“The obvious precedent for Beijing 2008 was the Berlin Olympics, in 1936. Both were showcases for a muscle-flexing nation, although Hitler made an elementary error when he chose not to dress his young National Socialists in lime-green catsuits laced with twinkling fairy lights.” MadeLightYoungNationsDressesGreenErrorsObviousFairyMusclesOlympicsBerlinPrecedentBeijingTwinklingShowcaseLimesOlympics GamesFlexingLime Green Author:Anthony Lane
“Cookbooks, it should be stressed, do not belong in the kitchen at all. We keep them there for the sake of appearances; occasionally, we smear their pages together with vibrant green glazes or crimson compotes, in order to delude ourselves, and any passing browsers, that we are practicing cooks; but in all honesty, a cookbook is something you read in the living room, or in the bathroom, or in bed.” ShouldTogetherOrderRoomsHonestyBedPagesGreenSakeAppearancePassingPassingsCooksKitchenBathroomStressedLiving RoomCookbookCrimsonBrowsers Book:Nobody's Perfect: Writings from The New Yorker Source: Nobody's Perfect: Writings from The New Yorker
