everyone looked better twenty years ago

Um, so I'm really excited to go to Jonathan Franzen's reading/lecture tonight. And I'll probably read his new book. And The Corrections will probably remain one of my favorite postmodern novels. And I still think it's funny and awesome that he refused Oprah's book club invitation. But--cripes! For the holy love of Mary and Joseph, could the man take a new author photograph and stop his publicist from sending out this headshot from 1987? Yes, Mr. Franzen, you took a good picture that one time that made you appear to be pretty darn attractive. But now it's time to let go...