Word: autographic
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...college students I saw must have been there to get an autograph from Will Self, who, apparently following a self-styled recovery plan, has stopped shooting heroin and started getting drunk at seven o'clock...
Talking with my brother, I relived memories of victories past on Opening Day. While waiting for autographs, my 18-year old brother was once again in fifth grade, with short hair, returning triunphantly with a Jim Rice autograph. Jeff Pierce tossed him a ball, and we thought of the 40 other regulation baseballs my brother has been able to sweet talk players into giving him over the years...
Unlike major leaguers, who often pass by screaming autograph-seekers as if they are alone, the replacements not only stopped to sign, but also (mirabile dictu) conversed with the fans...
...Club One to see the Lady Chablis, the former Miss Gay Georgia who provides wry commentary in the story on Savannah's racial climate. With the help of a bookstore owner, Hendricks also found Jerry Spence, who appears as a hairdresser to several other characters, and got his autograph. "Not a day goes by that people don't ask me to sign their book," says Spence. "I always circle my name on page 47 and say, See me on page...
...macropsia (or megaplosia) have been frequently reported [as well as] the sensation that [people and objects] are rushing toward [the user] at tremendous speed, increasing in size as they approach." He doesn't mention that this peculiar sensation can happen stone-cold-sober when trying to get an autograph at Disney World. I was seven. I was so excited. I walked right up to the Mouse and thrust a pen in his face. Suddenly, I heard a disconcertingly masculine voice emanating from the oversized plastic head, and it spoke to me. It spoke to me. And it said: "Look...