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April is upon us, and it's time to do some serious spring cleaning. I'm not talking about the fridge, the attic and the shoe closet. If you're like me, your PC is basically your backup brain, and if you really want that warm feeling of renewal that comes but once a year, you've got to clean up your computer...
...open during snack time and the in flight movie. (No, Avid Book-Reader does not enjoy the TNT air-network premier of Bound and Gagged: the Life and Times of Harry Houdini). Avid Book-Reader hates to be disturbed, especially by Glamourpuss’ hourly trips to the supply-closet-turned-bathroom because disturbances jog her mind back into the reality of the horribly cramped seats and tummy-piercing tray table. In her mind’s eye, Avid Book-Reader is in the arms of Fabio or some other bottle blond Adonis. Glamourpuss notes that Avid Book-Reader insists...
...guys dropping for push-ups every half-hour on St. Patty’s Day.) They have frequented the tanning salons in an attempt to hide their pasty-white Cambridge complexions. They have endured the torment of the waxing chair, modeled their trunks and bikinis in front of their closet mirrors and purchased all commodities that they will definitely (or hopefully) put to use next week...
Gold and Williams found inspiration where most people find their pleated relaxed-fit chinos: J. Crew. "We looked at J. Crew's blue shirt that comes already broken in," says Gold. "It's your favorite shirt from your closet. It's familiar." Their idea was to synthesize that familiarity using new materials that felt and looked like well-worn heirlooms. Gold calls his furniture philosophy "relaxed design," which means elegant and affordable, old and new, all at the same time. It makes deracinated college students feel as if they're at home, urban hipsters feel as if they...
...STATIONS": Christian rituals always inspire the best art. Robert Wilson's reimagining of the 14 Stations of the Cross at the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art in North Adams uses music, boulders, pipes and closet-size chapels to create a pilgrimage more jolly than holy...