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...comments about birthdays through the ages [Feb. 8]. Replace the 4 1/2 birthday party memory, however, with the one surprise party I ever had: twelve 12-year-olds hidden in our basement as I came home from the hairdresser, to celebrate my 12th. Gibbs paints so many perfect pictures, from the birth of a child with "no instruction manual, no warranty" to the middle-age years "when we are suspended between twin poles" of the needs of our parents and children. It's comforting to know I'm not going through this alone. Kay Rolland, BOULOGNE BILLANCOURT, FRANCE...
...comments about birthdays through the ages [Feb. 8]. Replace the 4 1/2 birthday party memory, however, with the one surprise party I ever had: twelve 12-year-olds hidden in our basement as I came home from the hairdresser, to celebrate my 12th. Gibbs paints so many perfect pictures, from the birth of a child with "no instruction manual, no warranty" to the middle-age years "when we are suspended between twin poles" of the needs of our parents and children. It's comforting to know I'm not going through this alone. Kay Rolland Boulogne Billancourt, France...
Midway through my week, I called Keller for tips. And the greatest chef in America kindly commiserated. He mentioned that he had tried for a year to perfect hamburgers, but they always came out tasting like liver. The technique is hard to master, and the current crop of machines do little to help the home chef get it right. But Keller still believes sous vide cookers will one day become as common as microwaves...
Harvard’s up-tempo style of play—the team finished with 17 fast-break points—and its deadly accuracy from deep—the Crimson shot 12-of-19 from three-point range—combined to produce a perfect offensive storm...
...online creepers and the occasional renegade tween to unite nationwide. Then MySpace came along and ratcheted it up a notch, giving a face to the cyber freak in the form of the emo bathroom mirror photoshoot. And even for the high-brow college crowd, Facebook arrived to provide the perfect venue for creeping clandestinely—without compromising class. But no site has exploded onto the social networking scene quite as absurdly and gloriously as Chatroulette...