Sunday

Bought one of these Friday, and I’m pleased to report the thing works as well as advertised. Not only does the razor work, it’s a beautiful instrument as well. The picture doesn’t really do it justice…the color scheme—blue and gray with chrome trim a ’57 Caddy would envy plus a copper-colored strip on the razor’s head—is stunning. Maybe I’m a sucker, I dunno. I do know I laughed when I first heard Gillette was going to go to “five.” My immediate reaction was “Who needs this? How much better than my Mach 3 can it be?” I’ll have to use this for a week or so before deciding if I’ll switch permanently. So far I’m impressed.

It seems most other men are willing to try the Fusion…according to the Financial Times (UK), the Fusion has grabbed 55% of the market in only six weeks. Gillette ultimately hopes the Fusion will be a $1 billion brand within three years. That’s a lot of razor blades. For comparison’s sake, consider this: The Mach 3 has generated $16bn in retail sales since its 1998 launch–equivalent to the entire gross domestic product of Uruguay.

Milosevic is dead. Good riddance. Too bad the Bosnians didn’t get a crack at him, but that’s life, I suppose. His family will miss him; most others won’t.

“I met her in a club down in Old Soho…” Get ready to hear more Kinks tunes than you used to, especially on TV. Ray Davies has sold out for ten million dollars. “Lola” will be used in TV advertisements for a CD trading service called “LaLa.” Perhaps “sold out” is a little harsh; it’s his work, after all, and he can do with it what he chooses to do with it. I’d probably sell-out for ten million bucks, too. Assuming I had something to sell.