"Sudden Strangers : The Story of a Gay Son and His Father"
A well-written book with a movingly told story which I initially bought just to leave lying around the house. My son Jonathan (who's straight) may think he's won the pierced nose battle, but I will win the mind-games war on the issue.
"Telemania Smiley Face Phone"
It's a bright and shiny phone, there's no doubting that, but stare at it long enough, waiting for her to call, and that smile turns into a mocking grimace.
(via Plastic)
acb, doesn't it bother you that these are not really reviews? i.e. he clearly hasn't read them. How hard is it to pick odd-sounding titles - books on Elephantiasis, Nausea & Vomiting, etc. etc., or anything with sex in the title - and riff off them... is that the purpose of a "review"? Even if one indulges them as "comments", what's the point of them if the "reviewer" has never laid eyes on the item in question... Call me old-fashioned, but this is pretty sophomoric.