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...Tom Wolfe?s Long, Strange TripDespite his claim in ?10 questions? that he never used LSD, Tom Wolfe told Rolling Stone magazine that, in fact, he had taken acid once during the writing of his book The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test [Sept. 8]. He said, ?It scared the hell out of me.? It seems Wolfe has inadvertently verified his assertion that the drug culture ?inevitably leads to a total lack of intellect.? Or maybe he just forgot. Chase Martin, Colleyville, Texas
...Tom Wolfe's Long, Strange Trip...
Despite his claim in "10 Questions" that he never used LSD, Tom Wolfe told Rolling Stone magazine that, in fact, he had taken acid once during the writing of his book The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test [Sept. 8]. He said, "It scared the hell out of me." It seems Wolfe has inadvertently verified his assertion that the drug culture "inevitably leads to a total lack of intellect." Or maybe he just forgot. Chase Martin, COLLEYVILLE, TEXAS...
...England patriots fans will attest, the scariest letters in sports are ACL--as in an anterior cruciate ligament tear, probably the knee injury that ended quarterback Tom Brady's season on Sept. 7. But thanks to the marvels of modern sports medicine, the Pats' superstar should be dissecting defenses again in 2009. Ever since surgeon Frank Jobe revolutionized baseball in the 1970s with the pioneering elbow-repair technique now known as Tommy John surgery, doctors have been developing innovative ways to treat sports injuries. From managing concussions (some 300,000 annually in the U.S.; football players and female athletes...
Real celebrities don't make themselves available to every Tom, Dick and Katie. They play hard to get. And they have hard-nosed handlers, like McCain campaign manager Rick Davis, who vowed that Palin would not do interviews until the media "treat her with some level of respect and deference...