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...this: his prose is so luminescent and so precise it manually recalibrates our brains, so that as we read, we learn to see the way Emmett sees and find the beauty he finds. By the end of A Box of Matches, Emmett is a different person: a better, happier, more observant person. You just might find that you're one too. --By Lev Grossman
Circumstances don't always define emotional states. Seligman acknowledges that extreme poverty is a downer, but says, "Once you're above the safety net, people in wealthier nations are not by and large noticeably happier than those in poorer nations." Climate isn't a crucial factor: "North Dakotans are just as happy as Floridians." Nor is money: "If you look at lottery winners, they get happy for a few months. But a year later, they're back where they were." Even a catastrophe--cancer, say--does little to alter one's overall outlook. "On average," Seligman observes, "people with...
...Whitney Museum: Your wife says she wants a Monet print from the Met, but don't you think she might actually be much happier with a Lichtenstein or a Warhol? We think so, too. Even after your visit to the gift shop, there's plenty to see at the Whitney, from avant-garde lawn sculptures to totally incomprehensible oil paintings. Note to party leaders: Please alert Museum staff well ahead of time in the event that John Ashcroft wishes to pay a visit. Staff will require at least a week for ordering and positioning special opaque draping materials...
...orders. For starters, Lord firmly suggests either the crab cakes mingled with kangaroo and served with nori or the tortillalike summer roll stuffed with scallops, shrimp and sesame sauce. And when my dinner companion chooses the blackened mackerel, Lord refuses to give it to him. "You'll be much happier with the soft-shell crab," he says as he walks away with the menus. Grudgingly, my tablemate later concurs that the soft-shell crabs with green papaya and mango were like nothing he'd ever tasted...
...must target and destroy the assumption that having a social life means getting really drunk in a dark crowded room. We must fight the fear of procrastination and allow the social to span the week. When we combine it with our academic and extracurricular activities, we become healthier, happier and even more productive...