The Next Big Thing: Arranged Marriages?

You heard it here first, folks. Old is new, and the hot new thing looks a lot like...courtship.

The best way to find your partner for life could very well be the oldest: the arranged marriage, according to one trend expert.

“Today is the era of the arranged couple who fall into love around the birth of the first child," said Marian Salzman, co-author of "Next Now: Trends for the Future."

"It sounds traditional, but in some ways so much of the future is back to the past, turbo-charged,” she said.

...contrary to the "old" arranged marriage, in which children are forbidden from choosing their own partners, the modern arranged marriage is not about being forced into federation. It’s about relying on the matchmaking mastery of Mom and Dad.

“This is about picking a marriage partner — not about falling into bed for a world-class romance," said Salzman, whose trend forecasts are based on pattern recognition and what stylemakers are talking about.

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"Governor, you had me at Roadkill"

It seems that "Late Late Show" host Craig Ferguson has applied for honorary citizenship to the state of Texas. Governor Perry responded and Ferguson reads the letter, which is humorous, self-deprecating, politically incorrect, and probably destined for the same kind of across-Texas appeal as George W.'s "In Texas, we call it walking" quote. Check it out...

A Strange Thought

Do you ever get the urge to do something really weird? For instance: find a sleeping person, sprinkle some spices on their ribcage, and then wake them up and announce "You've got thyme on your side."

No? Good, because that is bizarre. Me neither.

By the way, I keep talking to people who read the blog, but otherwise it's hard to tell if anybody is here. I even get emails sometimes--I even had a 20-email exchange/debate with a some people about this post--but zero comments. So, if you're reading this leave me a comment.

Thank you, that is all.