No, of course not. It's an absurd and insulting question. Don't know why I brought it up! Anyway, let's go to the Commentary page of today's paper, where the author is trying to get her husband to switch to reusable grocery bags:
Because husbands are dumb and respond to bacon. Okay. Personally, I hate plastic bags. The paper ones come in handy for moving newspapers to the recycling bin. Use recyclable bags for one reason: they don't tear. Recommendations:
The Lunds / Byerly's bags fold up nicely, and they're huge. The Trader Joe bags are sturdy and have interesting graphics. Sturdy handles. The Target bags are cheap, but if you put two containers of orange juice and two half-gallon milk jugs in one, the handles will eventually rip, so be careful.
By the way, you may have scratched your head over "Guinness cans with the floating widgets" - that's actually the correct term for the carbonation-assistance devices in the cans. You learn something every day.
ART Yesterday I linked to some ugly 1960s Polish movie posters, just in case people needed a refresher on such things. In the same vein, but more interesting: B-Movie Title Design of the 1940s and 1950s. Like this:
Clips and more clips and technical details - it's a graphics bonanza. What typeface would you use for "Hangmen Also Die"?
URBAN STUDIES Gentrification: good or bad? So asks New York magazine. As you might expect, the answer depends on whether you're the gentrified or the gentrifeer. The article discusses a neighborhood waaay up around 207th street, and cites Dichter Pharmacy as a store that could stride the needs of there old and new. Who cares? you ask. That's New York. Granted. Just setting up this interesting Google Street View:
