Clarke Ching - Split Infinitives and Beyond.

Hair Fairy

Why is it that kids get a tooth fairy who pay them when they lose teeth, but we male adults don't get a hair fairy who does likewise?

That, frankly, seems wrong. 

Osama raid - New Yorker

A fascinating, detailed article about the raid which killed Osama.  I smiled at the cost-co reference.

http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2011/08/08/110808fa_fact_schmidle?currentPage=all

 

Maid of Dishonour

I just watched the movie Bridgesmaids.  It was wonderful - wonderful funny, wonderful gross, wonderful touching.  Just like the critics said.

Why, oh why, then did the trailer pitch it as a pure gross-out movie?

Presumably that got people in the door.  But I had previously decided to not see it because it looked so lame - like it was aimed at teenage boys.