Odds and ends from Baitcon

[rmd]

I mentioned some stuff to people at Baitcon and I forget what I mentioned to whom. So, here's a list of links!

• Rebecca's War Dog of the Week and The Dogblog.
• Susie Bright's take on the Atantic Article about women being unable to have it all.
• An inexpesive bidet that bolts on to your toilet seat and doesn't require major plumbing changes. Bidets are awesome.

And finally, Timothy Anderson imagines the cover of the pulp novel version of Blade Runner:
He's got a bunch of other imaginary book covers for SF movies, too.

ETA: I totally forgot to link to the Best Error Message Evar.

Comments

[chhotii.livejournal.com]

...it seems that brutal kids-vs.-job competition doesn't set in these days until one is in the upper ranges of the middle class, where people have unique and non-standardized jobs that are only a couple of rungs down from serious power.

Is that your assessment of the situation, or hers? I haven't read the original article.

In any case, that's complete bullshit. I have quite a lowly job (although it is rather non-standardized I admit). At my lowly pay-grade, I quite feel the kid-vs.-job competition. It's a product of having a "problem" child who doesn't just go to school and activities and do what s/he is supposed to, which results in maternal fretting, which cuts into attention to job at any level.