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...will continue to be skeptical of nitwits like-Alan Caruba who try to tell us what to do. Especially someone like Mr. Caruba who thinks that baking cookies is more exciting than watching television. Watching someone bake cookies on television, however, might be a different story. Evan Mandery...
...bored this evening so I took a few minutes to read The Crimson. I was diappointed to read Michael Grunwald's editorial (September 16) about Alan Caruba, king of the anti-boredom campaign. I like being bored and I'm not the slightest bit embarrassed by it. There's nothing I can think of that's more fun than waking up late on a Sunday, reading the paper, taking a long nap, watching a golf tournament on TV and calling it an early night...
...This guy Caruba, founder of "National Anti-Boredom Month" and president of the Boredom Party doesn't sound all that exciting to me. He gets eight hours of sleep a night plus "nappies" (his word) and says that his sex life is mostly a happy memory. He likes to drink sherry, smoke cigars and snack on chocolate. Sounds pretty boring...
Fabulous. Now The Boring Institute is boring, too. Dry as dust. It's just another self-important voice crying out in a noisy wilderness. Which makes sense, because Alan Caruba comes off as somewhat of a bore himself. He repeats jokes, over and over. He rambles. He says the same thing to every reporter. He quotes bumper stickers. He vows to make "an endless series of boring speeches until Congress bends to my will...
...crack myself up. I find myself endlessly entertaining.' Alan Caruba...