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...least a few drug indulgences themselves. Theatricals, too, have their own sordid history—especially the Hasty Pudding kind. Most will remember that a couple of years ago, two Pudding producers were charged with embezzlement of over $200,000 (they learned it from Enron, not Harvard, we swear), a large portion of which apparently went to support a producer’s own heavy drug habit...
...sure whether this is Notting Hill, Love Actually, or just some hideous amalgam of all the other resolutely WASPy, sickly-sweet Richard Curtis creations: There’s the wacky car chase through central London to a Motown soundtrack. The even wackier minor characters that swear like sailors and smoke like particularly industrious chimneys. Bridget falling flat on her face, a lot. Further plundering of the Aretha Franklin catalog. And, of course, that stalwart of the rom-com genre, Hugh Grant, walking on eggshells and flopping his fringe on the way into cinematic oblivion...
It’s taken a lot of courage for me to come forth with this and I already feel the release that doing so has granted me. My longing for a woman who will swear at me and be a rock star is a simple thing, which now perhaps I am better equipped to overcome. Or perhaps, taking the Freudian road, the solution is to hear my mother drop the f-bomb. Mom, if you’re out there, call...
...fact, all of Cambridge felt blanketed by an invisible storm cloud. I may be projecting, but I swear the streets were eerily quiet in the Square. I did, however, catch wind of the dull roar of indignant cell phone conversations: “…and this time he was actually elected…” “…Billions of dollars in Iraq…” “Who are these people...
...been an instant hit. Why? Habbo's focus on teens and chatting is one reason, as is its price tag: it's free. Despite the no-charge admission, there are oodles of games to play and rooms to explore. Habbo also has some healthy rules: the site blocks all swear words and has adult moderators. Teens can send private notes through the site, but exchanging real e-mail or IM addresses is prohibited. (As with all online activity, kids find ways around the bans, so parental supervision is a must...