March 05 2008
Hair Is In and Other Unrelated Links
posted by Ana Samways at 12:33 pm
Hair has always been a popular look. Circa 1975.
“His narrative is opinionated, diary-like and tainted by a whiff of bitterness.” The Telegraph reviews travel book by NZ’s favourite bitchy tourist Duncan Fallowell, the lone voice who prompted this exaggeration on the cover of the NZ Listener: “Why Brits See NZ as a ‘Philistine Hellhole’”. Should’ve been “Why One Brit…” or “Why This Brit in Particular…”
It’s taken over a year but at last there is a response to Christopher Hitchens’ controversial Vanity Fair column “Why Women Aren’t Funny”, and it’s in the same title. In Vanity Fair’s “Who Says Women Aren’t Funny?”, Alessandra Stanley reports on a new generation of funny women who not only act in comic roles but also perform stand-up and write and direct comedy…
Short attention span? Here’s the New Yorker on a new book called Not Quite What I Was Planning… It’s compilation of six word memoirs, including that of Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales: “Yes, you can edit this biography.”
A nerd love letter (left). Jessica had a lucky escape.
New Scientist says oral sex-related cancer is at 30-year high…
And Science Daily says short women live longer…
Do you believe in God? Which countries favour da saviour and which don’t much care for his fiction. Find out here…
Video Link: New US reality series, The Real Housewives of New York, features married couple Simon and Alex who do everything together, especially shopping. It’s a bit icky…
Satirical news website The Onion is about to launch a feature-length, straight to DVD movie. Word is that it was shelved for several years, but the trailer has now popped up on the DVD for The Darjeeling Ltd. Looks very Zucker Brothers…