Who is our Modern Norman Mailer? Why is my generation too afraid to become Mailer's "Armies

[Mike 03]

of The Night"?

I don't want to be negative; I want to be positive. There must be people out there who are more capable than most of us at lighting a fire, breaking down this intense isolation that many of us feel that we have no influence over our environment.

But despite my own personal past failings, I refuse to give up, and I am trying to think of ways that people like me, who have lost a sense of meaning, sense of drive and ability to improve the quality of life of so many of our fellow citizens.

I always feel bad when I make posts like this, because they are expressions of my innermost feelings, which I don't believe belong in this chat room, but at the same time, I yearn to meet people who suffer from this same sense of wanting to do more, be better, and I welcome advice on how to improve myself to help achieve our humanist goals. As always, I thank you for your indulgence.

[UTUSN]

1. I would have appreciated some time management tips from Norm...

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http://www.nypost.com/p/pagesix/fat_mailer_was_her_superstud_IlbNsHHmJKPRAIS4fj0veI

Fat Norman Mailer was her superstud

Carole Mallory, the model/actress who had a nine-year affair with Norman Mailer, chronicles their kinky sexcapades in "Loving Mailer," due next month from Phoenix Books.

Mallory graced the covers of Vogue, Cosmopolitan and Esquire in the '70s and stole scenes in "The Stepford Wives" and "Looking for Mr. Goodbar." Along the way, she dated Robert De Niro, Robin Williams, Rod Stewart, Sean Connery, Anthony Hopkins and Richard Gere.

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Mallory writes that Mailer never had erectile dysfunction: "Not once. Not in nine years . . . He'd look at me naked in one of those not-so-trashy lingerie get-ups . . . G-strings, corsets, teddies, suspenders and nothing else . . . Each week I'd surprise him with a new outfit.

"Each week he'd want to play a new game . . . doctor, manicurist, masseur, Hollywood director (that was his favorite)."

The relationship had started to go downhill by 1990, when Mailer -- who was married to his sixth wife, Norris Church Mailer -- gave Mallory a VCR for Christmas so they could watch porn together: "My Christmas present from Norman had been for Norman."

Mallory had hoped Mailer would mentor her and teach her how to write but ultimately felt exploited: "When our relationship ended, I realized that . . . Norman had never been on my team and had been slandering my writing and me behind my back."

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[Blue_Tires]

2. ttt