January 2010
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Computerization - Fun Ride Through Space City
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Men in Park Avenue Elevators
Man 1: I heard they bill $900 per hour, and the associates are at $600.
Man 2: Man, that's incredible.
Man 1: [looks at me] Do you charge $900 per hour? I bet.
Man 2: [laughs]
Me: [smiles, exits elevator]
“I see now that since I hadn’t yet read anything by him at the time of the...”
– Lydia Davis, The End of the Story
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“Of course, the pool’s filled in now, but the outline’s still there,...”
– Kazuo Ishiguro, from Never Let Me Go
The first book I completed in 2010. (Merci)
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Celebrity Sightings of the Decade
It would be painfully boring to list all of them because really, who cares? Celebrity sightings are often exciting in the moment and then instantly forgettable. But my most memorable ones in NYC overall:
#1 Steve Buscemi. 9 PM on a Saturday night in Park Slope, Brooklyn. We make eye contact as we pass each other. He then walks up to a dark, closed Citibank and starts peering into its windows.
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“You looked really tired when you were here at Christmas. Still pretty, but...”
– Thanks, Mom.
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Two women on a cigarette break, 33rd Street
Woman 1: You can’t change nobody. You gotta take ‘em or leave ‘em. Woman 2: Leave ‘em.