THE IT GIRL OF NERDTOWN

In today's news, the IT industry has launched a calendar to try to dispel the image that IT people are nerds. According to the press release, "the calendar's makers hope to challenge the perception that IT is a nerdy profession and encourage women to join the industry." So they've got some women who work in IT to dress up and pose as "screen goddesses" from the movies.

Thus, to discourage this dreadful fallacy that IT women are nerdy, Jane has chosen to dress up as Princess Leia... in full Jabba the Hutt's slave girl mode from Return of the Jedi. Meanwhile, Sarah has opted to pose as Catwoman (and not just any Catwoman, my friend, that's the loss-making Halle Berry turkey film version of Catwoman).

Now, Krusty has no problem with women dressing up as Princess Leia or as Catwoman. I am, however, pretty certain that dressing up as sci-fi babes and comic book heroines isn't the number one way to dispel the image people have that you're a nerd.

(And Sarah, have some self-respect - Julie Newmar, Lee Meriwether, Michelle Pfeiffer, there are plenty of good Catwomans to choose from. Never Halle Berry. It's the rules)