Word: backgammoner
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...matches passe; contraptions like the Camp Kitchen from Coleman, the Kansas-based gear purveyor, allow any hiker to play Martha Stewart. The portable kitchen weighs only 35 lbs. and yet contains 6 ft. of counter space, a sink, stove space, storage shelves, a paper-towel rack, a set of backgammon and a set of checkers. It all fits in a suitcase-size carrier. At $199 the movable diner is one of the company's best sellers...
...also insisting that his diminished role had been planned all along. Shapiro is skilled, in fact, at doling out praise that is either damning or faint, sometimes both: Marcia Clark was an "honorable adversary," he notes before launching into an embarrassing tale about Clark's ex-husband, the professional backgammon player. Darden, he writes in a sly twofer, "hadn't mastered (if indeed he wanted to) Johnnie Cochran's self-proclaimed adeptness at not ever letting people know what he was thinking and feeling...
...computers that play requested songs and videos) and an array of music memorabilia, including the poetry Bruce Springsteen wrote in junior college (excerpt: "emerald waves crashed upon the shores...") and a list from the Rolling Stones detailing what they required backstage for their 1972 tour (among the items: vodka, backgammon set and "apple pie--lots"). As of last week, however, workers were still hustling to put the finishing touches on exhibits in the 150,000-sq.-ft. facility. Joked museum director Dennis Barrie: "Welcome to our organized chaos...
...needn't worry though. Superstores increasingly play host to organized social events aimed at enticing lovelorn customers. Singles nights are a staple at many Barnes & Noble stores; the functions may feature a lecture by a romance-novel author or a relationship counselor. Some stores offer chess matches, Scrabble and backgammon games, as well as reading groups and open-mike nights for new poets in search of an audience. Borders stores even feature live bands...
...people with whom I've come into contact this semester, though, from the guys working the graveyard shift at Store 24, to the student who complained about the lack of backgammon coverage (you know who are), one man has touched me more than any: David Allen Boucher, the dee-jay on 106.7's "Bedtime Magic" radio program...