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	Saturday, January 22, 2005

Done for the Night Well, I'm back from the post concert party and am one totally bushed puppy. I'm crawling into bed. Even though the party here is still going on. 11:22:36 PM    comment []

Big Night Update As I type, our party is in the process of winding down. It was a huge hit! I also attended the first half of the concert and it was wonderful - Heinz Holliger is transcendent. In a few minutes, I'll slip on my Sorels and scuff my way over next door for the post concert reception. 9:41:50 PM    comment []

Big Night As I type, the Marx Brothers caterers are downstairs setting up for the Ski Boy's law office Winter Party. The doings get underway at 7:00 PM. However, I'll only be here for the first few minutes of the party. You see, as a result of a scheduling mixup on my part, I didn't realize that tonight was also the night that the Julliard String Quartet with Heinz Holliger (the world's greatest oboist) would be performing. Augh!!! I thought the concert was tomorrow night. The Fuzz Ball Slat Rat strikes again. Anyhoo, I'll scurry off a few minutes after 7:00 PM to the concert. I'll stay for the first half, come home for the tail end of our party. And in yet another example of what a small town Anchorage is: After our party, Peter and I will, literally, walk next to door to Carol and Blake's for the after concert party for the String Quartet and Holliger. It will be a busy evening - and our cul de sac is going to be packed with cars. And as the ultimate small town example - the head honcho Marx Brothers caterer downstairs in our kitchen, is Phil's girlfriend!!!!! 5:26:56 PM    comment []

Charlotte I just finished reading My Name is Charlotte Simmons by Tom Wolfe. "Charlotte" has received mixed reviews at best. It's not Tom Wolfe at his best - by a long shot. But I have to say, I actually enjoyed the book - it was very readable. I liked several of the characters - even though they were more caricatures than characters. And his depiction of college life is also more caricture than real. But having said all of that, his characters and "DuPont College" do have an undercurrent of truth. "Charlotte" received the Literary Review's Bad Sex in Fiction award. But I disagree, it's my bet that Wolfe got the college sex scene somewhat right. And I do agree with Stephen King's assessment. As King said, "College sex is to real sex as a learner's permit is to driving." 5:17:52 PM    comment []

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