Dan Markham

From The Erotic Appeal of the Lands’ End Catalog by James Stegall:

Painful…

Who thought sixty pages of stylish-yet-practical clothing would employ models who are disturbing approximations of the lovely thirty-something woman who doesn’t want to put up with your shit anymore?

…Funny…

What’s your new porn good for but leading to alcoholism and sobbing? These are forms of release but they aren’t going to do your prostate any good.

What’s more, the originating link to this sad essay (i.e. from Mighty Girl [the o-riginal link] to Kottke.org to here) came from a diaper review (don’t ask). This jaded, bitter and disillusioned account of love and loss (among other things) is where Mrs. Mighty Girl, the reviewer of said diapers, sends you if you have no interest in what she has to say about the environmentally friendly brand of diaper she has been trying out. It just seems cruel. Like pouring salt in the wounds.

Ouch. Well, maybe all of this linking will make this guy feel a little better. Here’s to that.

(via, as I indicated above, Mr. Kottke)