Word: angst
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However, fathers need not regard paternity leave as a temporary sacrifice, that in a long-term utilitarian calculus will ultimately pay-off when they can connect to their kids during those trying years of teen angst. Instead, they should give themselves the chance to see the world anew through a baby's eye. And that enlightened vision should include rethinking their own roles in family interaction...
...used to be one of these people who would feel great angst over the lack of interest in national news displayed by many Americans. However, poor little Elian Gonzalez radically changed my mind on this subject. Is this issue important? Yes. But the other day I arrived at the crux of the issue. A friend of mine, for whom I have the utmost respect in terms of keeping up with current events, flipped off Tom Brokaw's special afternoon update in favor of the highly intellectual Fox show "Real TV." Seeing a 300-pound Marlin pull...
...expansion is a bit of a paper tiger. The economy grew 4.1% last year and even faster in 1998, yet aside from oil prices there has been no inflation to speak of. Meanwhile, amid all the angst about overheating, there are signs of a slowdown, most noticeably in the crucial housing sector. The dollar is in fine shape. And while rising oil prices have skewed the Consumer Price Index to a three-year high, the core rate is up a very modest 2.1% for the past 12 months...
...collection. We even decided to get together next month when he's in New York, which I was getting very excited about. But the more I thought about it, I realized that it was silly to play this ur-genealogy game, expecting someone to heal my existential angst just because their parents were as uncreative as mine. But still, I'm going to go to lunch with him, just to trick him into paying the bill so I can steal his credit-card numbers as part of the easiest scam in history. That way I can rack up enough debt...
...Still, that the book revolves around 1997 reminds us how long the wait for this sequel has been, and how much Bridget's unique tone was missed. (Bridget Jones, you've been gone too long.) The Edge of Reason will probably not engender any new angst-ridden debates about the state of the modern career women, but it does continue Fielding's fine form. In the tradition of comic novels, there's even a marriage at the end, although this reviewer is not about to say whose. Grab a Chardonnay; it's time to keep up with this Jones...