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lauradi7dwNewark mayor Cory Booker, like many of his constituents, lives in a run-down apartment in public housing, where he has no heat (except for space heaters) or hot water. He does have electricity but has added one more deprivation of a sort by getting rid of his television. T From the end of an interview by Steve Inskeep of NPR
CB: "I had to make sacrifices. And my addiction to science fiction was not helping my ability to get things done in my job."
SI: "Is there any science fiction tale that we're reminded of as you begin your new job?" BC: "You know, I'm a Trekkie. The reason I like Star Trek is it has such an optimistic view of the future."
SI: "Good luck on your four year mission."
CB: "Thank you. Hopefully we'll take this city where no city has gone before."
The whole story is at
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5625405
I already squander much of my time either online or in front of the tube, but I might never make it out of the house at all if I had cable - in addition to everything I watch now, there would be "The 4400" and "Eureka," of which I've seen one episode each at my sister's, and "Battlestar Gallactica" (saw the first 4 eps in England), "Life on Mars," "Dr. Who" and fresh episodes of the various Stargates (Fox runs 2 year old episodes on Saturday afternoons, except when pre-empted by sporting events).
CB: "I had to make sacrifices. And my addiction to science fiction was not helping my ability to get things done in my job."
SI: "Is there any science fiction tale that we're reminded of as you begin your new job?" BC: "You know, I'm a Trekkie. The reason I like Star Trek is it has such an optimistic view of the future."
SI: "Good luck on your four year mission."
CB: "Thank you. Hopefully we'll take this city where no city has gone before."
The whole story is at
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5625405
I already squander much of my time either online or in front of the tube, but I might never make it out of the house at all if I had cable - in addition to everything I watch now, there would be "The 4400" and "Eureka," of which I've seen one episode each at my sister's, and "Battlestar Gallactica" (saw the first 4 eps in England), "Life on Mars," "Dr. Who" and fresh episodes of the various Stargates (Fox runs 2 year old episodes on Saturday afternoons, except when pre-empted by sporting events).
