Fingernail Soothsayers:
While the nice people at Nail Ritz in the fair’s Arts and Collectibles tent were painting pretty dot flowers on my digits to entice me into buying their fingernail polish/art kits, one of the salespeople made a brave declaration.

“By 2010, all men will be getting manicures,” said saleswoman Rebecca “Van Gogh” Adolph. (She deserves the nickname. She paints a mean nail.) “Really?” I said with obvious disbelief.

So we called over the first man we could see — there weren’t many by the nail polish vendor — and asked him if he’d ever gotten a manicure. He said he’d gotten many and then displayed some gorgeous nails.

“One of the first things you notice about someone is their hands,” he said.

It turns out he was in the construction business. And he had lovely hands. Maybe those Nail Ritz folks know what they’re talking about. Anyway, I need to stop biting my nails.