Word: damn
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...some real upsetting news. Tonight we are supposed to get hit by 150 gunmen. The men are said to have women and children holding hands walking in front of the gunmen as they shoot -- sort of a human shield. Don't get me wrong, but I'm scared, real damn scared...
Conversely, Phillip Schwartz's "Job's Curse" is a near-life-size work featuring a gaunt, sketched figure whose outline is filled with a grim monologue that begins "God damn the day I was born and the night that forced me from the womb." Susan Avishal looks at portraiture in a completely different way. Trained as an illustrator, she draws detailed close-ups of the clothing that people wear; she describes her work as "a metaphor for any covering which can both hide and reveal what is underneath...
...pick-you-up. The focaccia--served with fresh olive oil, in a swampy herb-filled bottle--is heavenly. It is slightly crispy with a hint of salt and seasoning, and it tastes even better when dipped in the oil. The cornbread, on the other hand, is just too damn sweet (nothing like Rosalita's). And none of us even touched the solitary roll...
...Rhodes scholarship. He has affected a British accent and will eat only kippers for breakfast. He addresses everyone as chap or my good fellow. I think he's full of shit and I'm ready to kill him. Is there a particularly British way of killing someone? Damn Yankee...
...generous variety of side trappings and vegetables and fruits. And then there is the cornbread, yes, the cornbread. The first bite set a standard too high for the rest of the meal to follow. The two of us just can't agree on what makes this stuff so damn special; we can't even agree on whether it is heavy or light, moist or dry, crumbly or chewy. Perhaps it is simply an individual, spiritual experience. You have...