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Kacyvenski had about 20 people over at his house in Endicott, N.Y., during the day, and he had to deal with media the entire day, including an nfl.com chat and a conference call with the Seattle media--many of whom must have been wondering, "Who is this...
...through the corridors of power in Washington last week. He dropped by the White House for a new-economy conference, where President Clinton lauded him for his "phenomenal" charitable contributions. And he roamed Capitol Hill for meetings with more than 125 members of Congress, including a private chat with Senate Commerce Committee chairman John McCain. The tourists ate it up; the $100 Billion Man attracted movie-star crowds wherever he went. But the whole scene left Microsoft's critics fuming. "It just makes you wonder what for," Senator Orrin Hatch groused. "I certainly hope it's not to discuss...
...wondering whether to go ahead and direct a movie, you'll first want to take that call from Warren Beatty. That's what Edward Norton did a while back: had an out-of-the-blue phone session with the future winner of the Irving G. Thalberg Award. Recalling the chat, Norton deftly mimics the seductive Beatty stammer: "He said, 'I've been watching the stuff you're doing, and I think you're a lot like me. You're gonna be frustrated like I was, 'cause you're gonna want to do it yourself. I wanted to tell...
...like chatting with friends and chatting with co-workers. I like chatting on the phone until 3 a.m. with my sister in California. But I never did acquire a taste for online chat. That's because the conversations I attempted with disembodied strangers in chat rooms operated by America Online, Excite or anyone else were invariably inane. It was worse than being stuck at a cocktail party, talking to someone who was clearly recovering from a lobotomy...
...bazaar than bizarre. But this is hardly to say that it's bargain basement Kafka. Rummaging through the apparently artless language leads the reader to discover a finely crafted plot, a great conversation piece for years to come. But admittedly, some of the stories are more worthy of chit-chat than legend...