[So begins] Playground: A Childhood Lost Inside the Playboy Mansion, ... John Belushi screwing one of the Playmates.

[In any case, she leaves the biggest question unanswered. Hugh Hefner moves through the book in a bubble of graciousness, the perennial gentleman at the continual orgy.] He's the one person who never wronged me, never hurt me, and never treated me with anything less than absolute care, ... He allowed me to be a child in his midst.

Luxury comes at a dreadful cost, and... the edges of a gold card can be very sharp.

Obviously, we want to see more dollars put to early childhood education and . . . teacher salaries. He looks forward to working the differences out.

Childhood memories were like airplane luggage; no matter how far you were traveling or how long you needed them to last, you were only ever allowed two bags. And while those bags might hold a few hazy recollections—a diner with a jukebox at the table, being pushed on a swing set, the way it felt to be picked up and spun around—it didn’t seem enough to last a whole lifetime.

The physician market is really where they are seeing most of their growth.