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...uncertain return address. If Osama bin Laden is indeed to blame, he and his network will become targets of the most far-reaching and determined counter-terrorist operation in history. But even if we do find the culprits, how should we respond? Should we remake Afghanistan as a smoldering plain, plow the fields with salt, wreck a terrible vengeance...
...nothing. God never intended for me to work hard. I can see that now. My true calling is to live unencumbered and follow the fleeting impulses of my heart and take a nap around 2 p.m. whether I want to or not. I worked hard for years out of plain fear and ignorance and also to impress women and have the funds to take them to restaurants that serve poached salmon with a light saffron sauce on a bed of roses and then bring them home to Tara and when they say, "Wow! What a big house you have...
...what you do. People ask, "What line of work did you say you're in?" and if you say, "I am a brain surgeon" to someone who washes dishes professionally, he backs up, bowing. But a man who spends five weeks lounging in his pajamas is a plain old bum like the ones at the bus depot. There are not varieties of bumhood, some more creative or distinguished than others. Indolence is, like all religious experiences, totally self-effacing...
...technology has made the plain old running shoe look boring...
...when students with blood- shot eyes wearing last night?s clothes slumped into the back row of the lecture hall. As long as the drunkards weren?t hurting their peers, or the community, there was no perceived problem. That all changed in 1993, when researchers at Harvard separated plain old drinking (which by itself most don?t see as harmful) from binge drinking, defined as consuming four or more drinks in one sitting. The Harvard study had two key findings: first, binge drinking is hugely common, with 44% of college students admitting to bingeing at least once in the previous...