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...hard to characterize first-year living across the board, though. The effort to preserve an authentic Kennedys-and-Roosevelts-slept-here feel in the dorms has created wide discrepancies in room size and quality. Three months from now you could be showing your quarters to a photographer from House Beautiful. Or you could be consulting a shrink about your newly-acquired claustrophobia...
...many Fat Bastard items among the products from the 100 or so licensees, which include action figures, shagadelic-shaker alcohol mixers, inflatable furniture, an Austin-inspired fragrance and an authorized Swedish penis enlarger. There's also a new version of the Clue board game, a near life-size doll of Dr. Evil's tiny henchman Mini-Me and a talking watch that barks phrases like "Throw me a frickin' bone here!" Kicking in additional millions for promotional tie-ins are half a dozen companies, ranging from Virgin Atlantic airlines to Heineken beer. Next spring there will be a prime-time...
Luckily, the consumer in need of a home robot has a more affordable (and potentially more useful) choice: Cye, a "personal robot" created by Probotics Inc., based in Pittsburgh, Pa. About the size of a toaster oven, Cye made its debut on the Web www.personalrobots.com) where it goes for $695. An optional vacuum cleaner and wagon add size and dollars...
...brilliant sitcom idea: "It's about a Nielsen family and will therefore be the highest-rated show ever, because every Nielsen family will watch it." That meeting went poorly, only partly because I was distracted by the UPN office, which is bright, cheerful and contains a life-size bronze statue of Sherman Hemsley in a bell-bottom suit holding a piece of pie. Let me repeat that: bright, cheerful and contains a life-size bronze statue of Sherman Hemsley in a bell-bottom suit holding a piece of pie. You try to pitch a sitcom after seeing that. This might...
...clothing, toiletries and snacks in carry-on bags, in case the unthinkable happens. Yes, it's a lot to carry, but kids make excellent porters. Kyle McCarthy, editor of Family Travel Forum, an online newsletter, says anyone over age four can handle a bulging backpack plus a kid-size rolling suitcase (Fisher-Price and Kelty K.I.D.S. make nice ones). And even two-year-olds can manage a fanny pack around the waist. To keep suitcases neat, pack complete outfits in tidy bundles or zippered plastic bags, which can be reused for wet bathing suits or messy souvenirs...