added some hilarity to the proceedings. But so what? An interesting evening full of fun and conversation and good food . . . what's wrong with that?

Not sure why they went out of style. Perhaps the change in generations -- a social laziness where it's easier to text or skype or simply meet at a bar to interact rather than put some effort into an "event." More's the pity, I think. Another bit of our past lost to our "evoloving" culture.

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And, apropos of nothing, here's Dylan Penn in a recent issue of Treats:

Dylan is the child of Sean Penn and Robin Wright. Sean Penn is a raging, paparazzi punching, murderous dictator loving, eco douchebag, but he's got some good genes working for him. Moves in mysterious ways indeed:

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Hilary Duff heads to the gym looking a little excited (if you know what I mean and I think that you do):

Man, that's like twice in one week that Hilary's gotten a little nipular. This is a trend I can get behind. Now we just need to see some bikini pics, perhaps a few saucy modeling layouts, and I'm good for the rest of the year   :-)

And just out of curiosity, who is this pap that's always getting these pictures of her coming out of that garage? This dude must live across the street in a dumpster like Oscar the Grouch or something. And she always has such a nice smile for the guy. Amazing.

Jeepers! Danica's taking a beating at DWTS rehersals

Man, what are they practicing for? Mosh pits? Slam dancing? That must be some full contact sh*t goin' on in that place. Check out the bruises on Danica McKellar's legs and the back brace she's wearing:

But even in a fairly unflattering outfit -- still cute as a button and able to tote them monster bags with a smile:

And of course, that excellent booty:

Funny how that works

Now that she's officially out, I guess it's okay to have Ellen Page on a magazine cover in something less boring than her usual Annie Hall™ styled outerwear:

I have a theory about Ed Morrissey

I think way back in the day, he took the USPS entrance exam and wasn't sharp enough to score a grade that would get him hired on. Thus he has gone on this relentless crusade excoriating a public service over a hundred years old that besides serving every citizen of this country, offers employment to military veterans, especially disabled ones.

I believe also that now that he is in control of Hot Air, one of his requirements for writers to come on board is that they have to produce a certain amount of USPS bashing articles per year, regardless of their accuracy.

Today's horseshit from Ed is over the USPS knocking down a digital mail service that was hoping to interservice with the Post Office. Setting aside the fact that I doubt Postmaster Donahoe made the exactly worded statement attributed to him, it's idiot Ed's conclusion that I'm speaking to here (my emphasis added):

Now, let’s be clear that Outbox may well have not worked out to be the savior of the USPS, too. The cost savings may well have been outstripped by the revenue losses from junk mailers, a possibility that Khanna overlooks a little in his piece. However, his main point is solid, and perhaps understated. The reason the USPS doesn’t work well for end users is because the USPS doesn’t consider us its primary customers. It’s oriented to delivery service for junk mail, and works for those firms ahead of us. Maybe those companies should be footing the bill for the chronic deficits run by the USPS, instead of the American citizens the Postmaster deprioritized in dealing with Outbox.

Yes Ed, let's be clear -- the so-called chronic deficits started in 2006, the year that the law was passed forcing the USPS to fully pre-fund its disability retirement 75 years into the future over a ten year period. A law no other business, public or private, has applied against it. The USPS runs an operational profit nearly every quarter, but that profit is wiped out by the pre-funding payment. The federal government has refused to return USPS overpayments to other retirement programs, an amount that would cover the pre-pay and allow the Postal Service to operate without the sword of Damocles hanging over its head.

And yes, the USPS does prioritize service to it's bulk mailers, because that's where the bulk of our revenue comes from. First class mail volume is down, and through aggressive marketing the Postal Service has been able to make up that loss by drawing in advertisers to take advantage of what every business knows -- direct mail marketing is the most cost effective way to reach every customer in a given market area. Period. Add to that our superior package delivery service, and we have a solid business plan (sorry MKH and Erika -- you know nothing) that when our pre-pay ends this fiscal year will allow the USPS to enjoy the profits that are being wiped out by this singularly applied law.

Haven't done one of these in a while, but here ya go Ed:

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Hilary Duff attempts to pay for parking, but can't get her hands into those tight ass jeans she's rocking:

And trust me, I'm not complaining about how her clothes fit one little bit.