Introducing Santiago Calatrava's "Chicago Spire"

I don't know why, but looking at the picture makes me feel all funny in my tummy. On so many levels.

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Tillykke Kronprinsesse Mary!

That means 'Congratulations Crown Princess Mary' in Danish.



Cool huh? Now why, you might ask, would I be trying to speak Danish when I barely have a grasp on English? For which I have no answer; it's late, I got swept up in the moment... Shut up!

Nevertheless, the Australian-born Crown Princess of Denmark (born Mary Donaldson) gave birth to a daughter on 21 April. The royal couple already have a son, Christian, 18 months, who is the Heir Presumptive.

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I'm Torn

When it's Barbra Streisand's birthday and Shirley Maclaine's birthday on the same day (as it has been every April 24th for the past 65 years) which gay icon gets the photo and accolades? Both, or neither?

This is just like whenever I relive the 1972 Oscars. Which Best Actress do I root for: Liza or Miss Ross?

Perhaps I need more sleep... Or some testosterone.

Duke of Edinburgh May Be Named Prince Consort

Generally speaking, I am loathe to reprint a story which appears in only one source, and when that source is Page Six of The New York Post I am especially so, but what can I say? I like the story - whether true or false - and can only wonder what took so long.

Early in the Queen's reign (as with all Queens Regnant) there is the sexist assumption that the Queen's husband will take over as a kind of de facto king, thus usurping the royal authority which rests in the person of the sovereign. Yet nothing of the sort happened in this case. The Queen, it seems, is overly cautious. No scoop there.

Talk of making Princess Anne the Princess Royal began in the 1970s, when in fact she had earned that honorific by the time it was finally bestowed in 1987. Perhaps it was decided to wait until the Duke of Edinburgh could go a year without putting his foot in his mouth, and this year was the first time it happened.

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