As a married man, I know well the value of complementing my wife’s appearance quite often. I find it strange that she thinks that I wouldn’t like the way she looks. Does she think that I would choose to spend my time with someone I don’t find attractive. Anyway, this quote caught my eye:

Whether the fashion is Twiggy or Kate Moss, most men don’t want skinny women. Those skinny models are found in women’s magazines, never men’s.

The full text of the article quoted above can be found here. I only wish women would pay attention to stories like this instead of that bullshit they’re reading in Cosmopolitan.

I read about this yesterday, but there’s more solid news today. Nearly 700 people died when a Nigerian Army armoury exploded. Many of the dead drowned as they waded into the nearby river to escape the flames. It appears that in the rush to make the armoury safer, the blast was triggered. This is just another example of cruel fate laying death and destruction at the foot of the African continent.

All of this famine and war and cruel fate, yet the countries of Africa are able to unite under at least one god: soccer. Witness the pageantry of the Cup of Nations in contrast with the parade of death in Lagos.