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...fair, Times writer Stephanie Rosenbloom did acknowledge that the holiday dubbed “Dress-Like-A-Whore Day” by Carlos Mencia (helpfully identified by the Times as “a comedian”—I guess I’ll take their word for it) has already had its own day in print many times over. But as the Gray Lady goes, so do we at FM, and the day of reckoning in these pages for ripped fishnets and headband-width skirts has at last arrived. Or has it? Edgy...
...said. “I’m like, ‘Watching the news with my neighborhood burning down.’” Holmes, who is currently staying with her brother in Los Angeles, said she has been monitoring Web sites and police logs for word of her home’s condition. She added that a couple of hundred homes in her hometown of Running Spring have been affected by the flames. “This time yesterday I thought was going to have to file for bankruptcy,” she said...
...scholars about the common ground between Christianity and Islam, Christian intellectuals, including nine Harvard professors, issued a letter this month responding to what many of them saw as a deeply significant gesture from the Muslim community. With 138 Muslim signatories, the September letter, “A Common Word Between Us and You,” outlines the shared belief of the love of God and the neighbor between the two faiths, and discusses the need for peace between the two religions. It draws comparisons between the Koran and the New Testament, emphasizing that common commandments supersede interfaith conflict...
...there I sat, gazing down in awe as she read from Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, answered questions from the audience, and then signed two thousand books, including mine. As Rowling settled down, the crowd did not. On the edge of their seats, they clung on to every word coming from the woman on the velvet-covered throne, often bursting into applause or laughter. As she started to read a passage from the book, the last in the Harry Potter series, it was clear that she was just as excited as the audience. She read with obvious delight, putting...
...row” over and over again?’” says heavyweight men’s coxswain Drew Davis. “If anybody watched a crew and saw how hard those guys were working, somebody who was just sitting there and hearing the word ‘row’ over and over probably wouldn’t respond in the same way.”Coxswains are the most singular and identifiable members of a crew, mostly because they are doing a job that nobody else in the boat does. Eight oarsmen perform in perfect...