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...wider variety of food in the Commons upon which to spend this money. The Mexican food is too reminiscent of dining hall fare. Perhaps we could see tacos and burritos with lime-marinated chicken or came asada filling the space instead. We also would like to sink our teeth into some plain old American burgers, as well as some healthier options such as salads or sushi. But leave the inspiring tea choices such as "Zen," "Awake" and "Passion" in the well-designed coffee shop...
ICICLES--SIX FEET LONG, AND AT THEIR TIPS, as bright and sharp as needles--hang from the eaves: wild ice stalactites, dragon's teeth. I peer through them to see the world transformed to abstract whiteout. Little dervish snow tornadoes twirl across the blank. The car is out there somewhere, represented by a subtle bump in the snowfield. The old Jeep truck, a larger beast, is up to its door handles, like a sinking remnant: dinosaur yielding to ice age. The town's behemoth snowplow passes on the road, dome light twirling, and casts aside a frozen doe that...
...rises upon diamond-scattered snowfields and glistens upon the lucent dragon's teeth. In the distance, three deer, roused from their shelter under pines, venture forth. They struggle and plunge undulously through the opulent white...
This may not be progress (What do guys know about lipstick stains on teeth?). At any rate, the results are, as critics say while fishing for a coin to toss, mixed. The Final Judgment, by Richard North Patterson (Knopf; 437 pages; $25), is less than it should be, given the author's success with his earlier books Eyes of a Child and Degree of Guilt. These are tough, well-plotted legal thrillers, set in California, with a good mix of believable male and female characters. The new story takes one of the supporting actors from the earlier books, a judge...
...AFRICAN PYGMY HEDGEHOGS First, despite the porcine last syllable, they won't outgrow the confines of your apartment like those Vietnamese potbellied pigs. You can keep them in that old aquarium. Their teeth are too small to break the skin. They do have quills, but these stick out only when they sense danger. Even that's kinda cool, a living Transformer...