"To see the good, the bad and the ugly gives the show credibility," Mr. Brooks said.
Being born ugly and growing up ugly gave me strength, perhaps even wisdom, though lately I've come to wonder if I'm that wise.
Mr. Ugly gives me $500 total for a bookshelf worth $200, an armoire that would go for $7,000 on "Antiques Roadshow," a collection of globes I've been dragging around since seventh grade, and my superstar wall-length writing desk, which could hold my laptop, printer and copier.
Working with ugly gave opportunities for viewing one's life differently.
If anything looks immature, outdated or just plain ugly, give it to the Goodwill.
"The outlook is even uglier given the record amount of layoffs announced at airlines and technology companies," said Tim Rogers, chief economist at Briefing.com in Boston.
And Warren may prove her critics correct by proving she lacks the personal touch to navigate the ugly give-and-take of modern presidential politics.
Multi-party democracy is noisy, awkward, and occasionally ugly, but given the chance, it kind of works.
In 2004, when makeover shows were all the rage, Fox developed "The Swan," in which women deemed "ugly" were given extreme makeovers, including severe plastic surgery.
The Republican use of those appearances to make sure that Rice wouldn't be nominated as Secretary of State was ugly and, given that Rice was relying on vetted talking points, unfair — and in many ways gave the entire inquiry into Benghazi a bad, politicized name.
