Friday, March 25, 2005

The Bed List/The Dinner List

Since I've been in full-bore home improvement mode all week, I nearly went for the home improvement version of Bed/Dinner (Ty Pennington, anyone? Carter Oosterhouse? Bob Vila?). In the end, though, some classics won out. Submitted for your approval:

BED LIST: DENZEL WASHINGTON



I read somewhere that the reason women respond so strongly to Denzel Washington is that his face is nearly perfectly symmetrical. Whatever floats your boat, science geeks. Denzel is hot because, well, he's hot. Those eyes! That voice! You could curl up in bed with him and have him read The Wall Street Journal's stock pages to you and still get turned on. He has amazing range as an actor--from charming us as Dr. Phillip Chandler on "St. Elsewhere", helping us fall in love in Much Ado About Nothing, and impressing us with his brooding, volcanic roles in Glory and Training Day (won Oscars for both, thank you very much). Denzel is one of the men on the "I love you, honey, but I'll be back in three days" list--you know, the list you make up with your husband/SO that gives you relationship immunity in case that certain someone shows up at the door? Denzel's always in my top five, and DH knows it. Of course, DH also knows that Denzel has been happily married to his lovely wife Pauletta for forever, so the likelihood of his showing up at our front door matches the likelihood of our being taken out by an asteroid, but a girl can dream, can't she?

DINNER LIST: RICK REILLY



My favorite page of Sports Illustrated is the last one. "The Life of Reilly" is sometimes funny, sometimes serious (this week's essay on steroids in baseball is one example), and often touching. Best of all, it's always well-written. As a writer, I love to read sportswriters. They have a deft touch with metaphor, and Reilly is one of the best out there. I often clip Reilly columns to bring to my students. If nothing else, they can provoke discussion, laughs, and envy for their wit and style. Check out a copy of The Life of Reilly or Who's Your Caddy? to bring your Reilly knowledge up to speed, then subscribe to SI and give yourself a treat every Thursday. Meet you on the last page.
 

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