Blonde Ruminations From a Non-Blonde

Ah, you fake just like a woman, yes, you do,
You make love just like a woman, yes, you do,
Then you ache just like a woman,
But you break just like a little girl.
From "Just Like A Woman," Bob Dylan, the Blonde on Blonde album -- which was a class act.

At the other end of the spectrum, sleazy blondes hit the Bimbos Trifecta this week -- Pam on the skids with Kid, and Paris and Britney, best friends forever (this week, anyway). (*Note to Britney: Please -- put your drawers on before leaving home.) Naturally, this huge news leads me to wonder -- how sexy (or not) are all of us? Do we dare to find out? Lest the burning question keep us awake at night, let us then take this quiz and -- ta-da -- appease our curiosity.

You Are 28% Nerdy

You're a little nerdy, but no one would ever call you a nerd. You sometimes get into nerdy things, but only after they've become a part of mainstream culture.

How Nerdy Are You?

Your pal and mine, Roxan, tracked down these desperate Words Gone Bad today. She knew that by this time of the day, we'd be bored to tears and looking for something to do. Defining some Twisted Linguistics works as well as anything else to wake one up. I guess.

enetr - I wonder if this derives from that Fleat thing? I'm not wondering that much, though. I think that, rather, it may refer to a shorthand term for people addicted to e-mail and the Internet.

whern - A female worm that whines.

deterermed - An insidious plot to prevent the practice of ER medicine.

beguins - A type of waltz favored by penguins.

futiure - Decorating with couture futons.

foir ever - A new fiction genre which promises to be bigger than noir.