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...keeps thinking big and shows no signs of slowing down, not when it comes to driving, investing or his favorite sport, tennis, which he plays most weekends, still packing a powerful forehand. "He's a real competitor" on the court, says George Mason, a longtime business colleague and tennis pal...
...briefly the depersonalization that a frictionless, expansive, highly technical–i.e., “flat”–world may impose. He risks triviality, however, by steeping the discussion in Americana, evoking Willy Loman and citing a real-life struggling Minnesota wholesaler. Friedman’s pal the wholesaler may have a legitimate complaint that he can no longer “stop by the office, give the buyers a few Vikings’ tickets,” and maintain a friendly rapport with his customers. But the wholesaler’s grievance seems frivolous compared...
...pleasures. The birthday gifts are telling: exotic tea and a glass brewing pot from a friend who has discovered that a daily tea ceremony creates an oasis in a long day of caring for an autistic child; an assortment of nut oils, wine vinegars and chocolate truffles from a pal eager to share favorite things from her home in Switzerland. And I, to my amazement, find myself overcoming my technophobia to make giveaway compilations of my current favorite songs. Are those the tokens of a midlife crisis? To me, it feels more like a midlife reappraisal, or maybe even...
...Crumb's work over the years. Though it sounds redundant- everything touched by Crumb's pen, short of his ink stained sleeves, has been published already - this collection has great appeal to both Crumb neophytes and Crumb obsessives. Unlike other collections it is edited and designed, by Crumb's pal Pete Poplaski, as a kind of illustrated autobiography. Crumb provides commentary on his development as a person and an artist in passages interspersed with copious examples of his art and family photos. (A full multi-media package, it also comes with a CD of Crumb's recorded sessions with various...
...sordid life with coloratura bravura. "I love you," murmurs David Blakely (Rupert Everett), a spoiled, sodden rich boy with a passion for racing cars and a taste for tarts. "Everybody does," Ruth shrugs. "Why should you be different?" An older man, Desmond Cussen (Ian Holm), is Ruth's pal and protector, the one dour celibate in this tatty Sodom. Des is used to being used by Ruth; it is his way of feeling needed. He has the patience for her; David has the hots. Together, these qualities might make a decent lover. Opposed, they tear Ruth apart...