Jenn Martinelli Blogging in Boston

Oops, this broke my weblog. I'm going to have to figure out if I can use it or not.

I don't know how many hundreds of times I have had to hear this quote on NPR:

"A cup of coffee will cost you about two dollars and seventy cents. The same cup, if it was filled with oil, would cost you about fifteen cents."

It's some guy, I forget who, but I actually heard the program he was on, trying to explain how oil is actually "one of the cheapest liquids in the world".

OK, there are so many problems with this example - of course, nobody drinks 12 gallons of coffee, but that's how much gas you have to put in your car, so there's no comparison, and about twenty other things.

But my biggest pet peeve is that A CUP OF COFFEE DOES NOT COST $2.70! A "cup of coffee" costs $1.89 at pretty much every coffee place I've ever been to in the city of Boston. And that's a large. Whatever point he thinks he's making this is the part that stands out and makes me grind my teeth. I guess $1.89 didn't sound expensive enough for him to make his point. Just don't exaggerate random crap to suit you. The only coffee drink that's going to cost you close to $3 is something that couldn't be described as a "cup of coffee". A latte or a frappucino or some kind of espresso maybe. But not your basic cup of coffee.

WBUR, please, in the name of all that is decent, stop playing this clip before my head explodes.

Apparently now we can't give girls a vaccine because it might make them slutty. That's OK, nobody minds if sluts get cancer, right?

Dear Family Research Council,

In America it is not illegal for people to have sex, even if (heaven forbid!) they are not married. If you'd like to live in a country where it is illegal for people to have sex and where they should therefore be denied medical vaccinations, please buy an island, name it "Bible Land" and move yourself there.

love,
me

Flag Burning is an issue again? Are you serious people?

Honestly, what country do I live in? I remember debating this with the complete morons in my high school history class in 1991. That's NINETEEN NINETY ONE. That's FIFTEEN YEARS AGO.

I seriously can't believe this is coming up. It's called FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION. It's not hurting anybody, except people's feelings and sorry, but you're allowed to hurt those in this country.

Please see what that guy Thomas Jefferson has to say.

I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than to those attending too small a degree of it.

• Thomas Jefferson

See if you can wrap your brain around that, GW.

Holy crap, what happened to my old Northern Exposure bf, John Corbett? Hey, remember when you looked like this, dude? It wasn't that long ago. Try to get back there.

Damn.

What in fucking hell is wrong with this woman?

I guess she's getting attention and that's her only point. But really, I could do without her. She's a very upsetting person. It disturbs me to know she exists.

Um, huh?

Dude, I agree it's stupid to have a heap of marshmallow served to your kid as a meal, but I don't think it was a swell idea to introduce it as an issue on Beacon Hill. Can't you just call the school and yell at them like a normal parent? I'm sad too because I like Barrios a lot but I'm sure he's sorry he brought this up.

And on the other side, I can't believe people take personal offense to this and want to make it an official state food. Wha...?

I'd say this is a pretty good example of why the government in this country is almost totally useless and inept.

Did you know turtles were only for boys?

Someone forgot to tell Bridget the turtle (our turtle).

But I'm back!

And I have many things to tell you about... just off the top of my head, these things include:

• Why Peta sucks reason #1,348,288
• More on Cleo, the new doggie addition to our household
• Why I'm sick of hearing the quote on the radio about how a cup of coffee costs $2.70
• Why Ann Coulter is a raving lunatic
• Internet parity
• Creepy guy in dog park

OK kids, I'll get to those soon. Also I have a new comments system, I have to approve them now. This means no annoying decoding of symbols for you, and no spam comment posts for me. Hooray!