Iris Smyles: The Annotated Notebooks
The first volume of Susan Sontag?s diaries, Reborn, was published recently to much controversy. Posthumous publication of an author?s journal is by no means unusual, but unlike Da Vinci, George Sand, or F. Scott Fitzgerald, whose notebooks appeared
The Secret Life of a Well-Dressed Man
He carries two BlackBerrys, prefers vodka. "Money can buy you fashion," he says, "but it can't buy you style."
He lifts a forkful of omelet and chews thoughtfully, savoring a healthy combo of chicken and veggies, part of a dietary redirection that has
Does a Sex Change Really Change Your Sex?
Gender reassignment, known casually as a sex change, is any procedure performed to give a patient sexual characteristics that differ from those of the patient's biological sex. The vast majority of sex reassignment surgical procedures
are sought by
Advertisers need patience to tap into Web's potential
Marketers used to spend the bulk of their money on TV ads, which ran for a few weeks or months at a time. But these days, because of the Web, the shelf life on ads is infinite.
That has caused some new challenges: Some Web-based creative projects can
The naked swimsuit solution
THE sport of swimming is facing a high-tech crisis. In 2008, a staggering 108 world records were broken in the pool, 79 of them by swimmers wearing a cutting-edge Speedo LZR Racer swimsuit.
FINA, swimming?s governing body, met 16 manufacturers,
New standards urged for treatment at spas
Legislators and doctors are pushing tougher rules for the exploding medical spa business in Massachusetts, saying some of the thousands of consumers who receive laser treatments, chemical peels, and other procedures are being put at risk by unlicensed
