The Little Man in the Boat

My first introduction to the man in the boat (the term, mind you, not the body part it stands for) was a scene from South Park . . .

Turns out the little man in the boat had its own week in May, courtesy of the folks at Clitoraid. Clitoris Awareness Week (CAW) might sound kind of dumb, akin to myriad other oddball weeks. Awareness weeks are like Facebook pages . . . there's one for just about everything. But CAW actually brings attention to some ugly stuff, like genital mutilation. If you're looking for other reasons to love the little man at the end of the boat, Jill Di Donato did a good blog about it. Even though CAW is over, I'm sure we can all find ways to love the little man in the boat year-round. I'd suggest, though, skipping the musical tributes: