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Preparing your room to be “parent-appropriate” is only the first obstacle you must surmount when mom and dad come. I’ve found that the introductions and conversations between your parents and roommates can be nerve-racking. For instance, roommates are often accustomed to calling each other by nicknames or by their last names, which can lead to some awkward exchanges. The first time my parents met my roommates they were treated to this introduction: “Hi, Mr. and Mrs. Kester. I’m Adam, Kester’s roommate...
...hero, on any party, anywhere. I think John McCain did something that I don't know if I could do, and I don't think many men can look in the mirror and say they'd do - give up a chance to get out of prison because his dad was an admiral, and the Vietnamese were going to let him go... I mean that took cojones, donating another three and a half to four years of his life to stay in prison, rather than be the one guy who gets to walk away: "Hey, fellas, I'll say hello...
...state's politics. Though his son has limited experience compared to Menendez, having only served as a state legislator since 2001, Kean's family ties go a long way in New Jersey. When he's out campaigning, people will come up to Kean Jr. and tell him that his dad is one of their favorite politicians, to which the son replies, "Mine too." On a recent trip to campaign for Kean, South Dakota G.O.P. Senator John Thune told a crowd, "Washington has become a toxic place... it's high time to have another Kean in politics. When you have come...
...Orlando native started writing at an early age. “When I was seven or eight, I liked Star Wars,” he says. “So I wrote like a little page TV series that I’d enact with my brother and my dad.” In high school, Mayer began collaborating with his older brother on an as-yet-unpublished movie script “for fun” during summer vacations. Yet Mayer had no history of participation in formal playwriting competitions before entering the VSA Arts contest...
...President's continuing, suicidal loyalty to the architect of the Iraq debacle, even after Laura Bush and then chief of staff Andrew Card lobbied Bush to replace Rumsfeld in 2004? It's a perfect Freudian boggle: if he dumps Rumsfeld, isn't George W. Bush tacitly admitting that his dad was right about a lot of other things too, like choosing not to overthrow Saddam Hussein in 1991? "The hilarious part is everyone in Washington now believes that the only way Bush will change course on Iraq is if Jimmy Baker's [bipartisan] commission shows...