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...interaction in some way. But at the same time, consider it a blessing. If somebody disqualifies himself from the outset based on that, he probably wasn’t going to be a good choice in the first place. If he can’t handle your fabulousness, then phooey on him. 5. FM: Can you rank the Ivies in terms of social awkwardness/inability to date normally?AB: The less other stuff there is to do in town, the more you’re going to just sit around and drink and party, so I’m going...
...tech-addicted Asia, even a day without Internet access can trigger withdrawal. "I am depressed, very much so," wrote a blogger who calls himself Hong Kong Phooey after a Dec. 26 earthquake disrupted telecommunications across a wide swath of Asia. "No online games for me," wrote Phooey, "cannot download any new songs for my new player, cannot access my fantasy football league, no YouTube, cannot read or write blogs, and cannot get on Xbox Live 360." Another Hong Konger, 32-year-old consultant Josh Tse, reported feeling "some pain, some hollowness" after he found himself unable to update his blog...
...trend by not emptying the employee goody bag. Economists marvel at the productivity of this new new economy. The Bureau of Labor Statistics announced in August that output per worker increased 5.7% in the second quarter. Translation: we're working harder because companies will not hire more people. Fun? "Phooey! Just give me more time off" is the rallying cry of today's wage slaves...
Which represents the true 1970s: Peter Bogdanovich or Peter Brady? Chinatown or Hong Kong Phooey? Was the decade a wacky jag of smiley faces and bell-bottoms or a daring heyday of nonconformism and creativity? You can decide this month when the two 1970s duke it out in two weirdly complementary cable specials...
...Wall Street sure are taking their lumps. They should have known tech stocks were going to collapse--and said so, wail the critics. A little more diligence on their part and maybe fewer folks would have speculated in profitless companies and lost so much money, goes the argument. Phooey. Why not blame analysts for poor retail sales during the holidays too; heck, for the entire economic slowdown? Didn't they cause the bubble that burst and left so many feeling poor? While we're at it, let's blame them for the weather, your weight problem and hanging chads...