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...staying bozo' as a defense against the harsher realities of life on earth." Willwerth, however, almost came unbozoed when he accompanied the comedian to a yoga class, where Williams invited him to, well, look at the world from a different perspective. "Taking notes was impossible," jokes Willwerth. "The ink in my ballpoint pen wouldn't run uphill." The journalist now sees television from a different angle. Says he: "At night I watch only the specials; during the day I watch the executives outmaneuver each other...
...though, Danny Jiggetts was of athlete--so rare around here these days--who participated in sports for the thrill of it, for the enjoyment derived simply from participating. He did not seek out press coverage, and he didn't covet it. The fact that he got a lot of ink came not from his bloated ego but because he just happened to be very, very good...
Drawing styles themselves range from Jeffrey Hale's which in Blind Man's Buff veers as close to Saturday morning cartoons as Center Screen gets, to Maureen Sherwood's freehand pen-and-ink for her Sempre Libera. John Canemaker's Confessions of a Stardreamer has the quick sketch and metamorphos is that keeps the cliches of the jaded actress on the soundtrack alive...
...uses a heavy blue ink that has many of the same properties as rub ber cement (refills are available in black and red). About 100 times thicker than honey, it is contained in a cartridge in the pen's barrel, which is pressured with a charge of nitrogen gas; the gas forces the ink onto the pen's ballpoint when it is pressed against a surface. In effect, an antigravity pen, it can be used in any position. The writing can be rubbed out with an ordinary eraser up to several days later; thereafter the ink fully hardens...
...This defeats the whole purpose of ink." Indeed, mindful of the question of permanent records and forgeries, Paper Mate consulted the American Bankers Association, which advised that a cautionary note be printed on every Eraser Mate package. The message warns buyers "not to sign or endorse checks" with...