Malaria, Shakespeare and Jessica Alba

When the glass that is half-full (journalist) meets the glass that is overflowing (Alba).

At first glance, it would seem difficult to imagine a connection between the three elements in our headline. But writer David DeNicolo managed to cram them into the first two paragraphs of his profile of the actress-turned-mega-entrepreneur for the September issue of Allure:

Enthusiasm is infectious, unstoppable, a primal force of nature. Kind of like malaria. Those of us born with a natural immunity to it are called pessimists – or journalists. (The terms are pretty much interchangeable.)

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