The Courage of Michael Vick
Each of the 32 NFL teams annually honors one of its own with an Ed Block award, named for the Baltimore Colts head trainer who was an advocate for improving the lives of neglected and abused children; the Foundation says it celebrates “players of inspiration in the NFL.” Unfortunately, there is no stipulation that football players who abuse animals are ineligible receivers.
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THOUGHTS FROM AN UNQUIET MIND VI
Melville the man grows in my affections through his letters. I am glad I wrote in his defense against Edward Dahlberg’s ridiculous calumny (to the effect that in his subconscious mind M. desired to go to bed with a whale in preference to his wife Elizabeth).
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Are Book Collectors Crazy?
Unlike your real world, where even tea-baggers and conspiracy theorists can spout their opinions and are given the right to vote, book collectors would prefer you shut up for the first ten years until you know what you’re talking about.
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An Extension of Her Motherhood:
She was also strict about establishing rules and “making us be good to people,” says Christian. “She taught us the spiritual side of life and what school can’t teach you.”
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No Country for Old Women
Everyone involved gave their unwavering support and implicitly understood that you are either with Avon (the company for women) in its war on breast cancer or you are with the terrorizing few that strayed from the pack and articulated independent (albeit “liberal”) thought about this often fatal disease. And if you are in the latter, you’re sure to get breast cancer.
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THOUGHTS FROM AN UNQUIET MIND V
I almost never premeditate on the best way to produce a favorable impression on someone else. I trust to my intuition and perhaps am less fearful of what I say or do than most thoughtful people. G. has suggested that my ego is constructed of cast iron. This is true only in a superficial sense.
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Our Post-Privacy World
After all, there are no scary monsters under my bed watching me. Are there?
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THOUGHTS FROM AN UNQUIET MIND IV
It is difficult for me to think imaginatively in prose. It is as though I were being held in check by a leash of rationality.
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MORE THOUGHTS FROM AN UNQUIET MIND
I am always reacting to other people, but never exactly in the same way to any two of them. I possess a different mask for each of them.
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The Interview
I clicked on my Inbox and there it was: an e-mail inviting me for an interview. Woohoo!
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