"Imagine erasing past damage to create a more even skin tone."*

Imagine!  Just imagine.  And when the thrill of doing that begins to pall, or if your imagination's just not up to the challenge, then console yourself with the following revelation, from Tania Sanchez, co-author of the soon-to-be-released (but already reviewed) book Perfumes:  The Guide:

The question that women casually shopping for perfume ask more than any other is this:  "What scent drives men wild?"  After years of intense research, we know the definitive answer.  It is bacon.

And while dabbing crisped hog-flesh on your pulse points, contemplate Tina Fey's response in the latest issue of Vanity Fair to the persistent stereotype that women simply aren't funny. 

"You still hear" it, she says.  "It's just a lot easier to ignore."


*ad copy from Clinique