Word: warms
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...have been replaced by self-help ones, but Bridget's pick-and-mix approach, choosing only the advice she enjoys, remains, as do the dynamics of her tripartite friendship with Jude and Shazzer. As they work their way through their various relationships, that friendship is both funny and genuinely warm. The casual acceptance of smoking, alcohol use and sex (aside: could Renee Zellweger, recently cast as Bridget, duplicate this very British aspect of Bridget?) shows that Bridget is less high-strung than Ally McBeal, the inevitable object of comparison. And some genuinely hilarious moments pepper the novel: going to Mark...
...Friday, 7 p.m., State Street, orange line. A synthesizer rolls out the accompanying beats to the tunes of a shiny chromatic harmonica and a lively voice. Michael Wright wears a baseball cap, a warm fleece sweater and a huge grin. Dating back to 1978, this amiable gentleman in his early 40s is a veteran of the Boston subway system--one of the original underground performers. A truly accomplished musician, Wright has played in several local bands and in venues such as the Wang Theater and the Berklee Performance Center. During the daytime, Wright supports his music career with "straight jobs...
...Spyder is bored and burned-out. He needs a break. In meticulous style, the adventurer slips on an entirely black outfit. "I usually wear dark clothes specifically not to get noticed." Stepping out of the warm dorm room, Spyder makes his way over to the building du jour and proceeds to scout it out. "The problem with Harvard buildings a lot of the time is they're so Harvardy--their roofs are very sloped, often slippery when wet, and the tiles aren't secure...
After introducing myself, I entered the room without bowing (a newbie faux pas) and started stretching out. We began to warm up, and the workout combined with my nervousness and the MAC's armpit-hot rec rooms led to copious amounts of sweat. Pig-like would have been an accurate description, but I was trying to avoid too much self-deprecation...
Before Saturday's contest, the Yale band offered the following warm salutation to the Harvard men's hockey team: "Welcome to the Whale. Prepare...