They went for the subtle and didn't just name the file "legs.jpg".

Well, at least you get a nice picture to look at.

My god... her feet are huge. Or is that me feeling grumpy about any other female in your blogosphere?

You could do a lot worse in pictures that automagically appear on your desktop.

Flanagan's quite an iconoclast. When I used to read the Atlantic, I took great delight in her evisceration of both sides. I never pictured her, but if I had, I wouldn't have pictured her like that. She's very pretty.

Thanks for mentioning this problem with Firefox! You are the first I've known to have mentioned it. (I really like Firefox. Except for the fact that there's still a dumb photo I get.) Unlike you, when I have a Firefox problem, I get this stupid incessant Autumn picture I can't get rid of called "pie_baking.jpg." In late October or early November, I did indeed upload a photo of an apple pie I'd made--only because I was so frigging proud I had baked something for once in my life that had turned out edible. But the image of the durned pie BAKING away won't GO away from Firefox. And, believe me, I'm a writer and am sometimes a 'housewife,' but disregard the term 'feminist' and would scream if Ms. Flanagan's pic showed up on my screen. (Mantra: I am so lucky.) Until this autumn I had never baked a pie successful enough to photograph, let alone eat. Now it's January and I'm over my moment of success. After all, the menfolk ate the pie instantly. But still this enforced pie picture keeps showing up via Firefox, as though Firefox is trying to tell me who to be . . . stay at home, bake more pies. As IF! Thank god I didn't get haunted by the pic you're haunted by. I've never worn little sweater sets or heels, and after seeing that, I'll probably never bake a pie again.

Isn't she taking up space normally reserved for Maureen Dowd? No fair upgrading your taste in women without warning the class.

Better her than Maureen Dowd?

I do have a history of low-level crushes on Atlantic writers: back when Elizabeth Drew was their Washington editor and did occasional appearances on PBS ... well, I was very young then. And then there's Barbara Wallraff of "Word Court".

She likes you, Charles...

Not a chance.

Speaking of Mo, did you happen to catch 30 Rock ever? Like, maybe, the episode where Alec Baldwin's (oddly hilarious) character is flinging with one Ms. Dowd? Via phone, anyway.

I thought of you instantly.

Never seen it. (I'm told Baldwin is quite nifty in this role.) Unfortunately, I seem to be developing a tendency toward tying of the tongue, and not in a good way, either: if there's a purely-verbal form of dyslexia, I have it.

I cleared out the download manager last night, with the hope that this will restore proper functionality and prevent future unexpected appearances.

Although I did move a copy of the picture into a more convenient location, for reasons I'd just as soon not go into.