Most Attractive Women List Update

Over time, I have made incremental progress on my Most Attractive Women List, drawing mainly from the worlds of entertainment and politics. Here's where we are currently:

• Cameron Diaz- Had a strong showing on Jimmy Fallon
• Mary-Louise Parker- Hottest dealer around
• Jennifer Granholm- America's most attractive governor
• Jodie Foster- Attractive superficially, but the substance of her is even more so
• Angelina Jolie- similar to Jodie, but somewhat more emphasis of surface beauty
• Michelle Obama- Smoking hot and whip-smart. Oh, those arms!
• Jennifer Connelly- One of my oldest crushes, this one goes back to Labyrinth. Has the planet's best eyebrows.
• Salma Hayek- Beautiful, exotic, funny
  

Today, I begin my Historic Most Attractive Women List with one name: Anais Nin. You're just going to have to read her work to get why.

Most Attractive Women List Update

Just a quick note- Her appearance on last night's "Late Night With Jimmy Fallon" has catapulted Cameron Diaz somewhere into the current top 10 on my Most Attractive Women list. More on that in future as I continue to cogitate.

On Books & My Most Beautiful Women

It seems to me that most people read only for school, and the reading ceases when they graduate out of lack of interest. I guess that I don't judge such people for that. They don't get any pleasure out of it, and it's not a priority for them. I wish they would read, but I think that's just a projection of my own values. No doubt they're out doing things they can't live without, and which I have a hard time doing and do not consider a priority.

It's my understanding that reading has never really been an activity of the majority of humanity. There was a time when books were the main media for entertainment and education, but many, if not most people were too poorly educated to take advantage. I understand that if there was any book a common person did own and read, it was the Bible. Today, due to organized education, more people are literate and able to read than ever, but books and other reading materials must compete with tv, movies, recorded music, and the so-called "New Media". Books don't have a monopoly on the enlightenment of mankind, and I guess we're not any the worse off for that.