Things You Understand as You Get Older.

This week, your father and I received a Victoria's Secret catalog in the mail. I have to say, we used to get these at my parents' house when I was growing up, but I never before understood why they upset my mother.

However, now that I'm a married adult, I can see she had a point: it is pretty annoying that they keep putting these women's faces on photos of my body.

Sheesh.

(Happy birthday, Mariska!)

What Not to Wear (Horse Enthusaist Edition).

Well, it's happened again: the horse enthusiasm industry has continued promote equine-human sexuality in its tireless campaign to sell expensive farm equipment to teenage girls. Today's ad is particularly nefarious because it makes little effort to pretend it appeals to anything but the romantic feelings young women (appallingly) have for their horses.

Notice how this young woman stares lustfully into the middle distance while she fondles her unsuspecting horse.

To give you an idea of what normal horse-riding attire consists of (because I know no child of mine will ever have any recreational or romantic interest in horses), here is a photo of a woman actually riding a horse. Helmet, long pants, boots, jacket. Possibly chaps. And now notice the floozy in the picture above. Her midriff is bare, for crying out loud! What would happen if the horse cantered through his own droppings and they splattered? Her stomach would have horse droppings on it, that's what.

Cruel Denim company (the advertiser responsible for this smut), you make me sick.