The Errant Æsthete

Aesthetes of the female persuasion — okay guys you can oogle too, just stay away from the lingerie — will be in a breathless tizzy to learn that Salon has brought back their own alternative to that annual Bible of Sexy with its catalog of lantern jaws, bulging biceps and Seacrest hair. Apparently last year’s competition struck such a rich chord among readers, Salon revived the second Annual Sexiest Man Living Award 2007 and being the harbinger of intellectual cool that they are, promise more that just 26 “pretty boys” who are “easy on the eyes.” In true inimitable style, they’ve raised the bar to include the guys who drive us mad, who “unleash complicated emotions in us that we just have never been able to articulate.” Until now.

So without further ado, the winner of Salon’s Second Annual Sexiest Man Living Award is … (Okay, I peeked. Trust me, ladies and ooglers, you won’t be sorry, although I do take issue with one name not mentioned — the only anchor with a conscience — Keith Olbermann). Besides, you’ve got to love a lineup that includes such dark and smoldering descriptions as: “he looks stubbly and slightly rumpled, defiantly embraceable,” or “we forgive him because he’s so tortured … and so hot,” or “his charisma was the caustic kind — it could wither you.” LINK