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...distraction by handling, opening and reading card after card. I always avoided those horrible schmaltzy cards with photos of overfed children or sunsets on the front and mind-numbingly bad epic poetry inside. Instead, I'd search out vaguely clever puns, affable humor or subtle photographic cards with blank innards, paired with, I hoped, an inoffensive, non-neon colored envelope. And more often than not, after an hour or so of careful research I'd find something suitable, pay for my treasure and leave the store triumphantly...
...what did I send my grandmother? I finally chose a blank card with a not-horribly-offensive flower on the front and escaped from card hell. Then I made a beeline for the nearest stationery store, where I gathered an armful of plain, heavy Crane's notecards and envelopes. As I stood in line with my selections, I felt a weight lift: Never again will I depend on America's greeting card manufacturers...
...Since Sony had to remove Manning's blurb - HEATH LEDGER IS THIS YEAR'S HOTTEST NEW STAR! - from the ad for A Knight's Tale, I figured there was a blank space the perfect size for my name. I called Susan Tick, Sony's senior vice president of corporate communication, and offered, "I'm not gay, but one night with Heath Ledger would flip me like a Vermont legislator!" And to replace Manning's quote from The Animal - THE PRODUCING TEAM OF BIG DADDY HAS DELIVERED ANOTHER WINNER! - I suggested, "I'm not gay, but one night with Rob Schneider...
Since Sony had to remove Manning's blurb--HEATH LEDGER IS THIS YEAR'S HOTTEST NEW STAR!--from the ad for A Knight's Tale, I figured there was a blank space the perfect size for my name. I called Susan Tick, Sony's senior vice president of corporate communication, and offered, "I'm not gay, but one night with Heath Ledger would flip me like a Vermont legislator!" And to replace Manning's quote from The Animal--THE PRODUCING TEAM OF BIG DADDY HAS DELIVERED ANOTHER WINNER!--I suggested, "I'm not gay, but one night with Rob Schneider...
...among others, and left the room again. Cousin Paras was in a corner of the billiards room, in front of a group of princesses. After a minute, Dipendra returned. He strode up to the five wounded or dead relatives, including the King, and fired at them again, at point-blank range, and then targeted his sister Shruti as she bent over her injured husband. The final time, he left and returned to pump bullets into those he had already shot. Then Dipendra turned his gun toward Paras. His cousin shouted, "Nai, Dai! Nai Dai! (No, Brother! No, Brother!)" He didn...