Purple is the new black

Remember harvest gold? If your kitchen appliances haven't been updated since the 1970s, chances are you do. So say hello to today's hot color in home fashion: purple.

Gray's also popular; it matches stainless-steel appliances -- and our moods as we watch our retirement funds and home values plummet.

Thirty years from now, will purple seem as tired and tacky as avocado green does today? One thing's for sure: Spec house beige will never go out of style.


Breast bet in the fine arts: Lowell Art Works in Everett brings back "The Bre*sts of the Northwest II," a show that, in the words of the gallery folks, "boosts the bazongas, commemorates the cantaloupes and toasts the ta-tas."

Moviemaker Russ Meyer, who gave us such films as "Vixens" and "Beyond the Valley of the Dolls," would have curated the show had he not departed this world in 2004.


MSNBC has slapped a seven-second delay on congressman-turned-talk-show-host Joe Scarborough after he dropped an F-bomb on a recent show.

Next up: time delays on Chris Matthews (to guard against descriptions of thrills going up his leg) and Bill O'Reilly (to protect viewers from his frequent plugs for his books).