Word: eccentricism
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I decided as a hopeful pre-frosh that college would be all about assimilation, even if it killed me. After years of being held back by a family a tad too eccentric for my hometown’s comfort, I was ready to joyfully jump into the mainstream. With my...
You don’t need to be a rocket scientist to know that music is a wonderful thing. But being a neuroscientist might help, at least according to Oliver Sacks. Sacks, it’s true, is no ordinary scientist, and his latest collection of essays, ?...
And it's barely a debate at all. On the Democratic side, the arcane issue of whether illegals should be able to get a driver's license has bitten both Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. On the Republican side, the candidates take turns accusing one another of committing some act...
“Everywhere among booksellers there’s a camaraderie, typically very eccentric but nice people,” agreed Eastman.
Saul Roll, the manager of Lame Duck Books, is a completely different breed, though no less eccentric. He might appear a bit pretentious (read: he rolls his own cigarettes), but he has a genuine love of books and feels that they should be valued very highly.