I agree that Faith Hill looks much better on the "original" photograph. On the cover, she looks hardly human at all.

But some of the differences (the back, the smile, the right arm, folds of the dress and so on) surely can be explained by the obvious fact that it's not the same shot, and that she's leaning forward on the "original".

I don't really like flying nowadays, but your article was such an exiting read - and strangely, quite comforting - that I might try it again!

"[18-to-24-year-old women] had 181 alternative names for the vagina and 94 per cent said they used nicknames for their own genitals. [Ed. note: !!!!]"

When the corresponding survey is done among men's use of names/nicknames for their genitals, and if this should turn out to be radically different, this piece might be interesting. Otherwise, it's meaningless.

The ad is just an ad - silly but rather nice, I think.

Even if these horrible things will go on happening, something surely can be done about the legal situation - at least for future victims.

It's a shame that the abomination called "order 17" is still in place; it should be removed immediately.

Not just a lovely cleavage, Angela Merkel also seems to be one of the most competent and interesting politicians of Europe today.

Why not a chastity belt? Or is that not hi-tech enough for Mr Rutelli? In that case, he could use a remote control instead of a key.

I'm a man, and I really would like to know how to be a woman - or, at least, how it might feel to be a woman.

What about Anne Tyler, Lee Smith or Rita Mae Brown? Or maybe Jackie Collins or Nora Roberts? Please help me, Rachel!

As a liberal that loves both Country music and food, I found the article very charming and well worth it's place on Salon.com.

But it's a shame there were no recipe for the eggs! It can be found here, though:

http://lifestyles.cmt.com/2008-04-21/trisha-yearwoods-his-n-hers-deviled-eggs/

I think every true lover of the sport agrees with Kaufman - the behaviour of geniuses like Christiano Ronaldo is shameful.

The millions paid to the top players makes it worse - better to drop dead than make a mistake (maybe you get a free kick in the bargain).

There should be a way to punish that kind of histrionics after the game, with the help of video. Unpleasant, but easy to avoid if players try standing up.

@foot + ball

Soccer is short for Association Football, and was "invented" in England in the late 19th century, to differentiate it from the Rugby rules.

You certainly made that clear. Hope you enjoyed your dance class otherwise.

Your rant is not only deeply offensive since you seem to imply that this whole question doesn't concern men.

You also attack Xanthro for the something he(?) never has said. To me it seems perfectly clear that his point is that _the possibility of getting pregnant_ is not a medical disorder. Erectile dysfunction, on the other hand, is.

Furthermore, Xanthro has not once in this rather dyslogical thread suggested that he agrees with the AMA rules - quite the opposite.

...what about "The curse of the Were-Rabbit"?

This Wallace & Gromit stop-motion movie is simply wonderful. Maybe not for the very young, but for 7-8 and up it's lovely!

Except for the spelling - it's "hermaphrodite" - you're right. I'm old enough to remember Tamara and Irina Press quite well.

@Jam today...and tomorrow

You're accusing Textng for something they never wrote. It doesn't say _any_ male.

Have you actually read the Wikipedia article you're referring to?

Think not, since it totally repudiates your point.

Maybe I missed it, but I didn't see anything about Zellweger. But, of course, it seems to be mainly about guys...

Anyway, I can hardly wait to see it!

It seems rather obvious that McCain/Palin don't actually want to win this election. I think they will be more than happy to leave Obama and Biden holding the meltdown economy shitbucket.

I never forget to put the toilet seat down, and I even change the paper rolls. I guess I'm not a man, then. Oh, well.

"It seems to me that the media, very much including Salon, actually likes the Bill Ayers story. Not on the merits, of course. But as a meta-story."

First thing ever Elephant did get right, especially the meta part. It's shameful for everyone...

the Democratic leadership has been just as rigid about the need to reduce spending and balance budgets as the Republicans — an obsession that is benign in periods of rapid growth, but very dangerous when the world economy is on the verge of crashing

The problem is that you don't know until afterwards whether the economy was still growing, or if it's was on the verge of crashing. I think that's the meaning of "verge", actually (but what do I know, I'm just a Swede...)

Anyway, it will all come down to your political bias.

"suggests that the Swedish Academy was maybe sending a message"

It's not the Swedish Academy that chooses the Economy Prize winner, it's the Swedish "Riksbank"; the "National Bank of Sweden" (somewhat like the Fed).

I agree with what JugSouthgate wrote. And, also, the problem is way too big to be solved by the U.S. alone.

Whether it's to be done incrementally, by evolving out of known technologies (including fusion), or in one big "Manhattan Project" (which I find very hard to believe), it has to be done by humankind, not just by Americans.

"The Swimmer" is an awesome movie; like a warped time-travel.

It must be 25 years since I saw it, and I'm not sure I want to see it again - I'm afraid to spoil the images in my mind.

But it may not work for everyone.