19 September 2008
As my conversation with Kristy and Patrick at the bar last weekend turned to politics, two other patrons within earshot expressed their disdain with icy silence proportional to our increasing application of decibels. It became clear that their body language was expressly directed at us, and we considered the possibility that continuing our conversation would lead to the necessity of physically incapacitating two men larger than either of us. In short, we began preparing for a bar fight.
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1 June 2008
Chris: “I love sailing, but some people say it’s a way of going nowhere slowly at great expense.”
Me: “I work for the federal government. I could get used to sailing.”
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Politics and Wit.
28 September 2007
On the flight back to Washington, I struck up a conversation with the gentleman seated next to me and when the discussion reached my job, he asked (and I paraphrase):
Do you think Republicans or Democrats use the internet more effectively?
“Neither,” I answered.
Let’s say the internet is a gun.
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23 July 2007
What, I exclaimed. The British girl in the white sundress walking ahead of me turned around at my response and commented, ‘That is the most random thing I’ve ever seen.’
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6 August 2006
‘Conventional wisdom’ is my new favorite oxymoron.
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4 August 2006
A coworker told me a story today about his experience at a lobbying firm for whom RJ Reynolds was a client, particularly about the bowls and trays of free cigarette packs in their lobbies and offices. At the time he didn’t smoke, and he felt ashamed taking them until he saw that wealthier and more powerful visitors habitually stuffed their pockets full of free cigarettes, at which point he started stockpiling smokes for his mother and sisters.
Now, around this time, RJ Reynolds acquired Kraft and their American-cheese singles empire and thus diversified the gratis platter in their lobby, at which point in the story I quipped that my coworker had at least once in his past “a safari jacket stuffed with Velveeta and cigarettes.”
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Wit and Cinema.
9 March 2006
“Good morning.”
“Morning?”
“It’s always morning somewhere in the world.”
“It’s Friday on the other side of the international date line.”
“Have a good weekend then!”
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10 February 2006
In a pair of designers, the dominant partner is the one who ‘wears the black turtleneck around here.’
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