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...teacher told me, ‘I like the looseness of your style, and I want you to see this,’” recalled Carle, who was especially inspired by Picasso and Matisse...
...returned home for Christmas break, my dad gave me a very important assignment. Calling from the operating room, he asked me the usual questions of what my plans were for the night. “Good, Marco,” he said in his thick, Polish accent when I told him I was free. “Go and rent two movies, one action and one stupid comedy.” Before hanging up, he added one more detail: “Marco,” he said, “the stupider the better...
...physical tribulations as a result of his or her own stupidity. The character is usually completely unaware of how stupid they are. Example: Lloyd Christmas telling the jetway attendant “It’s okay—I’m a limo driver” when told he can’t run down the jetway because the plane’s gone. He does, and falls onto the asphalt. I don’t think I’ve ever seen my dad laugh as hard...
...sight of my father—a serious neurosurgeon who sometimes used the word “mofo” before I told him what it meant—going to the checkout counter at Blockbuster with a movie entitled “Daddy Day Care” is beyond description. I’ve watched this happen before, and the nonchalance with which both my dad and the checkout person complete the transaction amazes me. And every time I rent a movie, I’m reminded that I qualify for two free rentals just because...
When Janie finally revealed her location, friends ushered her back to urgent care. The therapist on call was the same woman she had seen for her intake hours before. She and a psychiatrist on duty told Janie that she wasn’t safe on campus...