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...series of promises that aren't worth the subprime paper they were printed on. First, there's the one about the price of real estate never going down. It got repeated so often that even banks and mortgage lenders who should have known better started to drink their own Kool-Aid and lowered their lending standards. It was a mantra compounded by the hard sell that real estate agents used all over the country: Get in now, because it's going to be more expensive tomorrow. Hope you weren't in Miami or Las Vegas when you heard that...
...Wolfe?s Long, Strange TripDespite his claim in ?10 questions? that he never used LSD, Tom Wolfe told Rolling Stone magazine that, in fact, he had taken acid once during the writing of his book The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test [Sept. 8]. He said, ?It scared the hell out of me.? It seems Wolfe has inadvertently verified his assertion that the drug culture ?inevitably leads to a total lack of intellect.? Or maybe he just forgot. Chase Martin, Colleyville, Texas
Despite his claim in "10 Questions" that he never used LSD, Tom Wolfe told Rolling Stone magazine that, in fact, he had taken acid once during the writing of his book The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test [Sept. 8]. He said, "It scared the hell out of me." It seems Wolfe has inadvertently verified his assertion that the drug culture "inevitably leads to a total lack of intellect." Or maybe he just forgot. Chase Martin, COLLEYVILLE, TEXAS...
FLAVOR The citrusy taste reminded one online reviewer of orange Kool...
That would sound like cult-leader talk from anyone else. But a visitor to Pixar HQ in Emeryville, Calif. (where the upscale cafeteria serves iced tea, not Kool-Aid), finds a workforce that is able to channel a child's sense of play and wild imagination into the business of CGI moviemaking. The trick: never grow up. Lasseter's office shelves groan with hundreds of gewgaws from Pixar films. "I love toys," he says unabashedly. "A lot of animators love toys...