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...humorists: those to whom unusual things happen and those whose lives are completely ordinary. In the former category are writers like David Sedaris, to whom fate hands interesting twists--he is gay, he has a wacky family, he lives in Paris--all of which then become comic material. Dan Zevin, author of The Day I Turned Uncool: Confessions of a Reluctant Grown-up, is firmly in the latter category. His bread and butter is the Seinfeld-ian nothingness of everyday life...
...Much of a Good Thing: Raising Children in an Indulgent Age, by Dan Kindlon Or, how to raise a humble...
...turned his ire on ABC anchorman PETER JENNINGS, contending that ABC News asked him to perform on a July 4 special but that Jennings nixed the idea after he heard the song. Keith told USA Today, "I find it interesting that [Jennings] is not from the U.S. I bet Dan Rather'd let me do it on his special." ABC said it held initial talks with Keith but, due to scheduling conflicts, decided against him; Jennings, it said, had no role. But he had better hope that Keith doesn't wear spurs...
...Reported by Alice Park/Bethesda, Leslie Whitaker/Chicago and Dan Cray/Los Angeles
Their popularity belied the fact that the Stanley Brothers were a couple of dark-minded dudes. "I'm the real man of constant sorrow," says Ralph quietly, referring to the O Brother track sung by Dan Tyminski. "Truly, I've been singing that song for almost 60 years." In a typical Stanley Brothers song, good battles evil, loses and sometimes gets to heaven. Carter died of cancer in 1966, but Ralph still sings his version of the American Gothic. On Ralph Stanley, his first album for T Bone Burnett's DMZ Records, Ralph sings a tune called Mathie Grove...