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Hicks: I've enjoyed it; an interesting perk was that people who didn't talk to me before were eager to chat afterwards. The downside was that my exes started to call me up again. And when I was in drag people offered me money to do disgusting things. Perhaps they didn't realize that even in heels my biceps were still working just fine. It makes me question some of the underpublicized subtleties of drag life. Prostitution is something I definitely won't be doing. Another negative incident was when a jealous drag queen attacked me. She threw...
...take on this not entirely congenial activity, two stand out. First, I want to make a gesture of thanks to an institution which continues to be awfully good to me. Most people do not realize the advantages of living near one's college. Just to mention one priceless perk, the university allows me to buy a Harvard College Library card for $10 a year (the over-age-65 rate). I get to choose among millions of books for my own research and leisure interests. I could also discuss other agreeable benefits such as a long-standing association with an undergraduate...
...company that thinks a lot of how to make employees happy," says Karl Treen, assistant of recruiting at the Office of Career Services (OCS). "It's a nice perk and it cuts down on what employees need to worry about...
There is a perk, though, and that is that thecomputer allows the whole picture to be done in3-D. Animation has long been unparalleled in itsability to flesh out the imagined world, and makeit move. The shift from two dimensions to threemakes the fantasy more believable than everbefore. Possibly the most delightful aspect ofAntz is puzzling over whether bugs reallydo these things, or if one is confusing gradeschool Bio with popular insect mythology...
...think you had a tough week last week--and who didn't, with the Dow off 482 points?--you might perk up after a chat with Stanley Druckenmiller. A six-footer with deep-set eyes and a grin that creeps sideways across his face like a stock ticker, he has been labeled the world's brightest currency trader, an Einstein of the pits. Druckenmiller's paycheck is signed by George Soros, for whom he oversees $22 billion. Uh, make that a little less. Last week Druckenmiller watched helplessly as the Russian debt market vaporized into fiscal neutrinos, taking the last...