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There are three other long histories: An appreciation of Sinatra as the "greatest interpretive musician" of the century, yet another piece on former New Yorker editor William Shawn (the gist--he was too careful and too afraid to ever really live), and a long recounting of the Jeffrey ( Fatal Vision ) MacDonald murders.
I do now find myself in a restaurant eating more than I want to because I'm afraid that somebody's watching me, which is ridiculous."
The bato loco is tantamount to an archetype in Chicano culture; he is that crazy guy who isn’t afraid of life.
I'm afraid the only journal in our house that for interest factor can be rated anywhere near your Journal of Inconspicuous Consumption is our full-color glossy monthly called Lowrider , which was given to my son--no, not himself a lowrider, his only available vehicle is the denuded Toyota van--as a Christmas present last year.
"I am not afraid," he repeated over and over in his announcement speech last fall.