Word: digression
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...peach schnapps, which was more than I could handle, and partly by my crazy nicotine buzz. I was Ad-Boarded for under-age drinking, and the permanent blemish on my previously stainless record will prevent me from achieving my life-long dream of going to law school. But I digress. Upon going to bed that night I dreamt that the New Kids on the Block were performing in town Saturday night. Naturally, the decision was taken out of my hands. I would not miss seeing Donny for the world. Thank you for your faithful wisdom. Lame-no-more at Leverett...
Ward is not a drop-back passer. He rolls out like Doug Flutie, and that riles coaches. Prevailing wisdom asserts that he won't fare well against the pass rush. (Never mind that Fran Tarkenton made a career out of rolling out--I met Fran Tarkenton once. I digress...
...difficult to understand, but culturalbarriers do exist. Perhaps if all leaders ofnations would get naked and try on clothestogether, maybe we could each some level ofunderstanding. But I digress...
...interviewed a number of career civil servants (and let me digress to say that if you have a lot of talent and ambition and want to victimize yourself in an occupation with inadequate pay--but have rejected elementary school teaching because it has some slight shred of respect--then the civil service is for you), and these people, many of whom actually run entire agencies, took me seriously. Truly gifted interns for whom truth is no handicap will find that worthwhile political connections are only a few business cards away...
...THINK IT'S WORTHWHILE to digress here to point out that Harvard produces some of the finest brownnosers this side of the president. It's understandable, of course. We all had to find a way to get our high school counselors to churn out our recommendations. It's just that some students have really refined their expertise at Harvard. (If you don't know whether you qualify, count up the people you know, and count how many of them are editors/directors/producers/presidents/chairs. More than half, and you're in the big leagues...