An eye for an eye, in Iran. [A] spurned suitor poured a bucket of sulfuric acid over [Ameneh Bahrami's] head, leaving her blind and disfigured.... Courts usually order families of the accused to pay "blood money" fo…
I read the opening lines of Calvin Trillin's op-ed -- written in June 2006, but featured on the NYT website this morning as an op-ed "classic": MY excitement at the news that Senator Chris Dodd, Democrat of Connect…
"Is she TRYING to make a play on that old chestnut where a guy stares at a girl's cleavage and she coos, 'My eyes are UP HERE'? Or is it just an ugly dress that looks like someone sewed the bodice out of old shou…
Oh, wow. Psychedelic: I don't know if I like having kaleidoscope eyes. Maybe blank it all out with whiteness : But don't look too long. Don't look too hard. Look out! It's a vortex!
That was a rather good episode of "The Apprentice" tonight. I really appreciated the judgment of the guys from WalMart and Microsoft. Sean and Lee had an unfinished exhibit. It was missing its "roof" and that …
"... the ones I'm buying are getting creepier and creepier." I found that quote pretty interesting. Where does it appear and who said it? It appears in this month's Lucky magazine and is said by the magazine…