On Monday, it will once again be Negroni Week. (This is not to be confused with Negroni Season, which is a state of mind, not a time of…
A few months ago, Bloomberg reported on how thoroughly the relatively new-fangled boxer brief had infiltrated…
by Jamie Lauren Keiles
by Hallie Bateman
(For background.)
The sun is shining. Summer is here. We are now at a far enough remove from the endless savagery of winter that you may have forgotten altogether just how truly terrible life can be. It is quite probable that, as you wander about town in comfortable…
You know how, when you are trying to convey amazement at the sheer level of idiocy someone displays on a regular basis, you express wonder at his ability to even dress himself? Well now they’ve made it easier for you.
“Thirty years ago this month, Dire Straits released their fifth album, Brothers in Arms. En route to becoming one of the best-selling albums of all time, it revolutionised the music industry. For the first time, an album sold more on compact disc than on vinyl and passed the 1m mark. Three years…
★★★★ The middle distance was surprisingly murky. Clouds kept the heat off the soggy-aired morning for a while…
“’This is prime bighorn sheep territory,’ he says, looking beyond the plastic coyote on his dashboard toward the wide-open vistas. ‘There are no signs of people except for us.’ He points out the dust devils spinning off in the distance. This is his life now.”
