PULMONOLOGIST (discussing treatment for a growth found in my lung a year and a half ago): There are two surgeons I would recommend. They are both excellent. One does not have a great manner but he is brilliant. The other I would send my mother to.
ME: (Find out by clicking this link.)
For those who don’t have plans to fly with American Airlines anytime soon (and who will thusly miss this issue of their handsome in-flight magazine); an interview.
From their January 3, 2010 review:
“Reading about conversation might seem paradoxical: a solitary take on a social activity. But Daniel Menaker’s A GOOD TALK evokes its subject by taking on a personal, conversational tone . . . His refreshingly honest anecdotes reveal the roles and risks we take in conversation . . . The most useful section may be Menaker’s discussion of FAQs (Frequently Arising Quandaries), such as how to survive exchanges with dull people (ask about their top 10 books, movies, etc. or about any personal grudges) and how to recover from causing inadvertent affronts (don’t over-apologize!). His comments on e-communication are spot-on.”
