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The New Yorker magazine...Reflections
Mine Is Longer than Yours The last boomer game. by Michael Kinsley April 7, 2008 http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2...urrentPage=all Extending your own life expectancy is the most selfish motive imaginable for doing anything. Do it, by all means. At first, I thought I was alone in the pool. It was a sparkling blue gem, implausibly planted in the skyscraper canyon of downtown Los Angeles, as if David Hockney, heading toward Beverly Hills, had taken the wrong exit on the I-10 freeway. This fine pool was the consolation and only charm of the Soviet-style complex where I had rented an apartment so that I could walk to work at the Los Angeles Times. It was early, not even 6 A.M. I had finished my laps and was enjoying the emptiness of the pool, the faint sounds of downtown gearing up for the day, and the drama of the looming office towers. As we learned on September 11th, they really can fall down on top of you. But they wouldn’t on that day. I felt healthy and smug. READ more More by Kinsley on DBS: "So, Mike—got any summer plans?" "Why, yes, next Tuesday I'm having brain surgery. How about you?" http://www.time.com/time/health/arti...214919,00.html Who is Michael Kinsley: Michael Kinsley is an American political journalist, commentator television host and liberal pundit. Primarily active in print media as both a writer and editor, he also became known to television audiences as a co-host on Crossfire. Kinsley has been a notable participant in the mainstream media's development of online content.
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