Really? I understand the abstract point, but she hardly comes off as the rich one in this particular video.

" the Sesame Street clip, though adorable, is sorely lacking in naked Paz de la Huerta."

It's not like random wealthy Europeans have been parachuted into a slum to strut around. It's a pre-existing Congo subculture. These guys are not rich, they spend all their money on building a classy wardrobe. It's a really interesting phenomenon, shows Africa in a different light than most Western readings and looks…

I still love Woody, too. Haterz gon hate. On the way to see To Rome With Love the other week, my best friend confided that she still has a crush on Woody Allen and I was like "I'm so happy we're friends." As I later tried to explain to my revolted mother, he himself is not attractive, but his characters often…

I know, right? Call me a cheap country-dwelling skank, but at home I pay the US equivalent of about $12 (£8) for a (very satisfactory) dry cut. Now I'm back at uni and the cheapest place I've found to get my hair cut in Oxford was a comparatively hefty £20 for a clean but uninspiring bob.

This was one of the trailers before To Rome With Love (it only recently opened in the UK) and I was pretty divided over it, tbh. Chuckled out loud a few times, and it looked a definite step up from most movies of this genre. On the other hand, SO many fat jokes. Whether or not the character totally owns it, it's just…

Because the vast majority of men who don't shave or trim their facial hair at all are dong it for religious reasons? So the most likely place you're going to see rules about not cutting your beard in action - Amish, Sikh, some Muslim sects. Seems a pretty obvious connection to make, not offensive in any way.

It's not only dudes who think this way, trust me. Apart from finding them briefly cute, babies are not remotely interesting to me, but I love toddlers. From 2 to, like, 5 or 6 is such a fun period of time - you can interact with them, just like you do with real people!

Wow. With friends like Madge, who needs Republicans?

She is so BEAUTIFUL. I don't look anywhere near as good as that at 21, so I know it's crazy unrealistic to hope to look as good as her in my sixties, but still... Fingers crossed. Imma go drink a bunch of water now.

Mildly OT boasting ahead... I recently read an article (maybe on Salon or Slate) about the Northern Cities Vowel Shift in the US, whereby 'o' sounds start to sound like 'a' sounds. Then a couple of days ago my brother and I (who aren't American, btw) were watching an episode of The Middle and Neil Flynn's character…

I believe he means in the sense of "sudden turbulent emotion", the same way we often use the word "fits" (ie. of genius, creativity, rage). Pre-dates modern medical terminology (the sense of 'being gripped by something' dates from the 16th century, a violent attack of illness from the 18th) and has not one solitary…

"Whaaa?"

Re: the race thing. A lot of the commenters who are trying to accuse Brown's haters of racial bias are making false equivalences with white abusers. Case in point - Sean Penn. Oh man, give me a break. In Sean Penn's case, not only did it happen a long time ago but ALSO (because it is important to note that time is not…

I adore Terry Crews. Chris' parents were the best thing about Everybody Hates Chris.

I would personally incline towards 19th because that's when he was raised and lived the majority of his life. When he ascended to the presidency in 1901 he was 43, and most people have a fully-formed character by then. If he had been born in, say, 1899, I think it would be inappropriate to refer to him as a 19th…

Also worth mentioning, before the inevitable tide of "19th century man was a racist/sexist/bigot SHOCK" comments, he was also the first president to invite a black man - Booker T Washington - to dine with him at the White House, and the first to appoint a Jewish man to his cabinet. Although he may have occasionally…

I take it Mrs O. also has a wandering uterus?

Wow, Kevin and Kyra are now carrying a whole lot of hope for all of us...

Seeing as I read this whilst simultaneously laughing like a jackal at a compilation of Friends outtakes (and using the word whilst), I think I've probably already ruled myself out of the counterculture. You don't choose the quiet life, the quiet life chooses you etc.