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“If the stench of his wind was regrettable and intoxicating, it was nothing compared to the realisation that he couldn’t open any of the windows.” -image/caption submitted by Nicole S.
(Photographer: Patrick Reynolds)
Waha
I love fan mail
Dear Bethany Young,
I read with great interest your article on the relationship between height and success. A few years ago, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg said it best when asked about a shot at the White House. Said Bloomberg, “What chance does a short, Jewish, divorced billionaire have on the national stage?” It is true that tall height is but one of many important factors that determine professional success in our society, and other factors (the elephants in the room, I think) include being born white and male, at least in this town. This is not to detract from the fact that the gentlemen interviewed for the article are often the smartest and hardest working men in the room, but let’s face it: being over six feet has not hurt them in their path to success.
Nevertheless, let’s remember that Bloomberg was elected mayor three times. I hope that if any short young people have read the Penfield Post article, they will not be discouraged, for height isn’t everything in our society.
If you can become filthy stinking rich, success will eventually come your way.
Steve F.
(5’3” and moderately successful despite this)
Warmly received - Bethany Young, 5’1”
By the way
I finished the Hunger Games last week. My older co-worker borrowed book 1, and my older brother has all 3. It gives us all lots to talk about.
Now I need another series. Any suggestions?
P.S. I also finished reading The Chris Farley Show, a biography on one of my favorite funnymen. It was a compilation of a billion anecdotes from his contemporaries, and had some great old stories. The story, as we all know, comes to a very sad end. Farley could never keep himself in check, and his friends and family couldn’t keep up with his destructive drug and alcohol abuse, which ultimately ended his life.
It sounds like the guy never grew out of his insecurity, and didn’t get much help at home. His friends said that he was superstitious to a fault - always touching the stage before each performance and saying rosaries every day. His “Chris Farley Show” sketches (like the one with Paul McCartney) were the real Chris, and not the loud, brawling physical comic parts he most often got stuck playing.
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I’ve been chewing on this for a while…no luck yet.
Hungry for more
I finished the first Hunger Games book on Friday, and my buddy and I went to see it at the last minute this afternoon. I used to pride myself on not conforming to Twilight-esque crap, but this one’s pretty solid. Totally approve of the director’s choices, too. Tomorrow after work I’m going straight to Walmart to get me the second book. No judge me.
I like Andrew Bird’s music. It’s nice and subtle, easy to listen to, and not too easy to get bored with. Just got this album and haven’t listened to it much yet. My favorite album is Armchair Apocrypha. I enjoyed this article about him and bopping around his somewhat pretentious website. You might, too.
We watched The Black Power Mixtape last night. If you haven’t seen it, it’s a documentary with footage filmed between 1967-1975 by a group of Swedes. To me, this gives it a raw, objective lens through which we can see a very volatile period in our history.
The whole thing is pretty intense, and parts of it are even a bit tough to watch, but I highly recommend it for everyone.
