It reminds me of the whole Bridget Jones' thing about the divide between the Smug Marrieds and the Singletons. This is an article for the Smug Marrieds, not for the Singletons. So I'd have rolled my eyes, and moved on to the Stephen Hunter review.
As for the pics, well they didn't make any difference in my opinion, largely because the post article makes it clear he's not a Quasimodo. In fact, the Post never seems to interview for articles like this someone who doesn't fit a conventionally attractive (esp. white) mold. It's like a control. "This isn't just for the people you can *tell* are losers!" --- In [email protected], "Ray Bradley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > from Friday's Weekend section... > http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp- > dyn/content/article/2007/06/14/AR2007061400319.html > > This is the lede. I am friends with the subject, so I am biased. If > you read these first few paragraphs, would you be inclined to read > the rest? > > What would your opinion of Dave be? > > -------------------------------------------- > > Dave Connolly needed friends. > > Which is a tricky predicament. Tricky and kind of banal. And -- let's > be honest -- a little sad. > > By the time you're out there in the world, haven't there been enough > opportunities -- in the sandbox and eighth-grade math class and the > varsity tennis team and between dorm rooms and cubicle clusters -- to > pick up a few good friends? > > Obviously. > > Unless, you know, there weren't. Or there were. There were all those > opportunities, and buddies were met and made and then, somehow, lost. > Binding ties came unbound. > > Maybe there was a marriage. A baby. A transfer, a taxing project, an > illness, a changing lifestyle, diverging hobbies, a new neighborhood, > a gradual maturing, a big dramatic fight over a guy you were both > interested in. Maybe your new medical sales job has you sleeping in > Reston and creeping along Interstate 66, shaking hands with lots of > doctors and nurses and not really getting to know anyone. > > Maybe you're Dave Connolly, 29, athletic and outgoing and fun and > successful, and everything was great and your social calendar was > booming until one day it just wasn't. > > Banal. A little sad. And common enough for this town to support a > whole host of organizations designed to help people reach out and > meet someone. Probably lots of someones. Probably in similar > predicaments. > > ------------------------------------------------ > > Do these photos change or affirm your image of Dave? > > http://picasaweb.google.com/telecomic/BillyGoatTrail050606/photo#50616 > 66529504285106 > http://picasaweb.google.com/telecomic/BillyGoatTrail050606/photo#50616 > 67349843038706 > http://picasaweb.google.com/telecomic/WhiteoakCanyonTrail/photo#506981 > 9857564963250 > http://picasaweb.google.com/telecomic/WhiteoakCanyonTrail/photo#506982 > 3362258276962 > http://picasaweb.google.com/telecomic/WhiteoakCanyonTrail/photo#506982 > 4994345849554 > http://picasaweb.google.com/telecomic/WhiteoakCanyonTrail/photo#506982 > 5174734476002 > http://picasaweb.google.com/telecomic/WhiteoakCanyonTrail/photo#5 > 069829242068505634 >
