Monday, September 14, 2009

If internet browsers were men

Circulating around the web is a picture of what looks like part of an article comparing internet browsers to women. I wondered if there was anything similar comparing browsers to men. I found something on a blog by Miriam Verburg, but it didn't have the same tone as the other.

As a bit of a social experiment, I lifted the text from the If browsers were women picture, changed the gender and added a new set of pictures from stock. (Note: I could not find the original post of this and if anyone has this information, I would be glad to add it here.)

Click the picture, take a look and let me know how you feel when you view it.

Tuesday, August 04, 2009

Just add glasses?


As I was reading blogs and commentary on reform of the US healthcare system, it struck me that there are Americans who are looking for a Tommy Douglas-like person to champion the cause of universal health care. It doesn't have to be Keifer Sutherland, Douglas' grandson. His daughter Shirley Douglas has been a strong advocate of universal health care and speaks with her father's fire.

Dennis Kucinich is one possibility. Douglas was not prime minister when the implementation of his universal health care policies in Canada became reality. Dennis Kucinich need not become president to bring about health care reform in the US. Both men are/were shorter in stature than average and have similar vocal pitch. Both have/had careers in junior level politics. Both have had lengthy records of progressive policies in many other areas.

After viewing some photos of both men, I couldn't resist the urge to put glasses on Kucinich, just to see. Not an uncanny resemblance, but maybe just enough?