"Some people would be chuffed by the endorsement, but not me. I firmly believe that a good character reference from a witless moron is far more damaging to one's standing than condemnation from the hippest ranks of the cognoscenti."
"Then there's an involuntary stall as I work my way around two ballooning thirty-somethings who've ditched the diet for good and decided that the rest of their lives will consist of vodka, Red Bull amd comfort eating."
