T 5304

The village leaders lectured us about the impossibility of our love, and I asked if being friends with benefits was ok, and they didn’t know.

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T 5303

They were both drunk and he ordered another round. She said, After this drink. He downed his, and waited. And waited. Drink faster, he said.

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T 5302

And we realized we were all miserable if in different ways. I drank my bourbon. You read books, my friend said accusingly. I didn’t deny it.

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T 5301

This walk is a bad idea, he tells her. And so she walks faster still. Your walking faster doesn’t make it better, he says. And then he dies.

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T 5300

She watches him get dressed, satisfied with herself and what she’s managed. The state of things. You’d look pretty in a dress, she tells him.

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T 5299

His argument floated toward the earth like a sheet of paper. You’re too soft spoken, she said, and so he picked up a hammer and was arrested.

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T 5298

He has had trouble sleeping lately. His blood pressure feels high. What’s wrong, baby? she asks. I’m afraid you’re going to kill me, he says.

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T 5297

I woke up and checked the paper. I read the comics and the sports section. I turned on the radio. My wife woke up. I feel so old, I told her.

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The International TwistOff

I had almost forgotten about this and I’m glad it was brought to my attention. Last fall, Rahul Khanna, someone I’ve never met but have “met” on Twitter, suggested we collaborate on a story on Twitter, a kind of international “twistoff” (I can’t remember who came up with that but like everything else on Twitter, it was a lame name that stuck) and after a few months of trying to coordinate schedules and calibrate something that would take place over A LOT of time zones (Rahul leads a way more glamorous life than I do as any internet search will prove in less than a second), we came upon a few days where the collaboration might make sense to anyone foolish enough to follow along. So we wrote a story in 10 “chapters” over the course of a few days. It was loads of fun. Perhaps we’ll do it again some day. Luckily for me, Rahul put the whole thing together on his blog. The story is fun, unexpected, very Bollywood. Which makes sense, considering Rahul’s line of work. Enjoy.

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The President’s Campaign Staff Has Too Much Time On Its Hands (apparently)

Now here’s the odd thing. I’m not even American.

I do hope I can provide some entertainment. But if Obama loses, it’s not my fault.

I do not have that kind of power.

(now I have to figure out if this thing is even legit… or run by the Romney people. Pretty sure the Santorum people don’t read books.)

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