It has been a privilege — and a great deal of fun — to bear witness to your journey through Princeton.
But it's all in good, thoughtful fun, so bear with me first and object later.
Perhaps interviewing for careers in your free time doesn't sound like barrels of fun, but bear with me for a minute.
"Sarah Palin's Alaska," last year's hit TLC reality show, featured the Palin family fishing in lakes alongside fun-loving bears, hiking picturesque cliffs, hunting deer, flying biplanes and snowshoeing and dog-sledding through snowy tundra.
Mowgli soon meets up with the laid-back, fun-loving bear Baloo, who promises to raise Mowgli himself and never take him back to the Man-Village.
Adding to the effectiveness of the prominent animals everyone remembers — including Bagheera, the solemn panther; Shere Khan, the terrifying Bengal tiger; and of course Baloo, the conniving but fun-centric bear — is the spectacular voice casting that has become a Disney trademark, allowing each creature to be all it should be and even a little bit more.
Though her friends often see her as a fun-hating bore, they fall apart when she is absent, as in Marge in Chains, where upon realising her importance the town offers Marge an apology in the form of a Jimmy Carter statue with her hair.
Have fun with your bears!
Experts working in behaviour change have been trying to bring the "fun theory" to bear on public health for a while.
A simple hug all the time could suffice, but have some fun and try bear hugs, tackle hugs, one-armed hugs, etc. Form a hug chain.
