Esquire articles from May 2006

Esquire archives from May 2006

The sound and the fury.(democracy in United States)(Brief article)
May 1, 2006... "Thank the Lord I live in a country where I can sit at my computer and politely protest. So I offer only this peaceful demonstration, saving several embassies and lives in me process." "The United States of Style" in the March issue...

Viggo: Scandinavian for "Badass".(This Way In: THE SOUND AND THE FURY)(Letter to the editor)
May 1, 2006... In a society where we reward people who play pretend, sing a song, or play a sport with a life of privilege and feelings of superiority, Viggo Mortensen is a breath af fresh air. No entourage, personal chef, private jet, or even stupid...

A reader we love.(This Way In: THE SOUND AND THE FURY)(Letter to the editor)
May 1, 2006... I'D LIKE TO comment on letters denouncing Esquire for becoming more liberal. Much of the response came after the recent intelligent-design debate, of which you were fair enough to present both sides. Other readers criticized your choice of Bill...

Unauthorized entertainment journalism.(Editorial)
May 1, 2006... ONE HAS TO admire how well the entertainment industry controls the outflow of information about itself. The choreography of the release of tidbits about movies and television shows (look at the long, slow reveal of The Da Vinci Code), and the...

What the converse all star means, and other passionate responses to "the United Staes of Style".(This Way In: THE SOUND AND THE FURY)(Letter to the editor)
May 1, 2006... My mouth fell open when I came to the image of the black Converse All Star on page 162 of the March issue. At first I didn't even recognize what it was, and then I started recognizing myself in it. I spent most of my childhood in Chuck Taylors...

Note to the the Danes: look to Jesus.(This Way In: THE SOUND AND THE FURY)(Letter to the editor)
May 1, 2006... The March issue contained two pieces concerning Christ: "Jesus' Bar Mitzvah" (This Wag Out) and "What Would Jesus Really Do?" (Man at His Best). Although response to both was overwhelmingly negative, many readers relished the opportunity to...

Legitimate reader service.(This Way In: THE SOUND AND THE FURY)(Letter to the editor)
May 1, 2006... Where can the eyelet gingham bra-and-panty set that Evangeline Lilly is wearing ("A Woman We Love," March) be purchased? CHRISTY GRILLIETTE Walls, Miss Christy, the item is actually a bathing suit by Juicy Couture. Although the...

Then there's this take.(This Way In: THE SOUND AND THE FURY)(Letter to the editor)
May 1, 2006... In "Jesus' Bar Mitzvah," there's a reference to Goliath, an unnamed member of Aerosmith, and the ancient Roman poet Ovid. The first references are pretty common, but the last astonished me. I thought that with the exception of myself and my dad...

Influence wins friends.(This Way In: THE SOUND AND THE FURY)(Letter to the editor)
May 1, 2006... In March, we introduced Influence, a new column about getting what you wont from the world. This month's installment appears on page 72. As Tom Chiarella points out in his column, anything that makes a person feel obligated puts a wall...

The update.(Sergeant Brian Wells's media coverage)(Brief article)
May 1, 2006... IN APRIL, we published the story of Staff Sergeant Brian Wells's recovery from a gunshot wound to the head he suffered while serving in Iraq ("Sgt. Wells's New Skull"). To treat the horrific injury, Wells underwent a partial skull replacement,...

Incorrect!(This Way In: THE SOUND AND THE FURY)(Letter to the editor)
May 1, 2006... You got it wrong when you attributed the quote "Sometimes the spaghetti likes to be alone" to Primo, played by Tony Shalhoub in the movie Big Night ("What We've Learned at the Movies," March). It was Stanley Tucci as Secondo who said it. Go...

Elsewhere in the bin.(This Way In: THE SOUND AND THE FURY)(Letter to the editor)
May 1, 2006... John Mayer wrote a poignant and generous account of the loss of American artist Chris Whitley in his column (Man at His Best, March). Thanks, John, for acknowledging one of the most underrated singer-songwriters of his generation. ALFONSO...

Diary of an extra.(Dave Chappelle)(Diary entry)
May 1, 2006... More than thirty incredibly patient and regrettably unpaid extras turned out for this month's cover shoot. Here, the experience of one or them. 12-55 P.M. Arrive at the shoot. Art Streiber, the photographer, is already harnessed and...

Luke Dittrich: writer: "who the hell is Luke Dittrich, and why is he snooping around the Apocalgpto set?".(This Way In: THOSE RESPONSIBLE)(Brief article)
May 1, 2006... HEADING TO MEXICO for three weeks was a homecoming for Luke Dittrich, who spent part of his childhood south of the border. But when he showed up looking for Mel Gibson on the director's movie set in Catemaco, the reception was not as welcoming...

The Nasdijj Story: a correction.(The Oprah Winfrey Show)(Brief article)
May 1, 2006... AS IT HAPPENED, the day I learned that we had been an unwitting part of a fraud (see page 138), I was across a table from Gayle King, Oprah Winfrey's friend and business associate, who asked me how I thought Oprah had initially handled the...

Funny * joke from a beautiful woman: as told by LISA RAY.(Man at His Best)(Brief article)
May 1, 2006... The CIA is interviewing three potential agents--two men and a woman. For the final test, they bring one of the male candidates to a door and hand him a gun. "We must know that you will follow instructions, no matter what," says the interviewer....

The awards: the eight most remarkable things in culture this month.(Man at His Best)
May 1, 2006... 1 Most Creative Marketing Effort The poster for the Italian version of Big Jim McLain included in the book Exploitation Poster Art, which features advertisements for such films as The Block Gestapo, Captive Wild Woman, and Are These...

Skin deep: the notorious Bettie Page is shallow in all the right ways.(The Screen)(Movie review)
May 1, 2006... SOMETIMES THE ENTIRE meaning of a movie winds up distilled into a single fleeting facial expression. In The Notorious Bettie Page, Gretchen Mol, playing the legendary pinup queen, gets no end of opportunities to emote on command; photographers...

Q+A: Will Arnett.(interviewed)(Interview)(Brief article)
May 1, 2006... WILL ARNETT is not an asshole, but he plays one on TV. And in the movies. While Arnett is most recognizable as GOB Bluth, the conniving magician on Fox's sacrificial lamb Arrested Development, his film stock is now rising, with no fewer than...

Lazy Americans.(Tom Lutz interviewed about his book Doing Nothing: A History of Loafers, Loungers, Slackers, and Bums in America )(Interview)(Brief article)
May 1, 2006... SLACKING ISN'T EASY. In fact, according to Tom Lutz's new book, Doing Nothing: A History of Loafers, Loungers, Slackers, and Bums in America (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $25), shunning work could be the hardest job you'll ever have. ESQ:...

A golf book worth reading.(Paper Tiger : An Obsessed Golfer's Quest to Play with the Pros )(Brief article)
May 1, 2006... MOST GOLF BOOKS, unless written by Dan Jenkins or P. G. Wodehouse, are bullshit. If you are a player, you can tell that the writer can't play, that he's never seen someone who can, and that he's not yet accepted the fact that he will never be...

Big book of the month.(The Anonymous Protagonist)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2006... THE ANONYMOUS PROTAGONIST of Philip Roth's new novel, Everyman (Houghton Mifflin, 324), is buried as the book opens. He dies three lines from its end. In between, he suffers a series of blows to his health, betrays three wives, estranges two...

Take a joke? The five funniest, most uncomfortable moments on our favorite new comedy albums.(Listening)
May 1, 2006... GILBERT GOTFRIED. Dirty Jokes: Fresh off The Aristocrats, This famous comedian's comedian offers up filthy joke after filthy joke, and as a bonus, there's a ten-minute retelling of the Aristocrats, all ten of which reset the record for the...

Like so many bands.(THE FIND: PEOPLE IN PLANES)(Brief article)
May 1, 2006... LIKE SO MANY BANDS homesteading the alt-rock floodplain, People in Planes is often a lot like Radiohead: It has its own whip-thin guitar hero, and its debut album, As For as the Eye Can See...(in stores), catches the band romanticizing its own...

Mark Knopfler and Emmylou Harris, All the Roadrunning.(Two Records Worth Your Lunch Money)(Brief article)
May 1, 2006... Fact: There's never been a better duet partner than Emmylou Harris. Ever. And there are only a handful of guitar players on the planet more recognizable than Mark Knopfler. In a double-blind taste test, I could play you five seconds of a Dire...

The Flaming Lips, At War with the Mystics.(Two Records Worth Your Lunch Money)(Brief article)
May 1, 2006... We know your secret. You own a lunch of Flaming Lips records mat you never listen to. You bought 'em because you were supposed to. And they were great fun for a week or two. But why buy another one? Because At War with the Mystics sounds so...

It's a wide, wide, wide, wide world: and these two new cameras take glorious advantage of it.(Sanyo Xacti HD1 )(Panasonic kumix DMC-LX1 )(Column)
May 1, 2006... The best weeks of directing are the ones on the mixing stage. It's the last place where you get to make your movie better-adding funny sound effects and music like Lyle Lovett's cover of "Little GTO," and replacing dialogue ruined by airplanes...

The digital boy: high definition defined.(The Digital Man)(Brief article)
May 1, 2006... THERE'S REALLY ONLY ONE NUMBER you need to be aware of: vertical resolution. Right now, two standards exist for HD broadcasting, 720p (Fox, ESPN, ABC) and 1080i (CBS, NBC, HBO). The numbers refer to the vertical pixel counts and the letters to...

On the golf course: this gear won't make you great. But it might make you better.(Ten Things You Need ...)
May 1, 2006... 1 Ecco World Class Saddle GTX shoes: You'll never find another pair as comfortable, supportive, and watertight. They'll show their worth during your first round. $400; eccousa.com. [ILLUSTRATION OMITED] 2 Inotec ClubWipes: That...

The things you carry: your golf bag is your weapon.(Golf)(Brief article)
May 1, 2006... I ALWAYS WANT to look in people's golf bags. They should be a little bit sinister, foreboding enough to reflect your darkest side. Do it right and no one will want to look in there exactly, but everyone will be dying to see what you pull out...

The endorsement: RadarGolf.(Golf)
May 1, 2006... GOLF IS RICH WITH BEAUTY--verdant flora and heaving terrain and comely cart girls with tawny legs. That's what I hear, anyway. I'm too busy cussing and rummaging in the weeds for my damned ball to notice. It's not even poor shots that bug me....

The next best thing.(golf as video game)(Brief article)
May 1, 2006... GOLDEN TEE is a helluva bar game, but pushing a trackball is to golf what John Daly is to sit-ups. Real World Golf ($70; realworldgolf.com) for PS2, Xbox, and PC, though, is a video simulation that brings the sport's real challenges into your...

What will be the next great sexact? And by that I mean is there anyone on the forefront of sexual expansion? Or have we pretty much discovered all there will ever be?(Sex)
May 1, 2006... What are you talking about? I expand my sexual forefront every night! But I catch your drift. There hasn't been a significant sexual accomplishment since I made that witty remark in the last sentence. Just about everything that can be done...

Your problem: may graying hair makes me look 15 years older than I am.(hair colorings)(Brief article)(Column)
May 1, 2006... RODNEY'S SOLUTION: Simple--dye it. And if you're apprehensive, don't be. Thanks to improved technology, which makes for drastically shorter dyeing time and greater subtlety, a huge number of men are turning to color jobs. I'd say 25 percent of...

What women read.(Maintenance)(Brief article)
May 1, 2006... This month, we bring you the opening spread of "The Battle of the Bronzers," a four-page guide to the best self-tanning products, as featured in June's Shop Etc. (circulation 600,000). Vaguely reminiscent of Esquire's own fake-tan breakdown...

How to humiliate your offspring.(Dangerous Knowledge)(Brief article)
May 1, 2006... WHEN YOUR KID GROWS UP, he'll get fired. He'll get dumped. He'll be told by the managing editor to stop trying to expense headphones at airport RadioShacks. In any case, why not teach him life's bitter truth now? Here, some handy tips on how to...

Unreasonably dangerous motor sports.(Dangerous Knowledge)(Brief article)
May 1, 2006... EXCEPT FOR the occasional Tony Stewart outburst, the best parts of any auto race really are the crashes. Taking that idea to its logical next step, local tracks have created some nasty hybrids of Nascar, stunt driving, and lunacy. It's about...

Yoko Ono, saunas, steam rooms & the exciting world of dictionaries.(Answer Fella)(Interview)
May 1, 2006... ESQUIRE'S ANSWER FELLA believes that there are no stupid questions, just stupid people who don't ask questions, fearing they'll look stupid. So ask Answer Fella anything. If he doesn't know the answer, he'll find out who does or who has a...

Stylish obsession of the month: the Adidas 1.(adidas-Salomon AG's athletic shoe)(Brief article)
May 1, 2006... Slap a gadget on a shoe and you're going to move some product. If there's one thing consumers seem to love, it's promises of increased performance. Past forays by shoe companies were primarily gimmicks, like the Reebok Pump, which was basically...

Crossover appeal: Tumi.(the guide: gear)
May 1, 2006... We're normally skeptical of brands that try to parlay success in one endeavor into another that's completely different. So it's with confidence that we can recommend the new line of packable cross-training gear from luggage maker Tumi, which...

Make like Kelly Slater.(the guide: gear)
May 1, 2006... If you can barely stand up on a surfboard, you'll still find the digital tide-prediction function on Quiksilver's new Deep watch handy for clairvoyance on the beach. World-champ surfer Kelly Slater uses its fifteen-year archive of tide data on...

How to dress like: Bjorn Borgat Wimbledon.(the guide: gear)(Brief article)
May 1, 2006... We won't be bidding on any of Borg's Wimbledon trophies, but we do favor (1) the headband, which is acceptable on tennis courts again. Borg kicked McEntoe's ass in a (2) Fila shirt, and the Italian sportswear company still makes Borg-like court...

Need brand-new kicks? Start here.(Saucony Inc.'s Grid Hurricane 8)(K-Swiss Inc.'s Defier RS)(New Balance Athletic Shoe Inc.'s M872 )(Brief article)
May 1, 2006... For running: Saucony's Grid Hurricane 8 for maximum stability. For tennis: K-Swiss's Defier RS for durability. For trails: New Balance's M872 for the serious rocks. For gyms: Nike's Air Max 360 for damn good looks.

Three big trends.(the guide: newsworthy)
May 1, 2006... Whether you're a gym rat or not, this spring you can take advantage of three current athletic-inspired trends, such as a focus on the outdoors, where functionality and durability are the name of the game. The mainstays of the track and the...

The case for going old school.(Lancaster University found that George Mallory's clothing during expedition was 20 percent lighter)(Brief article)
May 1, 2006... A study by England's Lancaster University investigating George Mallory's ill-fated 1924 climb of: Mount Everest found that the explorer's clothing was 20 percent lighter than modern mountain gear. His layering of wools and cottons provided the...

How to dress for exercise: as your commitment rises, so do your shorts.(the guide: user's manual)(Brief article)
May 1, 2006... * YOUR COMMITMENT: You haven't worked out since high school. * YOUR OUTFIT: Since you haven't strapped on a pair of running shoes since PE class, you should piece together an outfit that remains true to your intentions. Board shorts with a...

The definitions: athletic fabrics: their names sound fancy. That's because they are.(the guide: user's manual)(Brief article)
May 1, 2006... ClimaCool: Technology used by Adidas not only to wick away moisture from the skin but also to regulate body temperature, warming the skin during initial exercise and cooling it when the body temp rises. Gore-tex: A patented membrane that keeps...

The case for corn: my name is Chuck, and I'd like to become an ethonolic.(Chuck Klosterman's America)(Column)
May 1, 2006... LET'S ASSUME you're reading this magazine on an airplane, and let's assume you're on this plane because you have a job interview for a management position with a major corporation. Here is some advice: If anybody asks you about your own...

10 things you don't know about women.
May 1, 2006... 1. We actually can open the jar ourselves. But we just love the way you eyes bug out when you do it for us. 2. Women grab their crotches, too. We just have the decency to do it in private. 3. Sometimes the answer to the question "Is...

The first name: use it right and it confers a strange power. Use it wrong and you're pathetic.(Influence: Bend the World to Your Will)(Column)
May 1, 2006... A NAME IS LIKE A TATTOO. It distinguishes you at first, but sooner or later most people forget it's there. Me especially. Generally, I figure I can remember about 125 names at any one time. This list includes twenty-six of my living relatives,...

The esquire car buyer's guide.(THE 2006 BUYER'S GUIDE)(Buyers guide)
May 1, 2006... BY OUR MODEST CALCULATIONS, A MAN ON THE HUNT FOR A NEW SET OF WHEELS HAS A LITTLE MORE THAN TWO HUNDRED DIFFERENT CHOICES. FACTOR IN THE COUNTLESS SUPERCHARGED TWEAKS (MORE THAN 500 HP!), QUESTIONABLY USEFUL HIGH-TECH GADGETS (LOOK, NO KEYS!),...

52 cars in 52 weeks: driving a different car every week for the last year left me with plenty of memorable drives. And a lot of unanswered questions.(THE 2006 BUYER'S GUIDE)(Buyers guide)
May 1, 2006... I drive a lot of cars. Over the course of a year, I average one car per week. This, you will correctly surmise, means that I am spoiled. I am Veruca Salt in the Chocolate Factory, and I want it now! People like me are the reason that reviews of...

In love with automobiles: eight more reasons, other than the one in your garage, to get all giddy about the future of cars.(THE 2006 BUYER'S GUIDE)(Buyers guide)
May 1, 2006... 1 The twenty-second-century interior of the Nissan Terranaut concept: In an obvious homage to the legend of Captains Kirk and Picard, the design minds at Nissan Europe's studio in London created the Terranaut. It's billed as a vehicle for...

The best engines money can buy: the automakers stoke their futures on them. You just wont 'em to get up and go.(THE 2006 BUYER'S GUIDE)(Buyers guide)
May 1, 2006... Chrysler Hemi V-8 It's available in a 340 hp, 5.7-liter favor with multidisplacement cylinder deactivation to save (a little) gas. If your balls are as big as your wallet, there's a bruising 6.1-liter SRT8 trim with 425 horses--enough...

The ten under fifty: you don't need to spend a mint to get wheels that feel like you did. Here are ten cars that'll leave you grinning, each for less than fifty grand.(Buyers guide)
May 1, 2006... 1 Chevy C6 Corvette $44,490 The C5 Corvette, sniffed the Euro snobs, was too big to compete with proper sports cars. Chevy responded by cramming the C6 Corvette into a package that's an inch shorter than a Porsche 911. Then it dropped 400...

The five over fifty: yeah, they cost a lot of coin. But somebody's got to buy 'em. Maybe you.(Buyers guide)
May 1, 2006... 1 Bentley Continental GT $164,990 At around $165,000, the Continental GT ain't cheap. But it's cheap for a Bentley. And with a 552 hp twin-turbo W-12 and all-wheel drive, the Conti is effortlessly fast. It'll do 200 miles per hour, carry...

Are hybrids for men? Tally your environmental quotient to find out.(Buyers guide)
May 1, 2006... YOUR ENVIRONMENTAL QUOTIENT: You once aimed your empty beer can at a recycling bin but missed. YOUR HYBRID: The Chevy Silver ado 1500. The V-8 4x4 version clocks in at 19 miles per gallon and tows seven thousand pounds. And there's plenty of...

The performance packages: for a little extra cabbage (okay, maybe a lot), the major automakers will amp up any of their-humdrum rides to truly frightening proportions. Here's the dope an each of them.(Buyers guide)
May 1, 2006... Mercedes AMG Benz's much-vaunted super-expensive, mega-powerful tuning. Where it's built: England Available on: Most Mercedes models. Engines: 5.5-liter V-8 (for the 55's), 6.3-liter V-8 (for the 63's), and 6.0-liter V-12 (for...

Brutally honest advice from a used-car salesman.(Brief article)
May 1, 2006... LOOK, DAWG, I'm Danny the Dealmaker. And like I say, liars are buyers. You wanna know how I tell if a customer is strokin' me? First of all, if they're not pickin' the car apart, they're not a buyer, and they're wastin' my fuckin' time. If...

Heaven hell Dave Chapple: the agonizing return of the funniest man in America.(EXTREME HOLLYWOOD)
May 1, 2006... No one can imagine what it is like to be Dave Chappelle on this very night. No one. Here he is, the comic genius of America, curbside at the aristocratic Beverly Hills hotel Raffles L'Ermitage, Hollywood's new celebrity magnet, pacing back and...

"Who the hell is Luke Dittrich, & why is he snooping around the Apocalypto set?" Mystery, vengeance, plaster ziggurats, loopy ears, and the strange saga of Mel Gibson.(EXTREME HOLLYWOOD)
May 1, 2006... Who do I look like?" asks the man with the beard. He looks like Mad Max, like William Wallace, like the crazy cop from Lethal Weapon. He looks like all of them, but scarier, because of his beard, which hangs past his clavicle and is black...

What have they done to Bobby.(EXTREME HOLLYWOOD)
May 1, 2006... For years now, Emilio Estevez (!) has been trying to get his script about the sixteen hours before RFK's assassination made. Now, with the help of Sir Anthony Hopkins, Sharon Stone, Demi Moore, Lindsay Lohan, Ashton Kutcher, an unknown...

What's your BQ? On a scale of 0 to 100, how healthy, are you now? Wait, don't answer that--we're gonna ask your body. And then we're gonna tell you how to improve by at least 20 points in no time flat.(body quotient)
May 1, 2006... TYPICALLY, MEN THINK about their health at one time: during a crisis. Your heart speeds up, your penis slows down, a steak knife is lodged in your hamstring. But the problem with that wait-and-treat approach is that you're constantly responding...

Your arteries: which will rust if you let them: the first thing that ages you.(The Better Man / 06)
May 1, 2006... The big issue with circulation is not just heart attacks and strokes in old people; it's about why the blood vessels in your body begin to rust. This rusting process is the same thing that happens when you cut an apple in half and it turns...

Things a man should know about fats.(and their health aspects)(Brief article)
May 1, 2006... People tend to think Simply "fat is bad," so when it comes to losing weight, they avoid fat and leave it at that. But the truth is that you need healthy oils. There are substances in your liver called PPARs (peroxisome...

The Mediterranean miracle: tomato sauce.(recipe)(Brief article)
May 1, 2006... Everyone's looking for the next miracle cure, but who would think you could find it on the shelf of your grocery store? Tomato sauce, it turns out, has an incredible range of health benefits. It has lycopene, which is a very potent antioxidant....

Your immune system (which will weaken if you let it): the second thing that ages you.(The Better Man / 06)
May 1, 2006... The weakening of the immune system is heralded by one of three things: infections, inappropriate use of the immune system (autoimmune ailments), and cancer. And they're all a little bit related to one another. First let's talk about what immune...

How to cure (or at least shorten) a cold.(diet therapy)(Brief article)
May 1, 2006... At the first sign of a cold, immediately start taking one of these three things: 1) Chicken soup, four times a day. 2) Zinc lozenges, 15 milligrams six times a day. 3) Vitamin C, 500 milligrams at least four times a day. Any...

The future of medicine.(single-nucleotide polymorphisms)(Brief article)
May 1, 2006... Right now there's enormous excitement about genetic variations called single-nucleotide polymorphisms, or SNPs ("snips"). These are point mutations or changes to a single unit of our DNA--the nucleotide mentioned in the name. Basically, SNPs...

Your world (which will grind you down if you let it): the third thing that ages you.(The Better Man / 06)
May 1, 2006... Living in the United States in 2006, you're constantly surrounded by things that can rob you of your health. Think about it: all those ads for fatty foods and sugary snacks, all the smog and noise, all the chemicals in the soil and water, even...

The two-inch difference.(between the size of plates for europeans and americans)(Brief article)
May 1, 2006... Plate size is important--because what it really translates to is portion size. It's a mental thing: You feel full when your plate is empty. Europeans have nine-inch plates. Americans have eleven-inch plates. And it's [pi][r.sup.2]: American...

Painting by numbers with Lucy Liu: she acts. She paints. She speaks six languages. Is it any wonder she's ... a woman we love.
May 1, 2006... 1 In Quentin Tarantino's Kill Bill, Lucy Liu--playing yakuza boss O-Ren Ishii--picks up a sword, jumps on a table, and slices a rival's head off with one swift stroke. Wait until you see what she can do with a paintbrush. While the...

The new rogues: a rising breed of young painters is about to shake up the world of modern art, bending convention into something uniquely its own. Here, six of these artists do the same to the tradition of dressing up, by dressing down summer's lightweight tailoring to unruly perfection.(ESQUIRE STYLE)
May 1, 2006... Jeph Gurecka, 38 The Peach Eater (asking price: $7,000) "The Peach Eater is part of a collection that I've based on the ten months I lived in the Czech Republic, in which I took around two thousand pictures. This particular...

Buck O' Neil (Baseball player, 94, Kansas City, Missouri).(What I've Learned)(Interview)
May 1, 2006... * No, you're never gonna see that again. Oh, no! I mean, nobody is going to pitch to Barry Bonds in the World Series. You walk him. You don't walk batters to get to Barry Bonds. But that's how it was. That was a different era--an era of...

Seven years ago, he was born in this magazine as a significant new Navajo writer. The story of a fraud.(Tim Barrus)
May 1, 2006... TIM BARRUS IS ALONE. He's making coffee in his daughter s house on the western edge of North Carolina. He moves his solid, short frame around the kitchen with a lagging bounce, the consequence of a double hip replacement a few years ago. He's...

The life expectancy calculator: the average life span of a thirty-year-old American male today is seventy-seven years-but your own may differ. To find out, fill out this simple form.(This Way Out)
May 1, 2006... WHAT BEST DESCRIBES YOUR ALCOHOL INTAKE? * Never. (Add 1 year.) * Glass of red wine every day. (Add 3 years.) * Two glasses of liquor a day. (Subtract 1 year.) * I am a costar on The Simple Life. (Subtract 5 years.) WHAT...