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RUPERT ("MADONNA LOVES ME") EVERETT AGE: 41 OCCUPATION: actor/fashion fixture BEST PUNCH: Referred to ex-chum as "that big blob," and regretted "there's not a closet big enough for him to hide...
...surprisingly, sexual performance is central to the book. Not all the news is good. Says Spark: "Paradoxically, in an age smug with a sense of heightened sexual enlightenment, the only ones left 'in the closet' are men--impotent men." There are 30 million of them, and there is much they can do to help themselves, he says. "Some modifications in behavior can help minimize risks of sexual dysfunction," he counsels. "Smoking, heavy drinking, obesity, high levels of serum cholesterol and elevated blood-sugar levels, as well as the use of narcotic or other mood-altering drugs, can all contribute...
...handle this loss the same way you've handled other losses." (I didn't dare tell her about our beloved cat Clarence--named for Bruce's saxophonist, Clarence ("Big Man") Clemons. Seven years after our pet's death, his ashes are still in a box in my closet...
...Fifth, do the things you love. I know the pressures of the resume, like any other (potential) closet pre-med. Again, having been admitted to Harvard signals that you enjoy (or at least participate in) a wide range of activities. Most people get to the Yard thinking that they can maintain a sport, The Crimson, a job and HRO, or some other impossible combination. But like everything else on campus, our extracurriculars are just a tad more intense than in high school. And, as much as we all said we realized that orientation week, lots of people...
...bring a camera. Inevitably, it will be buried under piles of unwashed laundry in the bottom of your closet when prime Kodak moments arise, but any photos are fun to pore through later...