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...What changed Zimmerman was hearing Guthrie's songs. The Dust Bowl balladeer with the scrappy social conscience touched this kid, gave him purpose and ambition. "You could listen to his songs," he says in No Direction Home, "and actually learn how to live." Pierced to the heart, Bob actually left home this time, thumbing east to a Queens, N.Y., hospital, where Guthrie lay ailing of Huntington's Disease. That pilgrimage accomplished three things. It gave comfort to his idol; it gave Zimmerman, now Dylan, a vocal style; and it got him to New York City, where within a few months...
...fireworks? In Cannes, the response to any question about the town's fondness for excess is: Why not? (Actually, the pyrotechnics were for the Marie Antoinette beach party.) The films in competition for the Palme d'Or tend to be a solemn lot, so any spiking of the punch bowl is welcome. The occasional midnight screenings of non-competing films is also a chance for the locals to snag a few free tickets, put on their best duds and see a movie. On the red-carpeted steps usually reserved for directors and stars, hundreds of Cannes residents snapped photos...
Finding out about the risk is often tricky. Mechanical engineer Matt McBride and eye doctor Joe Thompson turned into part-time detectives to see what was going on with the pumping system that keeps the "bowl" New Orleans sits in dry. Thompson, 42, went snooping at local Pump Station No. 1, inviting himself in for a tour (so much for security). He soon found that five of the station's seven pumps had been submerged by post-Katrina floodwaters. One, turned on after the waters receded, caught fire. He got a similar report at Pump Station...
...spreadsheets to tabulate calorie intake and his preferred ‘high-mass’ Thursdays, when he’ll mix together chocolate pudding, honey, cream cheese, and peanut butter and eat the concoction for lunch. Breakfast is sometimes a Cadbury Crème Egg, other times a bowl of All-Bran mixed with whipped cream, syrup, brown sugar, and butter.That is disgusting. But to him, “there’s something satisfying about the method. I can trust that as long as I follow the plan, I don’t have to worry about...
...helpful, but what we really forget is the general humor and craziness of just hanging out with friends. As a recent reading-period-insane dinner proved again for me, some of the most enjoyable social moments come from a fellow diner’s desire to consume an entire bowl of jam, or another’s wish to become “the salt fairy,” spreading salt-shaker goodness, or having a friend there to laugh at you even when your jokes no longer make any sort of sense.Common complaint number...