  I came home last night and there was a stack of magazines on the front porch courtesy of Hazel,  the woman who lives in an apartment next door. nbsp;  I snatched up& nbsp; the August issue of Vanity Fair.  Despite for my fondness for Dorothy Parker's lament about having to write for the rag,
 " No one at Vanity Fair has opinions and I have opinions.  I consider&
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VF a guilty pleasure and indulge whenever I can get my hands on a free copy.  What joy to find " retiring"  Morning Edition host Bob Edwards the&
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focus&
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of the monthly&
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Proust Questionnaire.
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 Edwards was always my favorite NPR guy and I found it a wee bit suspicious that he was&
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stepping down"
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right around the time the McMoney came rolling&
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down the sacred halls of NATIONAL public radio.
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 There is a big distinction between NPR and local public radio stations,  okay?  There's also a big difference between,  say,
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Public Radio International and NPR but we'll save that for another time.  After reading just the one page,  I've decided Bob and I were separated at birth.  Never mind that we look nothing alike,  are not the same age and he's a good 4 inches shorter than me.
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 I'm completely convinced.  Here are just a few pieces of my evidence.  The trait he most deplores in himself is the " inability of suffer fools.  Ditto for me.  The trait he most deplores in others is " Sycophancy.  Again,  ditto.  The living person he most admires is Bill Moyers.  How many times have I said this,  or that of all the quote- un- quote celebrities I've met it was Moyers I was most thrilled about.
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 The qualities he most values in his friends are " Consistently strong character,  intelligence and wit.
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 The thing he most dislikes is anti- labor laws.
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 Yaya!
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 Dare I mention a small incident of&
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leading a student employee revolt a&
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thousand years ago?  Now God bless the man for his honesty and sense of humor on this question. Where would you like to live?
 "
Above my current means.
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 Amen.
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 I was wandering around aimlessly the other day and found myself in a rather upscale eyeglass store.
 I decided to try on some frames just for fun.
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 Sure enough the pair I selected as the ones I would purchase if I could afford new frames were $ 600.
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 I&
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couldn't help but&
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ask the salesman if they were the most expensive ones in the place&
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and,  sure enough,  they were.
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 Being a writer,
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journalist,
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decent human being&
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 and justice fanatic with expensive tastes is one big drag.  Hey,  did I mention the phrase he says he most overuses is " Is there a smoking section here?
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 Drag,  indeed,  I picked that habit back up recently.  Oh well,  if you're not convinced that Bob Edwards and I are separated at birth by now there isn't really much else I can&
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say nor am I going to&
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bother&
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with you.
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 I've got&
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a flaw in my character I've decided I may just have to&
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accept even though it's&
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deplorable.
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 I just cannot seem to suffer fools.
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 Oh,  on an entirely different note except that it's related to journalism:
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 The only thing I've heard that's half way interesting about the DNC is that Theresa Heinz told some media hounds to " SHOVE IT!  which I don't blame her&
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for&
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one bit.  One could say it's just more proof of how spoiled and she is,  etc.  but if a zillion&
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infotainment hounds&
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were firing questions and aiming cameras at me,  I'd probably say worse.
