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...know that it is easy to get frustrated with a language— especially with one that did not have the foresight to include the word “frustration” itself (any student of Russian history knows it is a fairly important word). But I remind myself that Russian isn’t as bad as Mandarin, for example, which has a writing system divorced from its spoken language. That is like having the text of “Fiddler on the Roof” sung to “Cats.” It makes no sense...
...shake this feeling that it's only a matter of time before I plow into a busload of schoolkids while struggling to cue up SpongeBob SquarePants. My navigation system, meanwhile, not only can locate the five nearest Chinese restaurants from any point in the continental U.S. but will also remind me that I have a noon dental appointment and that I need to pick up the cat's antifungal cream before the vet closes at 6. Cool? Absolutely. But also utterly distracting...
...about the governor by accusing him of cutting education funding—in fact he raised it by $3 billion—then make nice with him in the famous “cigar-tent” and ask for autographs for their children. I think he should remind them that “he can break your neck like a chicken’s” (The Running Man), but maybe that’s just...
Most of what you need to know about R. Kelly'smusic can be learned from his 1995 hit You Remind Me of Something: "You remind me of my Jeep, I wanna ride it/ Something like my sound, I wanna pump it/ Girl you look just like my cars, I wanna wax it." Kelly likes cars. Kelly likes sex. Kelly likes writing stupefyingly obvious metaphors in which cars stand in for sex. Even people with no understanding of pop music can grasp Kelly's commercial appeal...
...daughter of Treasury Secretary William Cleary present the duo with the ultimate challenge—“the Kentucky Derby of wedding crashing.” Cleary is played by the ever-more-iconic Christopher Walken, who takes the step back from the caricature he has become to remind us that he still...