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...take pride in my lawn." To his disgust, he is turning into one of those people "with mortgages, health insurance [and] special sheds to store their garbage cans." There are some easy targets here--Zevin goes after such battered bull's-eyes as psychotherapy and the state of New Jersey--but he hits them unerringly and sometimes from unexpected angles. Here he is on the prospect of paternity: "I don't want to be a father; I want to be a baby...
...ticket I could have flown back and forth from New York to Washington not once, but twice, I got a bit peeved. Recently, I was on my way to Wilmington, Delaware to meet my parents. I had painstakingly concocted a route by which I could totally bypass Amtrak: New Jersey Transit to Trenton, then switch to the local SEPTA train, which would take me to Philadelphia and eventually Wilmington - all for the low, low price of $16. For the same ride (minus, of course, the inconvenience of transferring) on Amtrak's unreserved Northeast Direct line...
...late Monday it was evident that immediate crisis will be avoided: panicked lawmakers from New Jersey and New York, horrified by visions of stranded commuters pounding on their doors say they've extracted a promise from President Bush that Amtrak will get its money. There will be no shutdown...
...Sopranos may indulge our power fantasies, but the series is really about the end of empire. (Boss Tony Soprano constantly escapes his woes by losing himself in Mob flicks like Public Enemy.) And the Sopranos' counterparts? They're counting down their twilight days, like the New Jersey DeCavalcantes, caught on tape debating the show's merits and looking for signs that its characters are based on them. "It's not me," one says pitiably. "I'm not even existing over there...
Person of the Week THE DIESEL At 2.16 meters and 142.9 kilos, he's too big, too good, too much. All-Star center Shaquille O'Neal led the Los Angeles Lakers to their third straight NBA title in a four-game sweep of the New Jersey Nets, winning his third consecutive Finals MVP. Can anybody stop Shaq? Noted "We pave the way for foreign policy now. Send the WWF in first and then you'll have a country that's happy and entertained." JESSE VENTURA, Minnesota Governor and former professional wrestler, while on a trip to Beijing and Shanghai...