Out of My Mind by Rooney, Andrew A. -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Title Page Contents Preface PART ONE - Daily Life

WE’RE WASTING AWAY JUST ANOTHER DAY STATES BY THE NUMBERS WEATHERING THE STORM FORGET THE BIRTHDAY GREETINGS THE JUNK BUILDING BOOM LIFE BECOMES LESS NEIGHBORLY THE RETRACTABLE WEDDING BETTER BY FAR WEDDING DUMBBELLS A JOB EASILY DONE SOME THOUGHTS ON VACATIONS THE SMELL OF A NEW CAR EXPENSIVE BED, BAD BREAKFAST THE RAIN IN SPAIN AND HERE RING A DING DING EASY PASS FOR AIRLINES THE AGONY OF FLIGHT GOING NOWHERE FAST TAKE A STAY HOME VACATION THE PERFECT PAT DOWN PERSON TECHNOLOGICALLY ILLITERATE NO-SHOW REPAIR PEOPLE A NAME IS A BRAND WE’RE GIVEN SNOWY THOUGHTS IN SUMMER SIZING THINGS UP MERRY CHRISTMAS FOR ALL SORTING WELL-AGED FROM OLD THE SOUND OF SILENCE DON’T MESS WITH MY GRASS NOTES ON THE NEWS

PART TWO - Feeling Philosophical

THE EVIL THAT MEN DO THE TERROR GOBLIN PRO- AND ANTI-SEMITISM ANTI-ISRAEL, NOT ANTI-SEMITIC WHO? ME WORRY? NOT A LOVERS’ QUARREL THE HISTORY OF HISTORY FAITH IN SCIENCE VOUCHERS FOR ATHEISTS, TOO WAR IS HEAVEN HUMAN AND INHUMAN NATURE NO WOMEN ALLOWED ARCHITECTURE AS ART IS IT MUSIC OR NOISE? TOO TRUE TO BE GOOD FOR IT AND AGAINST IT WHAT GOETH BEFORE FALLING LEAVE NO WAR BEHIND TO CATCH A THIEF USING THE FLAG BROKAW: ANCHOR AWAY NOT ABOUT THE POPE TOO MANY CHURCHES THE KORAN IS THEIR BIBLE MURDER MOST VILE FOOD FOR THOUGHT

PART THREE - On Food and Drink

WAR ON A FULL STOMACH VIVE LA FRENCH FOOD FOOD FOR THOUGHTLESS BETRAYED BY AN APPETITE COOKING’ S THE THING WHEN VACATION COMES AROUND THE KITCHEN SINK IN COOKIES SOME THOUGHTS ABOUT DRINKING WE AREN’T WHAT WE EAT THE MORE YOU EAT

PART FOUR - At Work and in the Newsroom

IT’S TIME TO REARRANGE TIME READING TIME MY NAME’S BEEN STOLEN ON LIKING YOUR WORK FREE SPEECH NO NEWS IS BAD NEWS A REPORT ON REPORTING DON’T STOP THE PRESSES! LIFE IS GOOD . . . OR AT LEAST FAIRLY GOOD NOT THE RETIRING KIND

PART FIVE - The Nation at War

THOUGHTS ON A PEACETIME WAR DIPLOMACY: LYING POLITELY UNINFORMED AND MISINFORMED THE ASHCROFT ISSUE A WAR OF WORDS A GEOGRAPHY LESSON A PREEMPTIVE STRIKE TO WAR OR NOT TO WAR OUR UN-UNITED NATION THE PRESIDENT AND HISTORY MUSLIMS AND DEMOCRACY THE LOOTER MENTALITY A VOTE AGAINST DEMOCRACY WORDS DON’T DO IT ELECTING A DICTATOR TALK TO US, GEORGE APOLOGIZING FOR APOLOGIZING HEROES DON’T COME WHOLESALE GOOD DAYS, BAD DAYS WE SHOULD LEAVE WHILE WE’RE BEHIND NEVER MIND WHO WON TORTURE, AMERICAN STYLE NO EASY ANSWERS

PART SIX - On Politics

LIBERAL IS A DIRTY WORD ELECTION DAY JUDGING THE JUDGES NO UNCONVENTIONAL CONVENTIONS BEATING AROUND BUSH WE NEED SMARTER LEADERS CLINTON AND BUSH YOU DO, I THINK THE POWER OF A PRESIDENT SCHWARZENEGGER FOR PRESIDENT THE PERSON YOU ELECTED WHICH SIDE ARE YOU ON? THE GOOD LOSERS EINSTEIN FOR PRESIDENT HOORAY FOR POLITICIANS CRAB GRASSROOTS CAMPAIGNING A PHONE CALL TO REMEMBER IN BED WITH BUSINESS TIME—BOTH OFF AND ON A NOTHING-NOTHING TIE IN D.C. GOOD PRESIDENT, BAD PRESIDENT DIVIDED WE STAND NO MORE GAS GUZZLING NOT AN INTERVIEW WITH BUSH EX-PRESIDENTIAL PERKS TALKING HEADS WORKING FOR BUSH THE KYOTO DECISION

PART SEVEN - My Life

HOPELESSLY COPELESS ON BEING A COLLEGE PRESIDENT CARS I HAVE KNOWN ANOTHER LOST WEEKEND REUNION: TO GO OR NOT TO GO? THE KASHMIR EXPERT MAN IS DOGS’ BEST FRIEND YOU’VE PROBABLY HAD IT A LESS THAN MERRY CHRISTMAS TALKING THE TALK MISSING FIVE HOURS THINGS I LOVE TO HATE PURSUIT OF TRUTH, NOT FICTION A SHIP AT SEA A STAR-SPANGLED TRIP THINGS TO DO TODAY HOW TO SLEEP A FULL HOUSE THE V-E DAY I KNOW FUGEDDABOUTIT FOOD FOR HOLIDAY THOUGHTS

PART EIGHT - On Money

OUR POOR ARE RICH IT CALLS FOR A REVOLUTION FREE ENTERPRISE ANARCHY ALL HAIL THE RICH! THE BILLION-DOLLAR POOH NAME LOTTERY LOSERS THE HORSE RACE ECONOMY IT’S THE ECONOMY, STUPID RICH MAN, POORMAN, BEGGAR MAN THE SAVING GRACE ALL PLAY AND NO WORK FREE ENTERPRISE IS EXPENSIVE WRITE TAX LAWS IN ENGLISH RAISING MY BLOOD PRESSURE WHAT GOES UP NEVER COMES DOWN THE GAS BILL DON’T BE GREEDY THE BUSINESS OF WAR

PART NINE - The English Language

ENGLISH FOREIGN TO TOO MANY ENGLISH AS SHE IS SPOKE DOWN WITH THE SEMICOLON THE SOPRANOS, A BASE VOICE LAW AMONG THE SORRY LOTT ENGLISH ISN’T EASY HUMOR ISN’T FUNNY THE COMPLEXITIES OF LANGUAGE A FEW WORDS ON WORDS THE HANDWRITTEN WORD

PART TEN - The Sports Fan

THE GOOD-BAD WORLD OF SPORTS THE TROUBLE WITH BASEBALL EAT YOUR HEART OUT WHY I LOVE THE GIANTS PITCH AWAY FROM BALLGAME NOT WATCHING TELEVISION BEFORE JOINING THE HUDDLE . . . TOO MANY GAMES IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN SUPER