Thu 23 Aug 2007
Marcos Sahm ‘04 notes this Gawker post on Brook Perlin’s ‘96 girlfriend Katie Couric.
Less than a month after her CBS debut, she attended a cancer fund-raiser in Manhattan where she was introduced to a tall, good-looking young man by the name of Brooks Perlin. Unlike the self-made types Katie had been attracted to in the past - Jay Monahan, Tom Werner, and Chris Botti - Perlin came from a family of privilege. And at thirty-three years of age, he was, biologically speaking, young enough to be forty-nine-year-old Katie’s son.
Perlin grew up in the tony suburban community of Darien, Connecticut. After graduating from Hotchkiss (the same elite boarding school attended by Tom Werner), he went to Williams College. There he was known as a jock who liked to parade around - a la John F. Kennedy Jr. - without his shirt on.
Though Katie found herself drawn to the young and energetic Perlin, their nearly seventeen-year age difference gave her pause. But when Perlin called for a date, Katie couldn’t resist saying yes.
The irresistible allure of an Eph man . . .
I should stop right there.
Anyway, this excerpt is from a forthcoming biography of Couric. See Gawker for more details and lots of snarky commentary. And people say that EphBlog is mean! Prior posts here.
2007-08-23 11:24:04
EphBlog may not be mean, but it sure can be trivially prying in the extreme.
2007-08-23 12:05:59
Watch out ladies, this kitten has claws. Me-ow! I’m loving this new gossipy direction, David. It’s our very own IvyGate.
2007-08-23 12:40:31
Ephblog is also removing comments.
I added one this morning to the Bozeman post questioning whether sending Maxim is ever appropriate. It was deleted and comments seem to have been disabled for that story. What’s going on?
2007-08-23 14:52:23
Pinko- Some people get really touchy about the Officer Enlisted relationships in our military. I joked about there being an enlisted Eph, your follow up was in line, and so was my joke about your follow up. Some people cannot see a joke for a joke…. although it is supposed to be fair play when the lowers (Enlisted) jab at the highers (Officers) in a friendly manner… gee wiz…
No one has ever followed up about my questions concerning the Navy 0-6 working in an Embassy being the highest ranking Eph, or much else about deployed Ephs either, for that matter. David and others take the Marines very seriously (no joking allowed). That is what I think is going on, no drama pinko.
If we cannot laugh at ourselves, what have we become?
2007-08-23 18:08:00
Just to get this back on track, that write-up makes Perlin sound like a real tool. Perhaps he is in real life as well.
2007-08-24 13:18:46
Ok… so how does a person post on the below thread?
2007-08-24 14:37:38
Them sojers just want your stuff, not your opinion. Now get back to opining on what a dink Katie’s boyfriend is.
2007-08-25 23:26:18
I like it when David jokes about the the PC Police, as if he, himself, wasn’t a card-carrying member. Disagree in the slightest with the PC line and he’ll delete your post here in a second. Great work, Dave!
2007-08-26 04:25:01
Big Duke- It is interesting and unusual to see a graduate who is an Enlisted guy. Good on the SGT. I love it.
Soldiers really do not need or want our stuff. It is more about feeling supported than it is about needing things. There are more ice cream machines in Iraq than there are in Ft Bragg.
Now back to gossip and shopping at Walmart. Enough about the damn war.