My wee Houdini continually has scratches on her face from her Baby Talons, but she also fights the swaddle like it was her morally sworn duty to resist it.

Without a doubt. My son, as a newborn was MVP of Team Swaddle. My daughter, however, considers the swaddle a challenge. She will not rest until she has Houdini-ed her way out of the baby burrito.

Dunno where Franzen gets off calling Wharton "unattractive." She's a stunner in every photo I've ever seen of her. Pretty and delightfully well dressed. Girlfriend knew how to work the fashions of the day.

Sure, she was a bit of a diva, but realistically, she was raised to be haughty. She was working with what she knew. Possibly even building up the persona for publicity reasons. She was a pretty savvy woman, and probably liked to have a bit of buzz going on about her eccentricities.