for the girly-man in all of us...

Email sent to a pal who recently brought a Hi-Def TV into his bachelor's pad, and to whom I previously wondered if this meant he'd be buying new furniture to go with it (I believe I used the phrase "Feng Shui Hell", after which I haven't heard back in a couple of weeks):

"well, either you are on extended vacation or you were offended by my reference to 'feng shui hell', which was not to call your house a dump... the distinction being an empathy i may espouse toward another who may feel compelled to completely overhaul the status quo after bringing in so significant a consumer item, e.g., an hdtv, and marked by the way you had your living room set up for tv watching theretofore, i.e., at odds with the zen aspect of human -- nay, "manly" -- comfort of boob-tubing, again, e.g., in a couple of patent-leather lay-z-boys, say, and serviced by a babe-bot to forever bring you your beer and rub your feet; one, say, with whom you could have your way with thrice on sundays... ?"

Will keep you apprised.