Low-rise pants for men.

What are people thinking?

The only people they look halfway decent on are those who have an absolutely flat stomach and abdomen.

For the rest (majority?) of us who weigh more than the ideal there's no way to wear these pants without them riding low down on the gut and making it look even bigger than it is.

The most flattering look for a rounded figure is for the waist of the pants to ride around the largest part of the bulge, above the hip bone.  It's never going to make a gut look flat but it accentuates it the least.

This is one of my many grievances with the fashion industry.  The dominance of "The Look" over what looks good on a real human.




Another reaction I have to low-rise pants is that when I see someone wearing them (especially skinny jeans) I can't help but think of Mr. Potato Head with the huge head and body and these little stick legs poking out of the bottom.

Pizza used to be a luscious thing with lots of sauce and covered with toppings.

Now we have thin crust pizza with "gourmet" toppings.

A thin coating of tomato sauce and a tiny sprinkling of toppings usually dumped toward the centre with nothing but bare crust around the outside.

For which they charge a small fortune.

Plus a significant amount of cash for a tablespoon or so of additional toppings.

We really are suckers to fall for this scam.

Why is acceptable for dog owners to use the entire world as their animals' bathroom?

Sidewalks, lampposts, mail boxes, parks, lawns, gardens, roads, pathways....
They're coated with dog piss.

And even if people follow poop and scoop rules and even if it looks clean afterwards there is still some residue of dog shit left behind.

If you stop and think about it, it's quite disgusting.

"The desire of the man is for the woman, but the desire of the woman is for the desire of the man."

Madame de Stael,  1766-1817




Still true today, and the still the source of no end of trouble.

So hard to stay friends with someone when you're constantly being told that what you say is wrong.

I walked through a department store this morning and was amazed at counter after counter after counter of fragrances.


What must it feel like not to be able to feed your hungry child?

Oh golly.


These people who find themselves endlessly fascinating.


And think that you do too.