"Every year I arrive at my parents’ house in Springfield, Va., armed with my healthy self-edifying projects — big leafy Penguin classics, Chomsky-explains-it-all books and a backlog of fortifying magazines. And every year I think I am going to actually read a paragraph of one of these things. But then I walk in the front door, say ‘hi’ to my mom and dad, stand at the kitchen counter and start eating cheese."

Yes.


Stultification: How Sweet It Is
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/24/fashion/24Home.html

My Fly Life column last year featuring the man.