09.26.07 5:00 AM CDT
• Letters
• Chip Rowe
Lugging the mail bag around the office is starting to hurt our back, so let’s unload a few of these gems: Kelly Ewing of Richmond, Virginia has an idea for a pictorial: “The New York Times recently published an article on young librarians as 'the new hushers.' Libraries, for some weird reason, are drawing in young, sexy, hipster types. Ever consider doing a spread of librarians? Unleash that bun, rip off those glasses, and make them return that book on time! What's sexier than that?” (If you’re hot for librarians, check out this site.)
“BMoon” of Houston speaks for a number of readers when he writes, “The entire Rubber Rules pictorial in September is top notch, but the last two photos of Louise Glover are amazing.”
Mike Newton of Boston shares a memory: “In the summer of 1992, I mailed in a crisp $20 bill for a subscription. Knowing that my parents would not approve of their 14-year-old son ordering Playboy (and that Playboy would never send the magazine), I created a fake name (Harold T. Craig) and had it mailed to my grandmother’s apartment building. I then made regular trips to visit grandma and retrieve her mail. The first issue that came was July 1992, featuring Pamela Anderson. I couldn’t believe it! I received two more issues before someone in the building caught on, as I never saw another. Now I’m 29 and I have another subscription, this time in my real name. Thanks for the entertainment over the years.” You’re welcome, Mike. We hope no one is stealing your issues.
After reading in the gossip rags that Hef plans to marry No. 1 girlfriend Holly Madison before the end of the year, Beth Hart of Lamar, Colorado writes with a suggestion: “I have a great idea for Hef to propose to Holly. He should add some words to the Hollywood sign so its reads "Hollywood You Marry Me?" and then take her on a helicopter ride so she can see it.” Thanks Beth, we’ll pass that on—you just have to hope that Holly, now an assistant photo editor at the magazine, doesn’t read this blog.
Ken Giangiordano of Riverside, New Jersey, also believes he has spotted a clue: “I noticed a bunch of wedding related cartoons in the June issue—is that a sign that Hef is going to do it? If Holly becomes Holly Madison Hefner, at least Hef (HMH) won't need to buy new monogrammed towels.”
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Comments on this entry:
Whether Hef really plans to marry Holly or not, I doubt that he needs to. Besides, if I'm not mistaken, he & Kimberley Conrad are long separated but never officially divorced. And now he has Bridget & Kendra in addition to Holly; if I were in his shoes, I'd leave well enough alone. And forget the fancy proposal with the Hollywood sign; I wouldn't even kneel. I'd just slowly reveal the ring & ask "Holly, will you marry me?" But whatever Hef decides, I wish him (& Holly) well.