Category: whimsy

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Transgender Sims

The news about Sims 3 is out:

With 98 million games sold around the world in 22 languages, the transgender appeal of the franchise has made The Sims the third best selling game in history, behind Mario and Pokemon.

I’m pretty sure that they didn’t mean transgender in the way we use it around here, but still it’s pretty damn cool. What they meant is that it’s the only game that has sold MORE to female players than male, but without the usual drop-off of sales to the other gender. That is, many games sell most to male with precious few female players, but The Sims franchise has sold to more women than men, and yet sells to more males than most games sell to females.

Got it? It’s a giant cyber dollhouse, really, but they encourage same-sex attractions and no one’s going to yell at you when you want to make your dolls have sex.

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Bad Shoes

In a moment of weakness a few weeks ago, I found a pair of black loafers at a Goodwill for $4. (I also found a pair of Banana Republic wool trousers for $6, but that’s another story.)

I am notoriously cheap. I couldn’t resist.

But my feet, apparently, are princesses. I wore those shoes today and practically crippled myself. They were very comfortable when I put them on but had almost no arch support. So by the time I was walking home I was nearly lame with the pain in my feet and legs, like I’d developed gout & lumbago simultaneously.

My Danskos are helping ameliorate the situation, but someone remind me: never again. I buy good shoes for a reason, because the cost of cheap ones is not worth the cost to my body (old lady that I am).

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45 Below

It’s 45 degrees below zero with the wind chill here in Wisconsin.

I’ll let Lewis Black say the rest:

(thanks to Megan, who is also here in WI cursing the cold.)