Discussion: NY Magazine article

So, was Kelly Makino actually an orienteer, or are we a bit misrepresented at the start of this generally too long and not very interesting article?

http://nymag.com/news/features/retro-wife-2013-3/

Also, if we needed any more proof, Rush Limbaugh is an idiot:

"The same thing here: A conservative woman will never be allowed to be a feminist. So when the headline says, "The Retro Wife. Feminists Who Say They're Having It All -- By Choosing To Stay Home," it's liberal Democrats. "When Kelly Makino was a little girl, she loved to go orienteering..." Have you ever heard of that word? (interruption) Do you know what orienteering is? (interruption) Oh, HR knows what it is. Snerdley didn't know what it is. I'd never heard of it either. Here's how it's described:

"[O]rienteering -- to explore the wilderness ... finding her way back with a compass and a map," and, "When Kelly Makino was a little girl, she loved to go orienteering..." You orient yourself. You learn how to get where you are and how to get back, in case you're with a man who refuses to stop and ask for directions. That's where it has its roots. Men refuse to ask for directions; women have to find out. So it's called " orienteering." Of course you wouldn't use a smartphone for this. No way. Because men like smartphones.

You go out there with a compass and a sextant and who the hell knows what else. This is about Kelly Makino.'"

http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2013/03/20/the_m...

Let's take Rush Limbaugh orienteering!

Ha, I had the same thought when I read that (the article, not the Rush Limbaugh bit.)

You mean you don't want to take Rush Limbaugh orienteering?

I'll take him orienteering but what if he gets lost?

I'm much happier when I forget Rush Limbaugh exists ;)

I did not need any more proof.

I would like him to get lost.

J-man +1

Gil, you take him orienteering, way out in the boonies (what we would call "forest"), and let him find his way back; then see what he has to say about it, if he makes it back.

You go out there with a compass and a sextant and who the hell knows what else

I'm going to have to use that one the next time someone asks me what orienteering is.

What if he becomes a big fan of orienteering and since money might not be an issue for him - he starts to show up at all A-meets on east coast, west coast, Canada and Australia?

Perhaps a sponsorship deal could be worked. At any rate: Rush says - "....

When I saw the topic I thought I was going to see this: Becoming the All-Terrain Human which I found to be quite compelling. But that was in the NY Times Magazine.

You go out there with a compass and a sextant and who the hell knows what else

Everyone knows that orienteering is the sport where you run over mountains and eat lizards...

Bring him over here, by all means. With any luck some of the local wildlife¹ will bite him.

¹ By which I mean a snake/spider/crocodile/deadly beetle, not Simmo.

liberal circle jerk

move along, nothing to see here

Take him to The Donald. We would just need a map.

Be sure to test him for doping...