Sexy and her sisters.

Always one pert and pretty and always one with glasses," wrote Dylan Thomas, noting the curious tendency of girls to come in pairs--the one you looked at, and the other one.

I have a confession: the one I had trouble looking at was Marilyn Monroe--a matter of taste. I like my fruit sour, drink my coffee bitter, and wear muted and heathered colors. Marilyn made me blink. She was too white and pink and gold for me. And I never understood the way she put a song over. It put me in mind of the gestures that pre-schoolers learn: ...