Angie's list is now Angie and we've heard a lot of theories about why.

I thought it was an eco-move.

For your worst, guess paper.

Humph, it was so you could say it faster.

No way.

It's to be more iconic.

Must be a tech thing.

But those aren't quite right.

It's because now you can compare up front prices,

book a service instantly, and even get your project handled from start to finish.

Sounds easy.

It is, and it makes us so much more than just a list.

Get started at Angie.com.

That's ANGI, or download the app today.

Times best selling author and national radio hall of fame in Dutty, Michael Savage.

I was rereading Lost Illusions by Balzac, the great French author who I've admired since

college days.

And it's about a naive young poet who leaves his provincial home

to find success and fortune in Parisian society.

And of course, he finds nothing.

Balzac was the founder of French realism in novels.

And he painted faithful pictures of the glittering and superficial world of society.

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