Hooked on Real Estate Porn

in one breath i can bewail the tanking housing market and its effect on everyday people here, here, and here.

with the next, i can ditzily slobber over celebrity real estate in a snarky, more gossipy version of “Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous.” minus the annoying robin leach.

Little Bits of This ‘n’ That

the Unreliable Narrator: turns four in a few days. had an awesome time at his joint birthday party. willingly gave up a few gifts to be donated. refused, after his school’s diwali celebration, to surrender the dot from his forehead. (it finally lost its stickiness yesterday and had to be abandoned.)

Chicks Making Flicks

as one of the above-mentioned chicks making a flick, i read this article with great interest. you’ve seen these before; every so often an entertainment/culture rag will have a roundtable discussion about the state of women in hollywood. have they gotten any farther? are there any more than there were 10, 15, 20 years ago?