A reader writes: "My toothbrush holder doesn't say where it was made. Pretty sure it wasn't in #ukraine tho.'' (@Mrjmuzz on Twitter)
Slamming door on male pride
A new study by researchers from Purdue University in Indiana showed that rather than being courteous, someone who holds the door open for a man is doing harm to his self-esteem and self-confidence by their action. The result is interesting: male, but not female, subjects reported lower levels of self-esteem and self-confidence when the door was held open for them. The researchers noted that "behaviour as fleeting and seemingly innocuous as door holding can have unforeseen negative consequences." They speculated that the gesture, polite as it may be, unintentionally send the message to a man that he is "inferior or too dependent".
Courtney Love at first sight
An excerpt from a biography on Kurt Cobain, Heavier Than Heaven, tells us about how he and Courtney Love met. (And it's pretty rock and roll). "Already infamous in Portland, Love was holding court in a booth when she saw Kurt walk by a few minutes before his band was set to appear onstage. Courtney was wearing a red polka-dot dress. 'You look like Dave Pirner,' she said to him, meaning the remark to sound like a small insult, but also a flirt. Kurt did look a bit like Pirner, the lead singer of Soul Asylum, as his hair had grown long and tangled - he washed it just once a week, and then only with bar soap. Kurt responded with a flirt of his own: He grabbed Courtney and wrestled her to the ground."
