[Superman]

That's silly, Bryan. Just silly.

So, seriously, have you guys ever been saddened by the observation that women, particularly younger women, place virtually their entire sense of self-worth on the image they see in the mirror. Time after time, I notice in social situations that it is highly common for women to act as though their self-worth is in their looks exclusively.

Further, I notice that boob size and degree of attention received are directly proportional. And inversely proportional with how seriously the woman is received. Large-breasted women HAVE to be tired of having conversations where their eyes meet their discussion partner only occasionally. I've seen shirts that have an arrow pointing up, and words that read "my face is up here."

Intelligent, athletic, muscular, tall, dark, ruggedly handsome men like myself get a fair bit more attention than small, homely, nerds like Island. But that's nothing compared to the important role appearances play if you're a woman. Near as I can tell (evidenced by the fact that many of my Pelicanhead friends here are successfully cohabitating or married), ladies are not focused on appearances. Good thing too, since most of us are highly unattractive, at least from my perspective. But we certainly cannot even pretend to say a thing like that about ourselves, now can we?

There's plenty of justification for placing the blame for all this on Dubya, and I'm working on a piece explaining why that's appropriate but it's not finished yet.

How'd I do, Bryan?