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Pictured: hair lessons learned from the Kentucky Bluegrass Ball.
1. New Adams Morgan Bar Loves the Ladies; Dudes, Not So Much, an examination of gender discrimination targeted against douchebags!
2. Rick Warren Don’t Make No Sense, a nonsensical tired against Rick Warren’s nonsensical invocation!
3. The Great Inaugural After-Party, dudes talking about beer and sex, for the President!
4. Woman Offers Ovary for Inaugural Ball Ticket, still going strong!
5. How to Crash an Inaugural Ball: Lessons from the Kentucky Bluegrass Ball, which prompted one reader to huff that I am “opposed to waht we just heard in the President’s speech.”
Did the Media Black Out Gay Inauguration Celebrations?
Did the MSM leave Melissa in the dark?
The media’s short-shrifting of gay inaugural events didn’t stop at Rev. Gene Robinson’s untelevised prayer at Sunday’s Lincoln Memorial concert, says AMERICAblog’s John Aravosis.
“There seemed to be a dearth of coverage about the gay and lesbian side of the inaugural festivities. Our readers reported that a number of networks oddly cut away from the inaugural parade the moment the gay band showed up,” he writes.* “And not much mention of the gay ball the Human Rights Campaign held Tuesday night.”
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I Was Invited to an Inaugural Ball!
Well, well, well. Look who’s sitting pretty with an invite to the premier inaugural event for the region’s black McDonald’s operators. This baby—which promises to be an “intimate gathering—landed in my inbox just this morning. Somebody alert the Hamburgler, because these tickets are a steal!
Ovary For Inaugural Ball Craigslist Ad Flagged For Removal!
Bad news, reproductive organ seekers—the epic Craigslist ad offering up a 27-year-old ovary in exchange for a ticket to an inaugural ball has been flagged for removal. Ovary-offerer Lisa anticipated that this might happen. “I’m a little surprised the post hasn’t been flagged for removal, seeing as it’s illegal to sell your organs,” she divulged in an eerily prescient telephone interview yesterday.
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Woman Offers Ovary For Inaugural Ball Ticket
An ovary for a ball: Fair trade, no? A 27-year-old Cleveland lawyer and Barack Obama enthusiast thinks so. On Tuesday, Lisa F. posted a Craigslist ad offering her ovary—and that of a friend—in exchange for two tickets to an inaugural ball. “We’ve exhausted all my legitimate means of finding a ticket by begging our campaign staffer friends, so we thought we would try this,” says Lisa. “Also, neither of us are currently using an ovary.”
The ovaries, which range in age from 26 to 27 years, come with no strings attached. “Today, you can get an ovary from two separate, progressively minded women who are willing to part with their internal organs for a chance to wear a party dress in the same room as President Elect Obama,” Lisa wrote in a posting under Craigslist’s “for sale” section. “These women . . . will not require an explanation of your purpose. Do you wish to procreate? Use them for science? Macabre hackey sack?”
Your Ticket to the Inauguration: Server’s Entrance Edition
Kermit’s got a ticket to the night’s Smithsonian parties.
Haven’t heard back from Eleanor about your tickets to the inauguration? No personal promises that Barack will hook you up with a couple ball passes? Fret not! Last week, The Sexist suggested you compete for the affections of someone with a golden ticket. Today, I present Plan B: Work for it.
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Is This Man Your Ticket to the Inauguration?
On Nov. 22, G. Keith Harris posted a man seeking woman ad on Craigslist that read, “Please respond with pic and email and phone.” The ad had no information about Harris, besides his age (35), city (Centreville), and photograph (smiling, in a suit).
Typically, an ad like this would disappear into the Internet ether of m4w personals, several hundred of which are posted in the Washington, D.C., metro area each day. But Harris, CEO of Harris Consulting Group, an information technology government consulting firm, holds this year’s personals trump card: He’s got two tickets to the inauguration, and an all-access pass to the night’s balls and off-shoot parties. Packages like that are being auctioned on eBay for upward of $7,000. A date with Harris is free—and hard to come by.
One week after posting the ad, Harris had received messages from 720 willing women. He’s yet to find one worthy of a response. Interested parties may contact Harris at harrisgroup2009@aol.com. Below, how to draft an e-mail that might catch Harris’ eye.
