snowy dawn, suburban DC; January 24
Speaking of the inauguration, Beyonce was on fire with the National Anthem on Monday, even if she wasn't actually singing live, but Bad Lip Reading Beyonce might be the true Sasha Fierce. (President Obama is pretty awesome here, too.)
If you're in the mood for some happy/sad crying, as Anne calls it, read this sweet love story.
The clip of Bradley Cooper speaking French has been making the rounds again, and it made me think of Alias, which he was in before he was famous; then I remembered Michael Vartan, who was the main love interest on the show, and how he's also really hot when he speaks French.
It turns out there's a scientific explanation for why, no matter who we were in high school, when we graduated, or how successful we have become since then, John Hughes movies will always resonate with all of us.
Did you guys watch any of the Benghazi hearings on Wednesday? Hillary Clinton gave a phenomenal tutorial on how to smack down a mansplainer.
A few weeks ago, I told you all that I shattered Jon's dream of living in NYC because I'm afraid we wouldn't be able to afford the quality of life we'd want - and The New York Times agrees with me.
We now expect publicity photos and marketing materials, especially those including celebrities and/or models, to be retouched to perfection, but it turns out that our compulsion to alter images isn't a modern affectation. I can't wait to see Faking it: Manipulated Photography Before Photoshop, an exhibition that opens at the National Gallery of Art on February 17.
Where does protection against hate speech slam into the right to free speech? It's complicated, obviously, especially in countries where there is no First Amendment.
This woman has taken to YouTube to teach Americans how to speak with a British accent. I'm not sure she's aware that there's no such thing as a "British" accent - you can visit just one town in the United Kingdom and think you're hearing completely different languages on one side of the street from the other.
it's that kind of Sunday night...
What have you found this week, dear readers? Do share! And I hope you had a lovely weekend. Here's to Monday!
