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Swine Flu Kills The New York Air Kiss

air-kiss-swine-fluSWINE Flu Watch: In which swine flu kills the New York air kiss…

The New York Times’ James Barron licks his finger, sticks it up high and takes the city’s temperature:

This is hardly the existential Shakespearean question. But for the outgoing types in a certain niche of society, it does have a lot to do with one’s own identity — and how one acknowledges others.

Barron does not say what “the existential Shakespearean question” is (Is that a blank page I see before me?). But he does tell us:

The question is, to air-kiss or not to air-kiss?

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Posted: 3rd, May 2009 | In: Reviews | Comment