Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed, by Jared Diamond (Penguin) #seenreadingTO
Thursday, April 7, 2011 at 8:43AM 
Northbound, University and Spadina
Caucasian male, late 50s, with short grey hair, wearing blue windbreaker, black dress pants and Blundstones.
Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed, by Jared Diamond (Penguin)
About halfway in:
But it needs to be said at the outset that an individual should not expect to make a difference through a single action, or even through a series of actions that will be completed within three weeks. Instead, if you do want to make a difference, plan to commit yourself to a consistent policy of actions over the duration of your life.
On his way to the Kiss and Ride, he listened to the morning DJs run over the day's entertainment, the most bizarre story about a Chilean newspaper vendor who had over 82 tattoos of Julia Roberts covering his torso. 82. Had Julia Roberts been in 82 movies? Was he choosing stills, promotional shots? Oh, maybe the one from that award show when she turned up with short, blonde hair. Did her appearance on Law and Order order count? Or Friends? Who would bother to know this much about Julia Roberts? He listened on. The tattoos started with Erin Brokovich. Really, he thought. Well, she did show more cleavage. And her hair was at its best. And there was the motorcycle guy. Huh, did the Chilean man envision himself as the motorcycle guy? And what about his wife? If he had a wife. How would she feel making love to Julia Roberts for the rest of her life? Or . . . what if it was her idea? He listened on, intrigued suddenly by man's commitment to the marital cause.
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