Smart Bitches Trashy Books | All of the romance, none of the bullshit.

This week’s New Yorker Cover is beautifully romantic (you know, as opposed to making me feel guilty). Sometimes the New Yorker covers are poignantly romantic, too.

I love how art happens everywhere - it reminds me of the Glen Hansard’s acceptance speech for Best Original Song at the Oscars last year: “Make art, make art.” So if you needed inspiration today, make art! Write something. Don’t listen to anyone who tells you romance novels aren’t art - they are to me.

(This ends the transmission from the treacly Polly Anna-ish side of Sarah’s brain.)

Note to those looking for extra more virile men upon which to base extra more virile to the n-th degree heroes: look no further than Los Vivancos and their recent performance as reviewed in the Times.

Note to Laura Vivanco: are you related to all these verily virile manly be-mantittied men? If so, you have been HOLDING OUT ON US LIKE WHOA. The comedy value of your holiday dinners must be incredible, especially if there is The Dancing!

Thanks to Barb Ferrer for the link above and to the video below. 

Introducing: Smart Bitch Gelaskins for your iPod classic, iPod Touch, iPhone 3G, and your 15” or 13” laptop. Featuring The Ladies and the phrase, “Smart Bitches Read Romance,” they turn your favorite electronic device into a bright red piece of awesome.

Want one? Visit the new Smart Bitches Trashy Store.

Special note: I just finished the store arrangement, and payment is currently accepted via Paypal and Google Checkout. Orders shipped in Jersey are subject to sales tax (hi neighbor!) Please please please let me know via email if you have any problems. It’s me (and Hubby) on the other end fulfilling orders, so it’s not like I’ve farmed this out to a faraway fulfillment center. Any problems, please let me know.

And thanks to Gelaskins for the custom design work. 

News alert: A judge has ruled in favor of J.K. Rowling in her suit against the Harry Potter Lexicon and RDR Books.

In the ruling, U.S. District Judge Robert P. Patterson said:

“While the lexicon, in its current state, is not a fair use of the Harry Potter works, reference works that share the lexicon’s purpose of aiding readers of literature generally should be encouraged rather than stifled...”

He added that he ruled in Rowling’s favor because the “Lexicon appropriates too much of Rowling’s creative work for its purposes as a reference guide.”

Thanks to Kalen Hughes for the link. 

It’s a busy morning in Smart Bitch HQ, where I’m hard at work wrestling new software and correcting graphics - something cool is coming, I promise. At least I think it’s cool, anyway. Maybe you will, too.

Anyway, I’m under my desk cursing at the wiring and trying valiantly to pretend like Photoshop and I are good buddies, but I have a couple of questions:

I don’t have any premium channels, but I am dying (ha!) to know what y’all thought of HBO’s True Blood. I’m going to try to watch it online (thank you HBO) later, but I’m so curious what y’all thought.

Also, Anna Paquin does not look like herself - holy cow.

Tiny bit o’ humor: I really love this anonymous mother’s chat board online that sounds really dorky but honestly it’s a great place for fast info and absolutely the bitchiest behavior ever. It’s based in New York but there are moms from all over on it. It’s totally anonymous, very fast, and hilarious. Last night, they were discussing Twilight, and I swear, at least six women said, “I want my own Edward.”

All I could think was, even with the popsicle wang? Really?!