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...meet with members of the council. We had a great time.5.FM: As you discuss in “The Case Against Perfection,” genetic engineering will diminish human appreciation of innate gifts. Who cares though, if I can get some huge biceps?MJS: Why not try the gym instead?[Editors’ note: FM refuses to try the gym, on principle.]6.FM: Speaking of huge biceps, are you in touch with former University President Lawrence H. Summers?MJS: We were together recently at a conference in Europe on what makes an educated person in the 21st century...
...from Billy Joel in 2000 and a new spread in Telluride, Colo., not far from Tom Cruise's place. He keeps his collection of Porsches (he won't say how many, though it's assumed there are more than 30) in a private garage in Manhattan. He hits the gym regularly, and every day when he's in the city he walks 25 blocks through Central Park to his midtown office-a spacious aerie with sweeping views of the skyline-where he works on his stand-up act. The office is equipped with a high-tech videoconferencing system called Halo...
...first step was to put his old act behind him. He retired the material in a limited Broadway engagement, I'm Telling You for the Last Time, in August 1998. One night he invited a woman he had met at the gym, Jessica Sklar, to his show. In his current act, Seinfeld jokes, "I was dating for 25 years. Do you know how exhausting that was? Do you know how much acting fascinated I did?" But Jessica, whom he calls a "neighborhood girl," actually did fascinate him. Like Seinfeld, she had grown up on Long Island...
...Biggest Loser has certainly boosted traffic to websites of sponsors like the health club, 24 Hour Fitness, but it remains to be seen whether the show will actually spur us to get off the couch and into the gym. It seems a little far-fetched to think that simply watching a television series can produce such life-changing results. Case in point: Years ago, I watched several episodes of Who Wants to be a Millionaire? But I'm still waiting for someone to show me the money...
...Summer School programs. The notion that one can experience a city and a culture in five whirlwind weeks of language classes and “cultural” outings is a prototypical Harvard mentality, akin to us writing 20-page papers in one night and squeezing in meals and gym time between sections and meetings. We want to study abroad, but we want to scribble it in the corner of our planners along with any number of other responsibilities...