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...Wild and Crazy Guy in 1979. Though his success surprised most of the off-campus public, "I kind of felt the rumblings of this happening," says the Boston stand-up star, whose college fans throw listening parties for his albums. Next Cook plays "in-your-face, misogynistic, rude cook Floyd" in the feature-film comedy Waiting. Sounds like a guy whose wait is over...
...look at you much at all. Your daughter is embarrassed by you, and her voice changes when she receives a cell-phone call. She walks away and glances back suspiciously, as if you were trying to hear something you shouldn't. These are signs not of shallowness or rudeness (though 13-year-olds can be rude) but of a new ability to think about the world in a complex, intensely personal...
...rude homecoming this Monday for James Blake...
...responses of the potential donors that my boss has asked me to call and ask to help fund our public awareness campaign have varied from a confused stutter to hanging up, except for the occasional individual who expresses interest in the issue. I can understand the rude and hostile reactions of these people to someone asking for money. But I wonder if I actually got the chance to talk to these people about the need for a public-awareness campaign to alert Americans to modern-day slavery, they still would not support the need for such an initiative...
USING SPEAKERPHONES "Speakerphones were designed for conference calls. I believe that should be the only use, unless you let the other person know. It's rude and it's deceptive not to. What I say to the caller is, 'I'm getting a lot of feedback' or 'It's so hard to hear you. Am I on speakerphone?' They'll pick up the phone right away and say, 'Oh, yes. I'm sorry. Is this better...