She said “No,” so I naturally assumed she simply didn’t understand what I was asking. Since my initial request to her friend or sister was received with a shrug and something in Spanish. I gestured that I was simply asking…
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Editor’s note: This essay is offensive and subjective and, at points, gets downright ugly. JERRY: Elaine, what percentage of people would you say are good looking? ELAINE: Twenty-five percent. JERRY: Twenty-five percent, you say? No way! It's like 4 to…
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A watched pot never boils, apparently. Who knows whether this predicament is the result of our impatience and premature retreat. Or, whether some supernatural, inhuman power to annoy assumes control. On this we can agree. There appears to be a…
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They’re strategically placed within easy reach -- an eclectic collection of books I refer to often when considering human nature and public opinion … and how to influence it. Alongside the historical treatise The Art of War by Sun Tzu,…
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Jerry: “What is this obsession people have with books?” More than a few classic “Seinfeld” episodes centered on books: the library cop, Kramer’s coffee table book, George’s flagged bathroom book (“If it wasn’t for the toilet there’d be no books”),…
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