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Quote Of The Day

QOTD

“Being single isn’t the easiest thing in the world but it’s objectively better than going to bed beside someone who you hope stops breathing in the middle of the night.” – Daniel Sloss

I don’t know who Daniel Sloss is, but I like the way he thinks.  If only I’d realized this when I was in my 20s…

Relative Value

Architecture, House & Home

Here’s an interesting exercise.  Let’s assume that you were looking to buy a new residence and had, say, about $950,000 to splash on it.

Do you go for Place A:

…or Place B:

Okay, maybe it’s a trick question.  While both places are listed for $950k, Place A is in Texas, USA and Place B is in Wales, UK.

Your choice in Comments, with reasons.

Modern Classic Beauty: Anna Gaël

Classic Beauty

So, I ask myself:  how did a Hungarian-born British actress / fashion model / war journalist end up being Anna Thynn, the Dowager Marchioness of Bath and Viscountess Weymouth, who lived for most of her marriage in Paris and not with her husband the Marquess?  And who was initially his mistress while still married to some French guy, and only later married him to produce some heirs?  (We’re not even going to talk about Alex, the 7th Marquess of Bath, who over time surrounded himself with about seventy mistresses (“wifelets”) at the family estate of Longleath.  No wonder Anna went to live in Paris.)

“Wait, what was that middle bit again, Kim?”

Never mind.  Here’s a short pictorial of said Anna Abigail Gyarmathy:

And in color:

Just in case you needed more, our Anna also posed for Penthouse Magazine, but managed to ruthlessly prevent those pics from being re-published after their initial appearance in print.

When she died in 2022, the world became a far less interesting place.

“How did you discover this lovely creature, Kim?”

I saw her in a bit part in the 1969 movie The Bridge At Remagen, as Anna Gaël.