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While taking a nap in my Canaday F room, the wind (something I'm usually quite fond of) blew my alarm clock off its former resting place on my window sill to its final resting place on the steps of the dorm. Consequentially, my alarm clock broke into several pieces upon hitting the pavement. In my daze, I decided that this was an inconsequential occurrence and promptly slept, not surprisingly, for a long time. This must be the reason for the rule against removing window screens. The clock is in pieces just when I needed it the most. --Anonymous
Hyperion, the Disney book subsidiary, could level all the trees in Snow White's forest for its nostalgia and tie-in tomes--not just the inevitable The Art of Hercules, due any day now, but fond, if incestuous, tributes to the anonymous heroes who toiled on Disney cartoons. Canemaker's Before the Animation Begins: The Art and Lives of Disney Inspirational Sketch Artists is a sumptuous introduction to the craftsfolk whose paintings suggested a mood and design for Disney directors. Hyperion has also begun a sketchbook series of drawings from its early works; the first is a beguiling Bambi...
...much fuss might seem surprising, given the numbers involved. True, it is expected that more than twice as many estates will be taxed in 2007 as were in 1995. But that would still be only 73,000, or around 3% of the total. Liberals are fond of contrasting those numbers with the 10 million children who lack health insurance...
Hooker is fond of using collaborators to enliven his music--also, no doubt, to broaden his audience--and on his new album, Don't Look Back, he's chosen his partners deftly. The band Los Lobos backs Hooker on a virile version of Hooker's classic song Dimples, and Irish pop star Van Morrison contributes some cagey vocals on the aching ballad The Healing Game (Morrison also produced the album...
Ocon lived with Balcarcel, Pia A. Menezes '98 and Jane A. Rubio '98 in Eliot House until she left for home in November. Balcarcel has fond memories of their first year, when she would hang out with Menezes and Ocon, who lived across the hall in Thayer...