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Nuevo Laredo is a prescription Mecca for many in the Southwest. That's what brought Marvin Bryan here. A feisty 73-year-old long-distance trucker and former reading teacher from Mesa, Ariz., he had heard about Nuevo Laredo's prescription-drug bonanza from his trucker pals. Clutching a plastic bag, he is pleased with his purchases, which include Augmentin, Proscar and that modern elixir, Viagra. Nearby, Bill Gibson picks up Tagamet, the stomach medication, for a mere $7.50--far less than the $62 he says he would pay back in Oklahoma City, Okla., "even though it's made...
...active Annenberg. Get glazed donut and glass of water. Sit with two anonymous girls. Both agree that Annenberg could use some improvements. One says, "I'm not too pleased with this thing [her bagel] this morning." The other suggests, "They should get real bread--the type that comes in plastic bags...
...Student sits with me. "I was walking around there getting a cup of coffee and y'know that little lady who's always walking around there?" he asks. "She walks over with a plastic cup to the coffee area and pours hot water in it, swirls it and pours it out. I realize this food service woman doesn't trust the cleanliness of her own dishes. She has to give it a warm water bath." Does that bother him? "No, it's not my fault that she's crazy...
...guns, the movie There's Something About Mary, the National Enquirer, cigarettes, the video game South Park, the hard-rocking Powerman 5000's hit Tonight the Stars Revolt. And here are a few of the things you can't buy: a "day-after" birth control kit, handguns, authentic-looking plastic guns, Playboy, rolling papers, the movie South Park, the video game Grand Theft Auto and any number...
...iBooks are beautiful. Sitting at my roommate's new Macintosh laptop, I almost wish that I never switched away from Apple. The iBook's translucent polycarbon plastic casing is soothingly, subtly textured, and its rubberized blueberry trim is smooth and soft. It's flared, curved outline and rounded edges remind me of a clam, and the white springs visible beneath its cloudy-clear keys look almost like veins. As I hold it in my lap, the iBook feels vaguely alive...