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...ridiculous plot is another source of boredom, since Black doesn’t seem to care about it anyway; he just uses it as a vehicle for a bunch of “that’s so Hollywood!” jokes, most of which involve dead women. In one of the few genuinely funny scenes, Downey shoots a thug while hanging from the arm of a dead girl whose coffin is stuck on an L.A. overpass sign...

Author: By Michael A. Mohammed, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang | 10/20/2005 | See Source »

...like guys or girls or both. When Savin-Williams surveyed 180 young men ages 14 to 25 for an earlier book, "... And Then I Became Gay," he found that nearly all had received positive, sometimes enthusiastic, responses when they first came out. (Many others are received with neutrality, even boredom: University of Washington senior Aaron Schwitters, who was not interviewed by Savin-Williams, says when he came out to his fellow College Republicans at a club meeting last year, "there was five seconds of awkward silence, someone said 'O.K.,' and we moved on.") That doesn't mean young lesbians...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Battle Over Gay Teens | 10/2/2005 | See Source »

Pilots joke that airline flying is hours of boredom interrupted by seconds of excitement during takeoff and landing. But they add, that's why they get paid so much-and train so extensively...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Safe Landing for Jet Blue | 9/21/2005 | See Source »

...gain, to be sure. But blissful boredom beats suffering...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: It Ain't Heavy, It's My Team | 8/29/2005 | See Source »

...sitting directly across from my aging eighth grade social studies teacher in a 12-person class. She wasn’t exactly holding my attention, and my drowsiness betrayed my boredom. Finally, annoyed, she asked me across the entire class if she was keeping me up. It was a trick question—was either answer good? I turned red and muttered a sheepish no. It’s a moment I haven’t heard...

Author: By Stephen M. Marks, | Title: Dream Venti | 8/5/2005 | See Source »

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