Christina Reihill writes: While the idea of the modern man as a hairless metrosexual more interested in manicures than motors challenges my notions of a heterosexual man, I'm more interested in the state of play between the s…
Blogging about "The Apprentice" last night , I happened to write, "The Synergy folk are pushing manicures and massages -- you know, what women want." That prompted a commenter to ask: Since you opened the door…
So you want to know what I thought about that Washington Post article about the sexuality of Condoleezza Rice's new clothes? I put my opinion up over on GlennReynolds.com -- where somehow writing under a male name provoked …
I love the painter Lucien Freud, and I love his painting of Kate Moss that just sold for $7.29 million. BBC reports : Moss first suggested she pose for Freud in an article in Dazed and Confused magazine. Lucian Freud, grandson of…
Fill in the blank, completing the sequence: sewing machine, fan, tea kettle, toaster, _________ a. iron b. vacuum cleaner c. vibrator You can find the answer in this article, pointed to by Nina, who comments on something else ab…
What plays did William Faulkner see? What did he read? I hadn't exactly been wondering, but this article by Javier MarÃas in Threepenny Review (linked by A&L Daily) has some answers: Faulkner was a taciturn man who love…
A whimsical building for lower Manhattan. That is a good sign! It's another Santiago Calatrava building, to add to the cool World Trade Center transportation hub . (We have a Calatrava building in Wisconsin , and really, it…