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...late night Delta flight from Chicago O'Hare in the summer of 1993, the junior pilot begins his normal interruptions about the names of the towns while passengers stare out of the window at the patches of light below, pretending they can see more than a tiny speck...
...When my roommate opens the window in his room," said one student, "for some reason the heat in my room turns...
...hand on his thigh. We have seen this pose before. It is that of Rembrandt's Polish Rider: the mysterious young man setting out through the dark landscape on a bony horse. And indeed, the head of that horse materializes in the seat of the carriage. Through the train window, we see a landscape. It is not Rembrandt's dark pastoral background. It is bathed in smeary light, and its main feature is a chimney from which a plume of black smoke rises-a burned offering-toward a cross on the hill. Then one realizes that Podro, the "Jewish rider...
...shop window on Boston's Chauncy Street, a crown of thorns and nails lies beside a sign guaranteeing that "a small deposit will hold any item...
...self-congratulatory "scored one" story. Jimi sees himself as he is--weak-willed and groveling for affection. His reaction to contracting the herpes virus is oddly endearing: "It ain't AIDS," he says, "but it still sucks! An Eternal Scar. One slip and young lust jumps out a window...