September 23, 2005

Pleasant Surprises on Thursday the 22nd

While I often use this blog to vent about the bad I see in DC or the media, I thought I'd start today with two things I noticed yesterday that I found to be unusually positive. First, yesterday I awoke to the news that the US House of Representatives had unanimously passed a bill providing $6 billion in temporary tax relief to the victims of Katrina, and those who are opening their own homes and wallets to help the victims. It looks like a pretty good bill, and for those of you who value bipartisanship, it must be good to see this passed unanimously.

The other thing I was happy to notice was in the local college paper - a column extolling the virtues of Sex in the City. I've never really watched more than 3 or 4 episodes of the show, but to the degree that I have seen it, I didn't really think of it as something worthy of praise, or something that could teach improtant lessons to young women. But maybe I was wrong, or just hadn't thought about it in the right way. As one of the paper's columnists noted, it points out some key life lessons that people should keep in mind: 1) life is nothing without friends, 2) no woman should rely on a man, 3) don't fear aging, and relatedly, it's entirely possible to be the oldest member of your circle and still the hottest and most attractive person around, 4) expect the unexpected, 5) there's no such thing as safe sex, and 6) don't live with the one you love (prior to marriage). Now I don't know that I agree with all those lessons as general rules. I'm not so sure about the last one, by definition it's very hard to expect the unexpected, and I tend to hate any use of the words "never" and "always" - but given the importance of getting people in their teens and twenties to practice safe sex, I'll let that one slide. All in all though, the column just reminded me that there's often value in things you don't realize (so I guess I should try to keep #4 in mind), and that includes calbe TV shows in which rich women often act like drag queens.

Posted by armand at September 23, 2005 08:53 AM | TrackBack | Posted to Random Thoughts


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