August 18, 2005

• Reality check of the day

  Sometimes I daydream about writing a story or screenplay. Then I am
  confronted with the cruel truth that real conversation is funnier and more
  interesting than anything I could write myself.

  Here is an actual exchange overheard in New York City.

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  Dumb teen: Hey, look at this! It says "Train for jobs in beeyotch."

  Smarter teen: Fool! That word is biotech. Why you gotta be ignorant all your life?

  • 6:40 pm
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