All The Humiliating, Tragicomic, Heartbreaking Things Happened

We've Surrounded The Most Vital And Commonplace Human Function With A Vast Morass Of Taboos, Convention, Hypocrisy, And Plain Claptrap.

America's Best Buy Is A Telephone Call To The Right Man.

Art, We Are Told, Is A Criterion Of One's Taste. How Humiliating, Should Our Taste Turn Out To Be Bad. Rather As Though We Were Caught Stark Naked With A Poor Figure.

Keeping Your Coat On Indoors In Russia, No Matter How Public The Place, Is Far Worse Than Keeping Your Hat On As The Flag Goes By. It Is Worse Than Going Into A Catholic Church In Spain With Your Upper Arms Bare. It Is Worse Than Telling A Mother Her Baby Bores You.

Love At A Distance May Be Poignant; It Is Also Idealized. Contact, More Than Separation, Is The Test Of Attachment.