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Mighty Love: Zulkey

Zulkey is a thinky humor site, and I met Claire Zulkey years ago at SxSW. It turns out she’s still smart, and funny, and good at getting it all down on paper. An excerpt.

“Things I Have Learned About Vegetable-Matter-Based Packing Peanuts

1) They can be dissolved and thus washed down the drain

2) They taste like Pirate’s Booty

3) Demonstrating how I learned this makes people uncomfortable.“

Mighty Love: A Cup of Tea and a Wheat Penny

I met Zan at the Mighty Haus launch party, and I wish I’d had more time to get to know her while she was in town. She writes over at A Cup of Tea and a Wheat Penny and lives in New York. An excerpt from her site:

“They’re all readers down here in the tunnels, just like up on the buses. Only here they turn the pages faster.

An older couple embarks; the woman finds a seat. I stand to offer the man my seat, and he politely waves me back down.

‘You sit. You’d better finish your coffee, before you spill it.’

‘Sir, I’m not allowed to drink coffee on the train. You’re not even supposed to know I have it.’

A girl pulls a notebook hurriedly from her handbag, as if the thought might fly from her mind before she has a chance to capture it in its perfectly formed newborn state. She clicks open her pen and writes:

‘Download RADIOHEAD!!!’

With two underscores.“

From Your Keyboards to My Butt

So remember when I told you that most women’s underwear makes me want to stab people? I asked the universe where to get comfy yet stylish underwear, and 105 of you ponied up.

As a thank you, here’s a round up of the cutest and most oft’ name-checked undies in the all of Mightyland:

Adorable Enough to Risk It

Aerie Gobstopper Boyfly Boybrief (3 Votes)


$4 (on sale) from American Eagle

Maidenform “Micro & Lace” Boy-Short Panty (2 Votes)


$9 from Macy’s

Lulu Boy Pant (1 Vote)


$35 from Macy’s

Cute and Reliable

Hanky Panky Boy Shorts and Bikinis (7 votes) and Thongs (4 votes)


$34 each from Nordstrom


$26 each from Nordstrom


$18 each from Nordstrom

(I must interject here that I will wear thongs only for as long it takes to get me laid, but so many people mentioned these that I couldn’t ignore them.)

Women’s Mesh Hipster Underwear (4 Votes)


$3 each (on sale) from Old Navy

Straightforward Crowd Pleasers

Gilligan & O’Malley Modal Underwear (3 Votes)


$10 for two from Target

Hanes Body Creations Stretch Cotton Hipster (4 votes)


$8 for three from Amazon

Regular Rise Cotton Bikini (9 votes)


$4 (on sale) from Gap Body

Jockey Comfies Cotton Bikinis (4 Votes)


$24 for three from Jockey

There now. I feel more pleasant already.

Most Public Index

Say, I’m included in NowPublic’s MostPublic Index, their take on the most influential folks in Silicon Valley and San Francisco. Their criteria for selecting people are interesting, and actually has a lot to do with all of you, so scroll down past the list of links to see how they decided.

In the meantime, if you need me to influence anyone, you know how to reach me.