Simply Red: Splitting up is never easy
Simply Red is a one-man outfit—so how exactly is it disbanding, asks Neil McCormick. Mick Hucknall announced on Wednesday that Simply Red are splitting up. Which rather raises the question: how does a group with only one member go their separate ways?
Hucknall has employed 27 different musicians over the band’s 25-year career, and admitted in 1991 that Simply Red was “essentially a solo project”.
Lust in Translation
]I just started to read Pamela Druckerman’s book on the rules of infidelity across different cultures. This report by the former Wall Street Journal writer is exceedingly entertaining and well written. I will publish a summary judgment when I have finished the book. But in the meantime, I want share a few good lines from the acknowledgments: People sometimes compare a writing book to having a baby. Having now done both, almost simultaneously, I can say definitely that a book hurts much more…Few men would propose marriage to a woman who is writing a book on adultery. Simon Kupor not only married me, he also read every draft.
Steve Martin’s Seventy-two Virgins
The father of the bride reflects in the New Yorker (Jan 29, 2007) on his imaginary encounters with 72 virgins.
Virgin No. 1: Yuck.
Virgin No. 2: Ick.
Virgin No. 3: Ew.
Virgin No. 4: Ow.
Virgin No. 5: Do you like cats? I have fourteen!
Virgin No. 6: I
Uma Thurman’s Words of Wisdom
“It is better to have a relationship with someone who cheats on you than with someone who does not flush the toilet.”
A Come-to-Daddy Moment
Maureen Dowd at her best. Her column about the dismissal of Rumsfeld and her speculations how it happened are hilarious.
By MAUREEN DOWD (NYT)
Poppy Bush and James Baker gave Sonny the presidency to play with and he broke it. So now they
Before Borat the Movie
Need some short piece of comedy to cheer up your workday. Then check out the funny TV episodes of Sacha Baron Cohen as Ali G and Borat. Go to Youtube.com and search for Ali G or Borat.
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