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...Afterwards, says his publisher, "his childhood took a turn for the bizarre with electroshock machine fun and games; month-long family/patient sleep-overs on the front lawn; a physician-assisted fake suicide attempt to get excused from school forever; a pedophile living in the barn; Lithium, Valium, and Halcyon eaten like candy, and much more." The therapist was later arrested for fraud. Former TIME writer Kurt Andersen blurbs the book enthusiastically. "I was reminded of Roald Dahl's 'Boy' and 'A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius'...Burroughs has produced a memoir that's funny and sharp but also humane...
Back in the halcyon days of high school, I remember trumpeting the power of the Harvard Network, justifying the unconscionable price tag on my Harvard education by pointing to the valuable connections that I would make with the future movers and shakers of the world. But once I was here I quickly realized my heart wasn’t in the networking thing. In fact, I was allergic...
...foster dialogue on Capitol Hill and encourage the proper functioning of our democratic processes, it may prevent the country from sinking back into the days of Ronald Reagan, when the country’s debt skyrocketed, creating an ephemeral, artificial economic boost. This short-lived high led to the halcyon days of former President Bush’s administration, when the country had to pay for the mismanagement of the previous eight years and was subjected to a deep and humiliating recession. Unemployment was high and crime rates increased. America suffered because Reaganomics was shortsighted and ineffective...
...more records—platitudes are often the worst kind of compliment. But to reinforce the pre-existing hype, nostalgia has been hanging oppressively in air for a band whose musical roots include punk and brit-pop. Such a noble rock lineage evokes memories of music’s halcyon days where songs were not a product nor a soundtrack for a car commercial, but rather signified subversion and an affront to the establishment. Arguably, that time never existed and the Strokes are simply a cleverly marketed band that have struck a chord with music critics disaffected with the cookie...
Maybe in the halcyon days of my youth I would have bolted for the nearest television and watched Mussina with baited breath, secretly rooting for him to do the improbable in a room full of Red Sox fans. But that night, I had more important things to attend to—fantasy football rankings and AOL Instant Messenger...