Tagged: Work (581)

Twister 98

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

Staycations suck, he says. Not now, she says. If I have to eat your penne one more time, he says. You only have yourself to blame, she says.

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Twister 189

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

The autopsy performed, the doctor appeared before the family. It was a Twinkie, he told the assembled. And perhaps too much Hamburger Helper

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Twister 10

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

He was born. He spiked someone’s lemonade in high school and got in trouble. He became CEO. He lost his only son. He faded into memory. Alas

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Twister 486

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

Elisa sings while driving to work; she feels alive behind the wheel. At the office, the enforced silence of cubicleland grinds her to dust.

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Twister 586

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

He worked as a weatherman and then got depressed talking of depressions. And always being wrong. So he became an economist. And then a clown

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Twister 704

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

He was a well respected defense attorney. A successful man. Someone who had long collected his toe nail clippings. In a vase of Murano glass

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Twister 811

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

As a child he delivered newspapers. As an adult he delivered bad news daily. Because he was a negative person. And the world’s worst surgeon

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Twister 963

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

She liked the contractor and so she agreed to write him a letter of recommendation. And how his love of hot sauce often hurt her happy place

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Twister 1159

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

He had a crush on the CFO. She dressed poorly but no matter. He imagined walking up to her and saying “crunch my numbers.” But he never did.

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Twister 1305

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

Sam is a bad lawyer. He refuses cases for moral reasons. He talks on the phone without billing. He’s also lousy in bed. But happily married.

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