Vanities

Common Grounds

February 2003 Henry Alford
Vanities
Common Grounds
February 2003 Henry Alford

Common Grounds

The world as a series of sets and subsets

HENRY ALFORD

Dunhill smokers

Prisoners

[C.E.O. s] Fig. 1

Nebbishes

Criminals

[Accountants] Fig. 2

Unconscious

Televised

[Anna Nicole Smith] Fig. 3

Puppeteers

Country-house owners

[Julie Taymor] Fig. 4

Very intimate

Very trivial

[E-mail] 1 Fig. 5

Novo themes

Prom themes

["Under the Sea"] Fig. 6

Tech companies

Names for rap stars

[Teligent] Fig. 7

[Genuity] Fig. 8

Store names

Cat names

[Mr. Sassy Baskets] Fig. 9

Crooks

Philosophers

[Movie characters] Fig. 10

Lovely

Terrifying

[Bed-and-breakfasts] Fig. 11

Wistfully romantic

Unshaven

[Alcoholic] Fig. 12

Alcoholic

Charming

[Scottish] Fig. 13