Cornering the market

While waiting for the guys to install my new heating system, I stumbled across the movie Chocolat on one of those movie channels. I was instantly drawn into it, much the same way Lilo and Stitch grabbed me.At the core  [more...]

From Ananova: Ikea’s new bed shares name with German obscenity Ikea has apologised after accidentally naming a child’s bunk bed after an obscene German expression. The Swedish firm didn’t realise the  [more...]

You know, years ago I had a crush on the editor of The New Republic (until I ran into him a few times in my Dupont Circle neighborhood and realized he was really rude). His name was Andrew Sullivan, and as it turned  [more...]